Insider Selling: Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Sells $79,095.00 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.19, for a total transaction of $79,095.00. Following the sale, the director owned 12,210 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,931,499.90. This trade represents a 3.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Wendy Pfeiffer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, June 22nd, Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of Qualys stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.55, for a total value of $55,275.00.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of Qualys stock traded up $2.81 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $137.60. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 150,345 shares, compared to its average volume of 758,213. Qualys, Inc. has a one year low of $74.51 and a one year high of $167.86. The firm has a market cap of $4.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.70 and a beta of 0.61. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $125.87 and its 200-day moving average price is $110.48.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

QLYS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price target on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Scotiabank upgraded shares of Qualys from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $100.00 to $190.00 in a report on Monday, July 6th. Finally, Piper Sandler cut their price objective on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $142.53.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 24.1% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,372,587 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $182,417,000 after acquiring an additional 266,924 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Qualys by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,256,002 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $168,380,000 after purchasing an additional 48,877 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc raised its position in Qualys by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,156,412 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $153,687,000 after purchasing an additional 75,397 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Qualys by 46.9% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,012,100 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $144,133,000 after purchasing an additional 323,324 shares during the period. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its stake in Qualys by 127.0% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 832,796 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $73,161,000 after purchasing an additional 465,952 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

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.