Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Bruce Posey Sells 865 Shares

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 865 shares of Qualys stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.43, for a total transaction of $86,871.95. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 65,436 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,571,737.48. The trade was a 1.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of QLYS stock traded up $0.30 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $100.85. 665,822 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 759,484. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.11 and a beta of 0.58. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $89.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $115.41. Qualys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $74.51 and a 52 week high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.63 million. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. Analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Qualys

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in QLYS. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its position in Qualys by 62.4% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 125,636 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $16,769,000 after purchasing an additional 48,267 shares in the last quarter. RWA Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in Qualys during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $80,820,000. Federated Hermes Inc. increased its position in Qualys by 26.3% during the 3rd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 87,217 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $11,541,000 after purchasing an additional 18,164 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its position in Qualys by 748.6% during the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 31,346 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,148,000 after purchasing an additional 27,652 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH increased its position 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 acquiring an additional 18,711 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

QLYS has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price objective on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. William Blair cut Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. TD Cowen restated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price 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.