Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Sells $79,095.00 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.19, for a total value of $79,095.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 12,210 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,931,499.90. This trade represents a 3.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Wendy Pfeiffer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, June 22nd, Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of Qualys stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.55, for a total transaction of $55,275.00.

Qualys Price Performance

Shares of Qualys stock opened at $141.71 on Friday. Qualys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $74.51 and a 52-week high of $167.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.99 billion, a PE ratio of 25.44 and a beta of 0.61. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $128.09 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $110.58.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The company 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 firm earned $1.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. Analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLYS. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Qualys by 3,948.0% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,024 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $255,000 after acquiring an additional 1,974 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Qualys during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $292,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in Qualys by 3,218.8% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 531 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $76,000 after acquiring an additional 515 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Qualys by 482.0% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 646 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $92,000 after purchasing an additional 535 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi increased its holdings in Qualys by 47.1% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 21,365 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,076,000 after purchasing an additional 6,844 shares in the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on QLYS shares. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $145.00 price objective on shares of Qualys in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen raised their target price on Qualys from $90.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 13th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price objective on Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $142.53.

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.