Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Sells $138,419.60 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 965 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $143.44, for a total value of $138,419.60. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 81,215 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,649,479.60. The trade was a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Joo Mi Kim also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, June 2nd, Joo Mi Kim sold 1,031 shares of Qualys stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $111.67, for a total transaction of $115,131.77.
• On Tuesday, May 19th, Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of Qualys stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total transaction of $162,976.59.

Qualys Price Performance

Qualys stock opened at $153.54 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.57 and a beta of 0.61. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $110.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is $109.21. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $164.17.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 EPS 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 net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.67 earnings per share. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Truist Financial lowered their price target on Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 24th. Wall Street Zen lowered Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Weiss Ratings raised Qualys from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd. Piper Sandler cut their price target on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on shares of Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $132.29.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Qualys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $78,591,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its position in shares of Qualys by 127.0% in 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 in the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new position in Qualys during the third quarter worth $45,854,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings 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 last quarter. Finally, Clark Capital Management Group Inc. grew its position in Qualys by 402.2% in the fourth quarter. Clark Capital Management Group Inc. now owns 363,593 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $48,322,000 after purchasing an additional 291,192 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.