Legal & General Group Plc Boosts Holdings in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 7.0% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 1,156,412 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 75,397 shares during the quarter. Legal & General Group Plc’s holdings in Qualys were worth $153,687,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in QLYS. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Qualys by 3,948.0% during the first 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 in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Qualys in the second quarter worth approximately $292,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in shares of Qualys by 3,218.8% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 531 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $76,000 after purchasing an additional 515 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Qualys by 482.0% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 646 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $92,000 after purchasing an additional 535 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its holdings in shares of Qualys by 47.1% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 21,365 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,076,000 after purchasing an additional 6,844 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Qualys

In other news, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 865 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.43, for a total value of $86,871.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 65,436 shares in the company, valued at $6,571,737.48. This trade represents a 1.30% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available 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 Qualys stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total value of $162,976.59. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 83,211 shares in the company, valued at $8,335,245.87. This represents a 1.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 5,041 shares of company stock worth $505,202. Insiders own 0.88% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on QLYS shares. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. DA Davidson cut their target price on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 6th. William Blair cut shares of Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Truist Financial cut their target price on shares of Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $122.14.

Qualys Trading Down 3.9%

NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $98.32 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $90.21 and a 200-day moving average price of $114.30. Qualys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $74.51 and a 12 month high of $155.47. The stock has a market cap of $3.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.65 and a beta of 0.58.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.67 earnings per share. Qualys’s quarterly revenue 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. Equities analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Qualys 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.