Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Sells $94,665.60 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 865 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $109.44, for a total transaction of $94,665.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 64,571 shares in the company, valued at $7,066,650.24. This represents a 1.32% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Price Performance

Qualys stock opened at $116.19 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $4.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.86 and a beta of 0.66. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $99.70 and a two-hundred day moving average of $109.43. Qualys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $74.51 and a 1 year high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 EPS 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 business had revenue of $175.64 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.67 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue 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. Research analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

QLYS has been the subject of several research reports. William Blair cut Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Wedbush lowered their price objective on shares of Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their target price on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $122.14.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. RWA Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the third quarter valued at $80,820,000. Nordea Investment Management AB raised its stake in Qualys by 62.4% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 125,636 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $16,769,000 after acquiring an additional 48,267 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its stake in Qualys by 748.6% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 31,346 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,148,000 after acquiring an additional 27,652 shares during the last quarter. Comerica Bank lifted its position in Qualys by 100.6% during the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 22,710 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,018,000 after acquiring an additional 11,391 shares during the period. Finally, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH lifted its position in Qualys by 9.8% during the 4th quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH now owns 208,832 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $27,754,000 after acquiring an additional 18,711 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors 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.