Insider Selling: Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Sells $51,173.60 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Jeffrey Hank sold 470 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $108.88, for a total transaction of $51,173.60. Following the sale, the director owned 16,046 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,747,088.48. This represents a 2.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.

Qualys Trading Down 1.3%

Qualys stock opened at $112.18 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $96.06 and a 200-day moving average of $110.84. The firm has a market cap of $3.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.14 and a beta of 0.66. Qualys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $74.51 and a 1-year high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its 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. The company had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. Qualys’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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. Research analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLYS. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in Qualys by 3,948.0% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,024 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $255,000 after buying an additional 1,974 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in Qualys during the second quarter valued at $292,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in Qualys by 3,218.8% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 531 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 515 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 482.0% during the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 646 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $92,000 after purchasing an additional 535 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 47.1% during the second quarter. Amundi now owns 21,365 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,076,000 after purchasing an additional 6,844 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on QLYS. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Scotiabank dropped their price target on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on shares of Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, William Blair lowered shares of Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. One investment 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $122.14.

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.