Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim Sells 1,627 Shares

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total value of $162,976.59. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 83,211 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,335,245.87. The trade was a 1.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Stock Up 0.3%

QLYS stock opened at $100.85 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $89.87 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $115.25. Qualys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $74.51 and a twelve month high of $155.47. The firm has a market cap of $3.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.11 and a beta of 0.58.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. The firm 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%. The business’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $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 expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on QLYS shares. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday. TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. William Blair cut Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. DA Davidson decreased their target price on Qualys from $135.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 target price on Qualys in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $122.14.

Institutional Trading of Qualys

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in Qualys by 3,948.0% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,024 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $255,000 after acquiring an additional 1,974 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 2nd quarter worth $292,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted 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 purchasing an additional 515 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in Qualys by 47.1% in 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.

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.