Marshall Financial Group LLC Purchases Shares of 6,311 Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Marshall Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm acquired 6,311 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $839,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Qualys by 2.9% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,401,798 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $582,490,000 after acquiring an additional 123,962 shares in the last quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp grew its holdings in Qualys by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 1,146,289 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $151,688,000 after acquiring an additional 8,425 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in Qualys by 4.1% during the 2nd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,115,717 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $159,402,000 after acquiring an additional 44,000 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc increased its position in shares of Qualys by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,081,015 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $143,051,000 after purchasing an additional 29,342 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Qualys by 46.9% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,012,100 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $144,133,000 after purchasing an additional 323,324 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Qualys Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS opened at $97.34 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $3.47 billion, a PE ratio of 17.89 and a beta of 0.63. Qualys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $85.14 and a 52-week high of $155.47. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $110.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $127.50.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The software maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.09. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.65% and a net margin of 29.64%.The company had revenue of $175.28 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.18 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.60 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Qualys has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.760-1.830 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 7.170-7.450 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Qualys news, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 6,799 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $128.46, for a total transaction of $873,399.54. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 88,489 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,367,296.94. This trade represents a 7.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 1,101 shares of Qualys stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.34, for a total transaction of $145,706.34. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 68,598 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,078,259.32. This represents a 1.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 21,232 shares of company stock valued at $2,789,020 in the last ninety days. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

QLYS has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on shares of Qualys from $139.00 to $135.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “underweight” rating and issued a $117.00 target price on shares of Qualys in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Zacks Research cut Qualys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on Qualys from $140.00 to $134.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Qualys from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $140.46.

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.