Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) has earned an average rating of “Hold” from the seventeen brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $125.8571.

QLYS has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 target price on Qualys in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Wedbush dropped their price objective on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, William Blair cut Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.00, for a total value of $4,050,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 196,686 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,552,610. This represents a 13.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 865 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.44, for a total transaction of $94,665.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 64,571 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,066,650.24. The trade was a 1.32% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 71,881 shares of company stock worth $8,945,654 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Qualys during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in Qualys by 204.3% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in Qualys by 86.8% in the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Qualys by 206.2% during 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys during the fourth quarter valued at about $43,000. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of Qualys stock opened at $148.12 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $106.09 and a 200-day moving average of $108.92. Qualys has a 1-year low of $74.51 and a 1-year high of $155.47. The company has a market cap of $5.22 billion, a PE ratio of 26.59 and a beta of 0.61.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.67 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly 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. Research analysts forecast that Qualys will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

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.