Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Sells $103,994.25 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Thomas Berquist sold 939 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.75, for a total transaction of $103,994.25. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,781 shares in the company, valued at $750,995.75. This represents a 12.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Price Performance

QLYS opened at $112.18 on Thursday. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.95 billion, a PE ratio of 20.14 and a beta of 0.66. The company’s 50-day moving average is $96.06 and its 200 day moving average is $110.84.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analyst estimates of $173.63 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of QLYS. RWA Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Qualys in the 3rd quarter valued at $80,820,000. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its holdings in Qualys by 62.4% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 125,636 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $16,769,000 after purchasing an additional 48,267 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 748.6% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 31,346 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $4,148,000 after purchasing an additional 27,652 shares during the period. Comerica Bank boosted its holdings in Qualys by 100.6% in the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 22,710 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,018,000 after purchasing an additional 11,391 shares during the period. Finally, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH boosted its holdings in Qualys by 9.8% in the 4th quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH now owns 208,832 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $27,754,000 after purchasing an additional 18,711 shares during the period. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. William Blair lowered shares of Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $122.14.

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.