Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund Invests $1.86 Million in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund bought a new stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 21,140 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $1,857,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. boosted its holdings in Qualys by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,985 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $264,000 after acquiring an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC grew its stake in Qualys by 1.8% in the third quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 5,027 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $665,000 after acquiring an additional 88 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 4.6% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,038 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $291,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Covestor Ltd increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 9.1% during the fourth quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,178 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $156,000 after acquiring an additional 98 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Qualys by 8.9% during the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,231 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $164,000 after purchasing an additional 101 shares during the period. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 2,384 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total value of $238,829.12. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 66,301 shares in the company, valued at $6,642,034.18. This represents a 3.47% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 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 dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total transaction of $162,976.59. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 83,211 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,335,245.87. This represents a 1.92% decrease in their position. 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. Insiders sold 75,228 shares of company stock valued at $9,457,674 over the last quarter. 0.72% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Qualys Stock Up 2.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $144.75 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $5.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.99 and a beta of 0.61. Qualys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $74.51 and a 12-month high of $167.86. The business’s 50 day moving average is $128.94 and its 200 day moving average is $110.82.

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 the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.63 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 29.41%.Qualys’s revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QLYS has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on Qualys from $139.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of Qualys from $85.00 to $160.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Wedbush lowered their price objective on shares of Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $142.53.

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.