Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Bruce Posey Sells 100 Shares

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 100 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total value of $10,018.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 71,020 shares in the company, valued at $7,114,783.60. This represents a 0.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

Qualys Trading Down 0.8%

NASDAQ QLYS traded down $0.79 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $98.66. The company had a trading volume of 484,239 shares, compared to its average volume of 909,340. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $118.81 and a 200-day moving average price of $130.43. The company has a market capitalization of $3.52 billion, a PE ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.62. Qualys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $85.14 and a twelve month high of $155.47.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in Qualys by 2.8% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 382,100 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $54,591,000 after purchasing an additional 10,359 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Qualys by 100.6% during the second quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 136,835 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $19,535,000 after purchasing an additional 68,632 shares during the last quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Qualys by 9.3% in the second quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 545,380 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $77,918,000 after buying an additional 46,296 shares during the period. Willis Investment Counsel increased its stake in shares of Qualys by 68.8% in the second quarter. Willis Investment Counsel now owns 23,611 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,373,000 after buying an additional 9,626 shares during the period. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. raised its holdings in Qualys by 26.3% in the 3rd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 87,217 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $11,541,000 after buying an additional 18,164 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently issued reports on QLYS shares. Canaccord Genuity Group set a $150.00 price target on shares of Qualys in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Qualys from $140.00 to $134.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Morgan Stanley restated an “underweight” rating and set a $117.00 target price on shares of Qualys in a research note on Thursday, December 18th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Qualys in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on Qualys from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $140.46.

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.