Qualys (QLYS) Protective Put Calculator
Calculator · free · no signup · QLYSPrice a protective put, zero-cost collar, or put spread on Qualys. Annual cost, max loss, upside cap, tax treatment, auto-filled from current QLYS option chain.
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About Qualys
Qualys (QLYS) is a public Cybersecurity company, incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in Foster City, CA.
Equity grants at Qualys typically include restricted stock units (RSUs).
Qualys, Inc. is an American technology firm based in Foster City, California, specializing in cloud security, compliance and related services.
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Philippe Courtot took over the company in 1999 and made an early bet that vulnerability scanning belonged in the cloud rather than on appliances customers maintained. Scanners sit inside customer networks and report to a hosted platform, which made continuous assessment practical across large estates. The product line grew into asset inventory, patch management, compliance reporting, and web application scanning, sold as modules on one platform. Headquarters are in Foster City, California, and the company has run profitably for longer than most security vendors its size.
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Equity comp at Qualys
- RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.
Researched 2026-08-17.
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A protective put caps your downside on the QLYS position at a chosen floor; a zero-cost collar pays for that floor by capping the upside. This calculator prices both structures off the current QLYS option chain, with annual cost, max loss, and tax-treatment notes.
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Qualys equity questions
- How much does it cost to hedge QLYS stock?
- The cost of a protective put depends on how far below the current price you set the floor, how long the protection lasts, and QLYS's option-implied volatility. A zero-cost collar lowers that cost by selling away some upside. The calculator above prices both structures off the current QLYS option chain and shows the annual cost, maximum loss, and tax treatment.
- Does Qualys grant ISOs, NSOs, or RSUs?
- Equity compensation at Qualys typically takes the form of restricted stock units (RSUs). Restricted stock units are taxed as ordinary income when they vest.
- Do Qualys RSUs use double-trigger vesting?
- No. Qualys restricted stock units (RSUs) use single-trigger vesting: each tranche becomes yours as it vests on schedule, taxed as ordinary income at that point, with no liquidity event required.
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