Jeffrey Hank Sells 470 Shares of Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Jeffrey Hank sold 470 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $108.88, for a total transaction of $51,173.60. Following the transaction, the director owned 16,046 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,747,088.48. This represents a 2.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.

Qualys Trading Up 3.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:QLYS traded up $3.41 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $114.65. 889,284 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 744,687. The business’s fifty day moving average is $94.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $111.43. Qualys, Inc. has a one year low of $74.51 and a one year high of $155.47. The stock has a market cap of $4.04 billion, a PE ratio of 20.58 and a beta of 0.66.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The firm had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.67 earnings per share. Qualys’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on QLYS shares. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Wedbush dropped their target price on shares of Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their price objective on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price objective on shares of Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, TD Cowen reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Qualys currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $122.14.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in QLYS. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 3,948.0% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,024 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $255,000 after acquiring an additional 1,974 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Qualys in the 2nd quarter worth about $292,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 3,218.8% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 531 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $76,000 after acquiring an additional 515 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 482.0% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 646 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $92,000 after acquiring an additional 535 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 47.1% in the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 21,365 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,076,000 after acquiring an additional 6,844 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.