UBS Group AG Has $15.15 Million Stock Holdings in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

UBS Group AG cut its stake in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 41.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 113,957 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 80,299 shares during the period. UBS Group AG owned 0.32% of Qualys worth $15,145,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Qualys by 2.9% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,401,798 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $582,490,000 after purchasing an additional 123,962 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its position in Qualys by 2.8% during the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,081,015 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $143,051,000 after purchasing an additional 29,342 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position 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. Fundsmith LLP boosted its position in Qualys by 21.2% during the third quarter. Fundsmith LLP now owns 870,859 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $115,241,000 after purchasing an additional 152,257 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its position in Qualys by 2.1% during the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 695,732 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $92,077,000 after purchasing an additional 14,380 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on QLYS. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wedbush reduced their price target on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price objective on 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 cut their price objective on Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 24th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Qualys currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $122.14.

Qualys Stock Down 4.0%

QLYS opened at $86.50 on Thursday. Qualys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $74.51 and a 12-month high of $155.47. The stock has a market cap of $3.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.53 and a beta of 0.58. The business has a 50 day moving average of $90.05 and a 200-day moving average of $116.48.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 29.41%.The business’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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, analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.43 earnings per share for the current year.

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.