Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Wendy Pfeiffer Sells 500 Shares

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.19, for a total transaction of $79,095.00. Following the sale, the director owned 12,210 shares in the company, valued at $1,931,499.90. This trade represents a 3.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Wendy Pfeiffer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, June 22nd, Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of Qualys stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.55, for a total transaction of $55,275.00.

Qualys Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of QLYS stock opened at $135.75 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $126.58 and a 200-day moving average of $110.50. Qualys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $74.51 and a 12-month high of $167.86. The company has a market capitalization of $4.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.37 and a beta of 0.61.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $175.64 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.67 earnings per share. 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, equities analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Piper Sandler cut 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Qualys from $139.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday. Wedbush dropped their target price 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 report on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, Scotiabank raised shares of Qualys from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and raised their price target for the stock from $100.00 to $190.00 in a research note on Monday, July 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $142.53.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of Qualys by 24.1% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,372,587 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $182,417,000 after acquiring an additional 266,924 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Qualys by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,256,002 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $168,380,000 after purchasing an additional 48,877 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its position in Qualys by 7.0% during the fourth quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,156,412 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $153,687,000 after purchasing an additional 75,397 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Qualys by 46.9% in the second 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership increased its position in shares of Qualys by 127.0% during the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 832,796 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $73,161,000 after purchasing an additional 465,952 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.