Wendy Pfeiffer Sells 500 Shares of Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.55, for a total transaction of $55,275.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 12,710 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,405,090.50. The trade was a 3.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Stock Up 2.7%

Shares of QLYS stock opened at $115.34 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $99.04 and its 200 day moving average price is $109.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.06 billion, a PE ratio of 20.71 and a beta of 0.66. Qualys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $74.51 and a 52-week high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 quarter last year, the business posted $1.67 earnings per share. Qualys’s revenue 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. Analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Qualys

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. RWA Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys in the third quarter worth about $80,820,000. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Qualys in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $78,591,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in Qualys by 127.0% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 832,796 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $73,161,000 after purchasing an additional 465,952 shares during the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. bought a new stake in Qualys during the third quarter worth approximately $45,854,000. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Qualys by 46.9% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,012,100 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $144,133,000 after purchasing an additional 323,324 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have weighed in on QLYS. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wedbush cut their price objective on shares of Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their target price on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their price target on shares of Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Qualys has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus 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.