Both HubSpot Inc. (NYSE:HUBS) and Qualys Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) are Application Software companies, competing one another. We will compare their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.
Valuation & Earnings
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| HubSpot Inc. | 475.50M | 12.50 | 63.87M | -0.36 | 0.00 |
| Qualys Inc. | 267.60M | 12.07 | 45.76M | 1.34 | 57.94 |
We can see in table 1 the earnings per share, top-line revenue and valuation of HubSpot Inc. and Qualys Inc.
Profitability
Table 2 shows us the return on assets, return on equity and net margins of both companies.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| HubSpot Inc. | -13.43% | -28.8% | -8.5% |
| Qualys Inc. | 17.10% | 12.6% | 8.1% |
Risk & Volatility
HubSpot Inc. has a beta of 1.91 and its 91.00% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500. Competitively, Qualys Inc.’s beta is 1.41 which is 41.00% more volatile than Standard & Poor’s 500.
Liquidity
HubSpot Inc. has a Current Ratio of 3.2 and a Quick Ratio of 3.2. Competitively, Qualys Inc.’s Current Ratio is 2.2 and has 2.2 Quick Ratio. HubSpot Inc.’s better ability to pay short and long-term obligations than Qualys Inc.
Analyst Recommendations
In next table is given HubSpot Inc. and Qualys Inc.’s ratings and recommmendations.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| HubSpot Inc. | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2.56 |
| Qualys Inc. | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.67 |
The average target price of HubSpot Inc. is $159.5, with potential upside of 5.25%. Competitively Qualys Inc. has a average target price of $89.4, with potential upside of 9.04%. Based on the results given earlier, Qualys Inc. is looking more favorable than HubSpot Inc., analysts opionion.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
HubSpot Inc. and Qualys Inc. has shares owned by institutional investors as follows: 97.4% and 86.7%. HubSpot Inc.’s share owned by insiders are 6.5%. Comparatively, 15.4% are Qualys Inc.’s share owned by insiders.
Performance
Here are the Week, Month, Quarter, Half Year, Year and YTD Performance of both pretenders.
| Performance (W) | Performance (M) | Performance (Q) | Performance (HY) | Performance (Y) | Performance (YTD) | |
| HubSpot Inc. | -5.25% | -8.6% | -14.71% | 1.6% | 59.29% | 49.02% |
| Qualys Inc. | -1.57% | 1.53% | -16.29% | -9.28% | 32.74% | 30.61% |
For the past year HubSpot Inc. was more bullish than Qualys Inc.
Summary
Qualys Inc. beats HubSpot Inc. on 9 of the 13 factors.
HubSpot, Inc. provides a cloud-based marketing and sales software platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Its software platform includes integrated applications, such as social media, search engine optimization, blogging, Website content management, marketing automation, email, CRM, analytics, and reporting that enables businesses to attract visitors to their Websites, convert visitors into leads, and close leads into customers and delight customers. The company also offers professional, and phone and email-based support services. HubSpot, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Qualys, Inc. provides cloud-based security and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. The company offers Qualys Cloud Suite, which includes Vulnerability Management, Continuous Monitoring, Cloud Agent, AssetView, ThreatPROTECT, Policy Compliance, PCI Compliance, Security Assessment Questionnaire, Web Application Scanning, and Web Application Firewall. Its integrated suite of security and compliance solutions delivered on its Qualys Cloud Platform enables customers to identify their IT assets, collect and analyze IT security data, discover and prioritize vulnerabilities, recommend remediation actions, and verify the implementation of such actions. The company also provides core services, including asset tagging and management, reporting and dashboards, questionnaires and collaboration, remediation and workflow, big data correlation and analytics engine, and alerts and notifications, which enable integrated workflows, management and real-time analysis, and reporting across IT security and compliance solutions. In addition, it offers cloud infrastructure services that include the data, data processing capabilities, software and hardware infrastructure, and infrastructure management capabilities. The company markets and sells its IT security and compliance solutions to customers directly through its sales teams, as well as indirectly through its network of channel partners, such as security consulting organizations, managed service providers, value added resellers, and consulting firms. It serves enterprises, government entities, and small and medium-sized businesses in various industries, including education, financial services, government, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, media, retail, technology, and utilities. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.
