Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Wendy Pfeiffer Sells 500 Shares of Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.55, for a total transaction of $55,275.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 12,710 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,405,090.50. The trade was a 3.79% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS opened at $112.33 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $98.36 and its 200-day moving average price is $109.88. Qualys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $74.51 and a 52-week high of $155.47. The company has a market capitalization of $3.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.17 and a beta of 0.66.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The company had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.67 earnings per share. Qualys’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. Analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Root Financial Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 206.2% during the 1st quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys in the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in shares of Qualys by 204.3% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 143 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP increased its position in Qualys by 86.8% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $38,000 after buying an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas bought a new stake in Qualys in the 4th quarter valued at about $43,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

QLYS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their price objective on Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 target price on Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, TD Cowen restated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a report 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 assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $122.14.

About Qualys

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.