Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Shares Bought by Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 9.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 7,399 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 634 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Qualys were worth $1,057,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of QLYS. GAMMA Investing LLC increased 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 period. Fifth Third Bancorp increased 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 period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 32.3% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,116 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $518,000 after purchasing an additional 1,006 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 5.6% during the first quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 4,275 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $538,000 after purchasing an additional 226 shares during the period. Finally, State of Alaska Department of Revenue increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 2.8% during the first quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 4,287 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $539,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares during the period. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,018 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $132.26, for a total value of $134,640.68. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 94,468 shares in the company, valued at $12,494,337.68. This trade represents a 1.07% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director John A. Zangardi sold 3,860 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.82, for a total value of $520,405.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 7,174 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $967,198.68. This trade represents a 34.98% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 39,365 shares of company stock worth $5,170,053. Company insiders own 0.88% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QLYS has been the subject of several research reports. Zacks Research cut Qualys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Wall Street Zen cut Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 30th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on Qualys from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Qualys from $90.00 to $97.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, DA Davidson raised their target price on Qualys from $130.00 to $135.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, fourteen have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $141.00.

Qualys Stock Down 0.8%

NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $126.60 on Friday. Qualys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $112.61 and a 1-year high of $170.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.27 and a beta of 0.62. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $132.28 and a 200 day simple moving average of $133.49.

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

Qualys Profile

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.