Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Purchases 8,611 Shares of Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise grew its position in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 58.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 23,278 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,611 shares during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise’s holdings in Qualys were worth $3,094,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Qualys in the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in shares of Qualys by 86.8% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in Qualys by 127.0% in the fourth quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 345 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 193 shares during the period. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Qualys in the third quarter valued at $55,000. Finally, Horizon Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Qualys in the third quarter valued at $57,000. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Qualys Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of Qualys stock opened at $100.55 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $89.76 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $115.41. Qualys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $74.51 and a 1-year high of $155.47. The company has a market cap of $3.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.05 and a beta of 0.58.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 29.41%.The firm had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.63 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.67 EPS. The business’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. Equities research analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently weighed in on QLYS. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen restated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a report on Tuesday, April 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Qualys from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Qualys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $122.14.

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.