Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Bruce Posey Sells 2,384 Shares of Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 2,384 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total transaction of $238,829.12. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 66,301 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,642,034.18. This represents a 3.47% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of QLYS opened at $100.85 on Friday. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47. The company’s fifty day moving average is $89.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $115.25. The firm has a market cap of $3.55 billion, a PE ratio of 18.11 and a beta of 0.58.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 29.41%.The company had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.67 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue 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. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on QLYS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their price target on Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Qualys currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $122.14.

Institutional Trading of Qualys

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Root Financial Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 206.2% in the first quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. Strive Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Qualys in the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in shares of Qualys by 204.3% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Qualys during the third quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP increased its stake in shares of Qualys by 86.8% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 132 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

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.