Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Sells $86,871.95 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 865 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.43, for a total value of $86,871.95. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 65,436 shares in the company, valued at $6,571,737.48. The trade was a 1.30% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Trading Up 1.5%

NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $102.37 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.38 and a beta of 0.58. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $89.98 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $115.16. Qualys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $74.51 and a 1-year high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 company had revenue of $175.64 million for 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%.Qualys’s revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm 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. Sell-side analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

QLYS has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Wedbush dropped their price target on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price target on Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $122.14.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Root Financial Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Qualys by 206.2% during the 1st quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Qualys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in shares of Qualys by 204.3% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Qualys during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Finally, Allworth Financial LP increased its position in shares of Qualys by 86.8% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.