RFG Advisory LLC Purchases New Position in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

RFG Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 12,934 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $1,778,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLYS. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Qualys in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in Qualys by 204.3% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. Kilter Group LLC purchased a new stake in Qualys in the second quarter valued at $31,000. Continuum Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Qualys in the second quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC boosted its stake in Qualys by 206.2% in the first quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QLYS has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Zacks Research upgraded Qualys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Wedbush cut Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $175.00 target price for the company. in a research report on Thursday. Piper Sandler raised their price target on Qualys from $100.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. DA Davidson lifted their price target on Qualys from $135.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Qualys from $139.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $173.87.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of QLYS opened at $150.28 on Friday. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $201.54. The company has a market capitalization of $5.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.00 and a beta of 0.62. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $166.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $122.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The software maker reported $1.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.20. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.52% and a net margin of 29.38%.The firm had revenue of $182.18 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $178.57 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.68 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.740-7.880 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.910-1.980 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.85 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.19, for a total transaction of $79,095.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 12,210 shares in the company, valued at $1,931,499.90. This represents a 3.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $153.04, for a total value of $248,996.08. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 75,743 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,591,708.72. This represents a 2.10% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 57,205 shares of company stock worth $7,592,800. 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Qualys Company Profile

Qualys, Inc is a cloud-based security and compliance company that helps organizations identify, assess and manage cyber risk across their information technology environments. Its platform is designed to provide visibility into assets, vulnerabilities, configurations and compliance requirements across networks, endpoints, applications and cloud infrastructure.

The company’s offerings include vulnerability management, asset inventory, policy compliance, cloud security, web application security and endpoint detection and response.