Qualys, Inc. $QLYS is Boston Trust Walden Corp’s 9th Largest Position

Boston Trust Walden Corp grew its stake in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 8.4% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 1,137,864 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 88,051 shares during the quarter. Qualys makes up about 1.2% of Boston Trust Walden Corp’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Boston Trust Walden Corp’s holdings in Qualys were worth $162,567,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of QLYS. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 246.3% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 973 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $123,000 after purchasing an additional 692 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the first quarter valued at $1,372,000. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 27.9% during the first quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 500 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $63,000 after purchasing an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Qualys by 32.3% in the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,116 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $518,000 after acquiring an additional 1,006 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its stake in Qualys by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 114,843 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $14,462,000 after acquiring an additional 1,372 shares in the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. DA Davidson increased their price objective on Qualys from $130.00 to $135.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Wedbush increased their price objective on Qualys from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. UBS Group upped their target price on Qualys from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Qualys from $90.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $141.00.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS opened at $127.91 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $4.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.53 and a beta of 0.62. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $132.45 and its 200-day simple moving average is $133.55. Qualys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $112.61 and a 52 week high of $170.00.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The software maker reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.47 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $164.06 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $161.25 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.19% and a net margin of 29.04%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.52 EPS. Qualys has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.200-6.5 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 1.500-1.6 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Qualys

In other Qualys news, Director John A. Zangardi sold 3,103 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $134.94, for a total value of $418,718.82. Following the sale, the director owned 4,071 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $549,340.74. This trade represents a 43.25% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 8,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.49, for a total value of $1,126,165.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 205,951 shares in the company, valued at $27,286,447.99. This trade represents a 3.96% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 30,865 shares of company stock worth $4,092,083. Insiders own 1.00% of the company’s stock.

About Qualys

Qualys, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based platform delivering information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers Qualys Cloud Apps, which include Cybersecurity Asset Management and External Attack Surface Management; Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response; Web Application Scanning; Patch Management; Custom Assessment and Remediation; Multi-Vector Endpoint Detection and Response; Context Extended Detection and Response; Policy Compliance; File Integrity Monitoring; and Qualys TotalCloud, as well as Cloud Workload Protection, Cloud Detection and Response, Cloud Security Posture Management, Infrastructure as Code, and Container Security.