Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Shares Acquired by Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 313.3% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,546 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,059 shares during the quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd owned about 0.05% of Qualys worth $2,650,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in QLYS. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 246.3% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 973 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $123,000 after buying an additional 692 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 32.3% in the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,116 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $518,000 after buying an additional 1,006 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 4.0% in the 1st quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 8,143 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,036,000 after buying an additional 310 shares in the last quarter. Novem Group lifted its holdings in Qualys by 35.0% in the 1st quarter. Novem Group now owns 7,008 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $883,000 after purchasing an additional 1,817 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Teacher Retirement System of Texas lifted its holdings in Qualys by 153.3% in the 1st quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 43,710 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $5,504,000 after purchasing an additional 26,452 shares in the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

QLYS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 30th. Wedbush upped their target price on shares of Qualys from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Qualys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, October 6th. DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Qualys from $130.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on shares of Qualys from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $140.62.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS opened at $123.79 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $4.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.71 and a beta of 0.62. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $131.66 and a 200 day simple moving average of $133.88. Qualys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $112.61 and a 52 week high of $170.00.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 5th. The software maker reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $164.06 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.25 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.19% and a net margin of 29.04%.The firm’s revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.52 EPS. Qualys has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.200-6.5 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 1.500-1.6 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Qualys news, Director Kristi Marie Rogers sold 1,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $134.70, for a total transaction of $228,990.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 8,596 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,157,881.20. This represents a 16.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director John A. Zangardi sold 3,103 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $134.94, for a total value of $418,718.82. Following the sale, the director directly owned 4,071 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $549,340.74. The trade was a 43.25% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 39,364 shares of company stock valued at $5,162,899. Insiders own 0.88% of the company’s stock.

Qualys Profile

Qualys, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based platform delivering information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers Qualys Cloud Apps, which include Cybersecurity Asset Management and External Attack Surface Management; Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response; Web Application Scanning; Patch Management; Custom Assessment and Remediation; Multi-Vector Endpoint Detection and Response; Context Extended Detection and Response; Policy Compliance; File Integrity Monitoring; and Qualys TotalCloud, as well as Cloud Workload Protection, Cloud Detection and Response, Cloud Security Posture Management, Infrastructure as Code, and Container Security.