Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Sells $162,976.59 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total transaction of $162,976.59. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 83,211 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,335,245.87. This represents a 1.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS traded up $0.30 on Thursday, reaching $100.85. 665,822 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 759,484. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47. The company has a 50 day moving average of $89.76 and a 200 day moving average of $115.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.55 billion, a PE ratio of 18.11 and a beta of 0.58.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.67 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue 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. As a group, research analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently commented on QLYS. DA Davidson dropped their price objective on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Scotiabank dropped their target price on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Qualys from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $122.14.

Institutional Trading of Qualys

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Park State Asset Management increased its position in Qualys by 18.8% during the 1st quarter. Park State Asset Management now owns 58,123 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $5,106,000 after purchasing an additional 9,212 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 126,189 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $11,085,000 after acquiring an additional 3,474 shares during the period. Smith Group Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 68.3% in the 1st quarter. Smith Group Asset Management LLC now owns 4,819 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $423,000 after acquiring an additional 1,955 shares during the period. Amundi boosted its holdings in Qualys by 33.7% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 18,398 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,616,000 after acquiring an additional 4,634 shares during the period. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 14.9% in the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,415 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $124,000 after acquiring an additional 184 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

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.