Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Acquires 45,718 Shares of Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 6.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 763,099 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 45,718 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in Qualys were worth $67,041,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of QLYS. Root Financial Partners LLC grew its holdings in Qualys by 206.2% during the first quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Qualys in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Qualys by 204.3% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 143 shares during the period. Employees Retirement System of Texas acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Finally, Richardson Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in shares of Qualys by 127.0% in the fourth quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 345 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 193 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Qualys

In other news, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 2,384 shares of Qualys stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total transaction of $238,829.12. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 66,301 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,642,034.18. This trade represents a 3.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Thomas Berquist sold 939 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.75, for a total transaction of $103,994.25. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 6,781 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $750,995.75. The trade was a 12.16% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 75,228 shares of company stock valued at $9,457,674. Corporate insiders own 0.72% of the company’s stock.

Qualys Stock Up 2.1%

Shares of QLYS stock opened at $144.75 on Friday. Qualys, Inc. has a 12-month low of $74.51 and a 12-month high of $167.86. The company has a market capitalization of $5.10 billion, a PE ratio of 25.99 and a beta of 0.61. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $128.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $110.82.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QLYS has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings upgraded Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price target on Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. William Blair downgraded Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price objective on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wedbush decreased their price objective 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 investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $142.53.

Qualys 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.