Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Sells $10,018.00 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 100 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total transaction of $10,018.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 71,020 shares in the company, valued at $7,114,783.60. This trade represents a 0.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

Qualys Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of Qualys stock traded down $0.79 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $98.66. The stock had a trading volume of 484,239 shares, compared to its average volume of 670,905. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $119.60 and its 200 day moving average is $130.65. Qualys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $85.14 and a twelve month high of $155.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.52 billion, a PE ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.62.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The software maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $175.28 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.18 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.65% and a net margin of 29.64%.Qualys’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.60 EPS. Qualys has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.760-1.830 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 7.170-7.450 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on QLYS shares. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on shares of Qualys from $140.00 to $134.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Qualys in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Truist Financial reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a $120.00 price target (down from $130.00) on shares of Qualys in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Qualys from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 8th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group set a $150.00 target price on Qualys in a report on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $140.46.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 382,100 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $54,591,000 after acquiring an additional 10,359 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Qualys by 100.6% during the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 136,835 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $19,535,000 after purchasing an additional 68,632 shares in the last quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Qualys by 9.3% during the 2nd quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 545,380 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $77,918,000 after buying an additional 46,296 shares during the last quarter. Willis Investment Counsel boosted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 68.8% in the 2nd quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 23,611 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,373,000 after buying an additional 9,626 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. grew its position in shares of Qualys by 26.3% in the 3rd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 87,217 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $11,541,000 after buying an additional 18,164 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Qualys Company Profile

Qualys, Inc (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions designed to help organizations streamline their IT security programs. Operating on a unified, modular platform, Qualys offers continuous visibility into global IT assets through a combination of lightweight cloud agents and on-premises scanner appliances. The platform supports an array of security and compliance use cases, enabling real-time detection of vulnerabilities, policy violations and misconfigurations across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments.

The company’s flagship Qualys Cloud Platform delivers a suite of integrated applications, including vulnerability management, detection and response (VMDR), policy compliance, web application scanning, file integrity monitoring, asset inventory and container security.