Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Stock: Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH Cuts Position

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH decreased its holdings in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 40.8% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 218,345 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 150,520 shares during the period. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH owned about 0.63% of Qualys worth $40,874,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the business. ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. increased its stake in shares of Qualys by 4.9% in the 3rd quarter. ZWJ Investment Counsel Inc. now owns 2,114 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $396,000 after purchasing an additional 98 shares in the last quarter. ANB Bank purchased a new stake in Qualys in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $333,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Qualys by 32.2% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,086 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $390,000 after acquiring an additional 508 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 25.8% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 527 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $99,000 after buying an additional 108 shares during the period. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Qualys by 170.8% in the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 7,527 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,035,000 after buying an additional 4,747 shares in the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Sumedh Thakar sold 3,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.05, for a total transaction of $544,160.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 180,338 shares in the company, valued at approximately $30,666,476.90. The trade was a 1.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $153.04, for a total transaction of $248,996.08. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 75,743 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,591,708.72. This trade represents a 2.10% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 7,941 shares of company stock worth $1,326,739 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.72% of the company’s stock.

Qualys Trading Down 4.3%

NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $189.63 on Thursday. Qualys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $74.51 and a twelve month high of $206.25. The company has a market cap of $6.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.92 and a beta of 0.60. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $182.68 and a 200-day simple moving average of $137.55.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The software maker reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.20. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.52% and a net margin of 29.38%. The company had revenue of $182.18 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $178.57 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.68 EPS. Qualys’s quarterly revenue was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.740-7.880 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.910-1.980 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.84 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QLYS has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Qualys from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Wedbush cut shares of Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $175.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Thursday, September 10th. Northland Securities set a $208.00 target price on shares of Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of Qualys from $170.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $200.00 target price on Qualys in a report on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $180.53.

Qualys Company Profile

Qualys, Inc provides cloud-based information technology, security and compliance solutions for organizations worldwide. Its platform is designed to help businesses identify, assess and manage security vulnerabilities across their networks, endpoints, cloud environments and web applications.

The company’s offerings include vulnerability management, asset inventory, security and compliance assessment, web application security, endpoint detection and response, and cloud security capabilities.