Aurora Investment Counsel Purchases 313 Shares of Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Aurora Investment Counsel raised its position in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 1.8% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 17,362 shares of the software maker’s stock after acquiring an additional 313 shares during the period. Qualys accounts for approximately 1.3% of Aurora Investment Counsel’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest holding. Aurora Investment Counsel’s holdings in Qualys were worth $2,481,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al bought a new stake in shares of Qualys during the second quarter worth approximately $2,264,000. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 2.3% during the second quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 15,908 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,273,000 after acquiring an additional 355 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 1.0% during the second quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 75,685 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $10,750,000 after acquiring an additional 774 shares during the period. Empirical Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Qualys by 27.0% in the second quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 4,690 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $670,000 after buying an additional 997 shares during the period. Finally, Bayforest Capital Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Qualys in the second quarter valued at approximately $611,000. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys

In other news, Director John A. Zangardi sold 3,103 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 4,071 shares in the company, valued at approximately $549,340.74. This represents a 43.25% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 787 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $129.17, for a total value of $101,656.79. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 92,864 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,995,242.88. The trade was a 0.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 38,824 shares of company stock worth $5,094,254 over the last quarter. 0.88% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on QLYS shares. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research cut Qualys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 6th. Scotiabank boosted their price target on Qualys from $142.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. UBS Group boosted their price target on Qualys from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Finally, Wedbush boosted their price target on Qualys from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Two research 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. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $141.00.

Qualys Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of QLYS stock opened at $127.63 on Tuesday. Qualys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $112.61 and a twelve month high of $170.00. The company has a market cap of $4.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.48 and a beta of 0.62. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $132.28 and a 200 day simple moving average of $133.63.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The software maker reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 the consensus estimate of $161.25 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $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. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Qualys Company 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.