Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Stake Lessened by Capital Fund Management S.A.

Capital Fund Management S.A. lessened its stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 20.0% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 50,597 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 12,621 shares during the quarter. Capital Fund Management S.A.’s holdings in Qualys were worth $6,372,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Mariner LLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 12.7% in the fourth quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 5,129 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $719,000 after purchasing an additional 577 shares during the period. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 191.4% in the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 4,047 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $567,000 after purchasing an additional 2,658 shares during the period. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury boosted its holdings in Qualys by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 16,629 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,332,000 after purchasing an additional 1,834 shares during the period. MGO One Seven LLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 16.8% in the fourth quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 2,249 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $315,000 after purchasing an additional 324 shares during the period. Finally, Voya Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 54.2% in the fourth quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 283,838 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $39,800,000 after purchasing an additional 99,799 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys

In related news, Director John A. Zangardi sold 1,287 shares of Qualys stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.03, for a total transaction of $169,922.61. Following the sale, the director directly owned 11,034 shares in the company, valued at $1,456,819.02. The trade was a 10.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 200 shares of Qualys stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $129.72, for a total transaction of $25,944.00. Following the sale, the director owned 11,082 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,437,557.04. This represents a 1.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 52,060 shares of company stock valued at $7,247,888. 0.88% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of QLYS opened at $134.54 on Friday. Qualys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $112.61 and a 1 year high of $170.00. The company has a market cap of $4.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.85 and a beta of 0.56. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $137.46 and a 200-day moving average of $133.53.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The software maker reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.47 by $0.21. Qualys had a net margin of 29.04% and a return on equity of 37.19%. The business had revenue of $164.06 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $161.25 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.52 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.200-6.5 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 1.500-1.6 EPS. Analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Wedbush lifted their price objective on shares of Qualys from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Qualys from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, August 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Qualys from $131.00 to $140.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. Scotiabank boosted their price target on shares of Qualys from $142.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price target on shares of Qualys from $163.00 to $158.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $141.00.

Qualys Profile

Qualys, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based platform delivering information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers Qualys Cloud Apps, which include Cybersecurity Asset Management and External Attack Surface Management; Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response; Web Application Scanning; Patch Management; Custom Assessment and Remediation; Multi-Vector Endpoint Detection and Response; Context Extended Detection and Response; Policy Compliance; File Integrity Monitoring; and Qualys TotalCloud, as well as Cloud Workload Protection, Cloud Detection and Response, Cloud Security Posture Management, Infrastructure as Code, and Container Security.