Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Bruce Posey Sells 882 Shares

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 882 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.17, for a total value of $139,505.94. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 62,689 shares in the company, valued at $9,915,519.13. The trade was a 1.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Trading Up 0.7%

NASDAQ QLYS opened at $135.75 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.37 and a beta of 0.61. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $126.58 and a 200 day moving average of $110.50. Qualys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $74.51 and a twelve month high of $167.86.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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 during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.67 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Qualys

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of QLYS. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its position in shares of Qualys by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,985 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $264,000 after buying an additional 81 shares during the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC grew its position in shares of Qualys by 1.8% in the 3rd quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 5,027 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $665,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in shares of Qualys by 4.6% in the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,038 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $291,000 after buying an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. Covestor Ltd raised its stake in Qualys by 9.1% during the 4th quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,178 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $156,000 after acquiring an additional 98 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Qualys by 8.9% in the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,231 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $164,000 after acquiring an additional 101 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price objective on Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen cut Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Truist Financial raised their target price on Qualys from $85.00 to $160.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Scotiabank raised shares of Qualys from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $100.00 to $190.00 in a report on Monday, July 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $142.53.

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.