Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Stock Position Reduced by Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH lowered its holdings in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 40.8% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 218,345 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 150,520 shares during the quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s holdings in Qualys were worth $40,874,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in Qualys in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $792,316,000. Legal & General Group Plc purchased a new position in shares of Qualys during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $197,624,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its position in shares of Qualys by 127.0% during the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 832,796 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $73,161,000 after buying an additional 465,952 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of Qualys by 6.4% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 763,099 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $67,041,000 after buying an additional 45,718 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clark Capital Management Group Inc. grew its stake in Qualys by 402.2% in the 4th quarter. Clark Capital Management Group Inc. now owns 363,593 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $48,322,000 after acquiring an additional 291,192 shares during the period. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QLYS has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $200.00 price target on shares of Qualys in a report on Tuesday. Truist Financial boosted their target price on shares of Qualys from $160.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Scotiabank raised their price target on shares of Qualys from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Qualys from $100.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Two research 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $180.53.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of Qualys stock opened at $189.63 on Thursday. Qualys, Inc. has a one year low of $74.51 and a one year high of $206.25. The company has a market cap of $6.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.92 and a beta of 0.60. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $182.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $137.55.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The software maker reported $1.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.78 by $0.20. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.52% and a net margin of 29.38%. The business had revenue of $182.18 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $178.57 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.68 EPS. The company’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. On average, analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.84 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Qualys

In other news, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 3,200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.05, for a total transaction of $544,160.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 180,338 shares in the company, valued at $30,666,476.90. This trade represents a 1.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.19, for a total value of $79,095.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 12,210 shares in the company, valued at $1,931,499.90. This represents a 3.93% decrease in their position. 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. Insiders sold 7,941 shares of company stock worth $1,326,739 in the last ninety days. 0.72% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

About Qualys

Qualys, Inc provides cloud-based information technology, security and compliance solutions for organizations worldwide. Its platform is designed to help businesses identify, assess and manage security vulnerabilities across their networks, endpoints, cloud environments and web applications.

The company’s offerings include vulnerability management, asset inventory, security and compliance assessment, web application security, endpoint detection and response, and cloud security capabilities.