Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Sells $162,976.59 in Stock

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 transaction of $162,976.59. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 83,211 shares in the company, valued at $8,335,245.87. This trade represents a 1.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Price Performance

Shares of QLYS opened at $102.37 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.61 billion, a PE ratio of 18.38 and a beta of 0.58. Qualys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $74.51 and a 1-year high of $155.47. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $89.98 and its 200-day moving average price is $115.16.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $175.64 million for 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 quarterly revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 1st quarter worth about $3,057,000. Verus Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 1st quarter worth about $264,000. Argent Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Qualys by 54.5% during the 1st quarter. Argent Capital Management LLC now owns 6,767 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $594,000 after acquiring an additional 2,386 shares in the last quarter. Park State Asset Management boosted its stake in shares of Qualys by 18.8% during the 1st quarter. Park State Asset Management now owns 58,123 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $5,106,000 after acquiring an additional 9,212 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its stake in shares of Qualys by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 126,189 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $11,085,000 after acquiring an additional 3,474 shares in the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on QLYS. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Piper Sandler decreased their target price on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 target price on shares of Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus 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.