Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Insider Bruce Posey Sells 865 Shares of Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 865 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $109.44, for a total transaction of $94,665.60. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 64,571 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,066,650.24. This represents a 1.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing 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 3.5%

Shares of QLYS stock opened at $112.33 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $3.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.17 and a beta of 0.66. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $98.36 and a 200 day moving average price of $109.88. Qualys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $74.51 and a 12 month high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.63 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.67 EPS. Qualys’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on QLYS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on shares of Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wedbush dropped their price target on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $122.14.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. RWA Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 3rd quarter worth $80,820,000. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 62.4% in the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 125,636 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $16,769,000 after purchasing an additional 48,267 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 748.6% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 31,346 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $4,148,000 after purchasing an additional 27,652 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank lifted its stake in shares of Qualys by 100.6% in the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 22,710 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,018,000 after purchasing an additional 11,391 shares during the period. Finally, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH lifted its stake in shares of 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 valued at $27,754,000 after purchasing an additional 18,711 shares during the period. 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.