Insider Selling: Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Sells 865 Shares

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 865 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.44, for a total transaction of $94,665.60. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 64,571 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,066,650.24. This represents a 1.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Trading Up 3.5%

Shares of QLYS traded up $3.82 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $112.33. The stock had a trading volume of 563,875 shares, compared to its average volume of 749,157. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $97.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $110.14. The firm has a market cap of $3.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.17 and a beta of 0.65. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings results 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. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The business had revenue of $175.64 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.67 earnings per share. 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. On average, analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Pacer Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Qualys by 1,338.8% during the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 129,693 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $11,394,000 after acquiring an additional 120,679 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Qualys by 12.9% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 6,110 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $537,000 after acquiring an additional 696 shares in the last quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the first quarter worth $3,057,000. Verus Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Qualys during the first quarter valued at $264,000. Finally, Argent Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Qualys by 54.5% during the first quarter. Argent Capital Management LLC now owns 6,767 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $594,000 after purchasing an additional 2,386 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on the company. Weiss Ratings cut Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wedbush dropped their price target on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One investment 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 stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $122.14.

About Qualys

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.