Comerica Bank Boosts Holdings in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Comerica Bank increased its holdings in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 100.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 22,710 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,391 shares during the period. Comerica Bank’s holdings in Qualys were worth $3,018,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLYS. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Qualys in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Versant Capital Management Inc raised its holdings in shares of Qualys by 451.0% during the 3rd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 270 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 221 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in shares of Qualys by 86.8% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Qualys by 127.0% during the 4th quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 345 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $46,000 after acquiring an additional 193 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $55,000. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the company. William Blair cut Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on Qualys from $139.00 to $135.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 6th. Zacks Research cut Qualys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Friday, April 17th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $137.77.

Qualys Stock Performance

NASDAQ QLYS opened at $92.49 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $3.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.00 and a beta of 0.58. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $90.00 and its 200-day moving average price is $118.29. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.18 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.65% and a net margin of 29.64%.The company’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 company posted $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, equities analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.38 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys

In other news, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 6,799 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.46, for a total transaction of $873,399.54. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 88,489 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,367,296.94. The trade was a 7.14% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 6,964 shares of company stock worth $889,923. Insiders own 1.00% 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.