Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Thomas Berquist Sells 939 Shares of Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Thomas Berquist sold 939 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.75, for a total value of $103,994.25. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 6,781 shares in the company, valued at approximately $750,995.75. This represents a 12.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Stock Up 3.1%

Shares of Qualys stock opened at $114.65 on Tuesday. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47. The firm has a market cap of $4.04 billion, a PE ratio of 20.58 and a beta of 0.65. The business’s fifty day moving average is $95.12 and its two-hundred day moving average is $111.24.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

QLYS has been the topic of several research reports. Piper Sandler cut their target price on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 target price on Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Scotiabank cut their target price on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wedbush cut their target price on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Truist Financial cut their target price on Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $122.14.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. RWA Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in Qualys in the third quarter worth about $80,820,000. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its stake in Qualys by 62.4% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 125,636 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $16,769,000 after purchasing an additional 48,267 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC grew its stake in Qualys by 748.6% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 31,346 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,148,000 after purchasing an additional 27,652 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank grew its stake in Qualys by 100.6% in the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 22,710 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,018,000 after purchasing an additional 11,391 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH grew its stake in Qualys by 9.8% in the fourth quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH now owns 208,832 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $27,754,000 after purchasing an additional 18,711 shares in the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.