36,279 Shares in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Bought by Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec

Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec bought a new stake in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 36,279 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $4,988,000. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec owned approximately 0.10% of Qualys as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in shares of Qualys in the second quarter worth about $792,316,000. Legal & General Group Plc bought a new position in shares of Qualys during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $197,624,000. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Qualys during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $78,591,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its holdings in Qualys by 127.0% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 832,796 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $73,161,000 after acquiring an additional 465,952 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new stake in Qualys in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $45,854,000. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 30,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.00, for a total transaction of $4,050,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 196,686 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,552,610. This represents a 13.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $153.04, for a total value of $248,996.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 75,743 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,591,708.72. The trade was a 2.10% 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 three months, insiders have sold 72,845 shares of company stock worth $9,377,536. 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have weighed in on QLYS shares. Scotiabank lifted their price target on shares of Qualys from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Qualys from $145.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Northland Securities set a $208.00 price target on Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Wall Street Zen raised Qualys from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 8th. Finally, DA Davidson boosted their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Qualys has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $170.53.

Qualys Price Performance

Shares of QLYS stock opened at $187.05 on Friday. Qualys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $74.51 and a 1 year high of $201.54. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $157.90 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $117.91. The company has a market cap of $6.47 billion, a PE ratio of 32.36 and a beta of 0.60.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The software maker reported $1.98 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.20. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.52% and a net margin of 29.38%.The firm had revenue of $182.18 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $178.57 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.68 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.740-7.880 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.910-1.980 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.85 EPS for the current year.

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.