Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Bruce Posey Sells 866 Shares

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 866 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.23, for a total value of $159,543.18. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 59,554 shares in the company, valued at $10,971,633.42. This represents a 1.43% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Stock Down 0.1%

NASDAQ QLYS opened at $181.98 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.30 billion, a PE ratio of 31.48 and a beta of 0.60. Qualys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $74.51 and a 12-month high of $201.54. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $151.02 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $115.98.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The software maker reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.78 by $0.20. Qualys had a net margin of 29.38% and a return on equity of 37.52%. The business had revenue of $182.18 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $178.57 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.68 EPS. Qualys’s revenue for the quarter 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 analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.85 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have weighed in on QLYS. Wall Street Zen raised Qualys from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. Northland Securities set a $208.00 price objective on Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. William Blair downgraded Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. TD Cowen boosted their target price on Qualys from $145.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Wedbush decreased their target price on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $170.53.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Root Financial Partners LLC grew its holdings in Qualys by 206.2% in the 1st quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Qualys during the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 204.3% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. Kilter Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Qualys in the second quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, Continuum Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of Qualys in the second quarter valued at approximately $33,000. 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.