Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim Sells 1,031 Shares of Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,031 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.67, for a total value of $115,131.77. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 82,180 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,177,040.60. The trade was a 1.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Joo Mi Kim also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, May 19th, Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of Qualys stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total value of $162,976.59.

Qualys Trading Down 1.6%

Qualys stock opened at $111.61 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.04 and a beta of 0.66. Qualys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $74.51 and a 1 year high of $155.47. The business has a 50-day moving average of $91.54 and a 200-day moving average of $112.89.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 29.41%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.67 EPS. 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 anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on QLYS. Weiss Ratings lowered Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. 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 MarketBeat, Qualys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $122.14.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Root Financial Partners LLC lifted its stake in Qualys by 206.2% in the 1st quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Qualys in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in Qualys by 204.3% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in Qualys by 86.8% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas bought a new stake in Qualys in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

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.