Horizon Investment Services LLC Invests $947,000 in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Horizon Investment Services LLC purchased a new position in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 7,122 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $947,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLYS. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in Qualys by 204.3% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in Qualys by 86.8% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. Employees Retirement System of Texas purchased a new position in Qualys during the 4th quarter worth $43,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in Qualys by 127.0% during the 4th quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 345 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $46,000 after buying an additional 193 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Qualys during the 3rd quarter worth $55,000. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys

In other Qualys news, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 13,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.73, for a total transaction of $1,514,436.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 249,886 shares in the company, valued at approximately $28,669,420.78. The trade was a 5.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 865 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.43, for a total value of $86,871.95. Following the sale, the insider owned 65,436 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,571,737.48. The trade was a 1.30% 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. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 19,107 shares of company stock worth $2,118,245. 0.88% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Qualys Stock Performance

Qualys stock opened at $111.24 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $94.59 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $111.64. The company has a market cap of $3.92 billion, a PE ratio of 19.97 and a beta of 0.66. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $175.64 million for 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%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.67 EPS. 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 predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts recently weighed in on QLYS shares. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen restated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. William Blair downgraded Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One equities 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Qualys has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $122.14.

Qualys 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.