Thomas Berquist Sells 939 Shares of Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Thomas Berquist sold 939 shares of Qualys stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.75, for a total transaction of $103,994.25. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,781 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $750,995.75. This trade represents a 12.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Price Performance

Qualys stock traded up $3.41 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $114.65. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 889,284 shares, compared to its average volume of 744,687. Qualys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $74.51 and a 1-year high of $155.47. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $94.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $111.43. The company has a market cap of $4.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.58 and a beta of 0.66.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The business had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.67 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in QLYS. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Qualys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC grew its holdings in Qualys by 206.2% during the 1st quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas bought a new stake in Qualys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,000. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QLYS has been the subject of several analyst reports. TD Cowen reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wedbush decreased their target price 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. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target 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.