Bruce Posey Sells 100 Shares of Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 100 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total transaction of $10,018.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 71,020 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,114,783.60. This represents a 0.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Qualys Stock Performance

Qualys stock opened at $98.66 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $118.81 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $130.41. The firm has a market cap of $3.52 billion, a PE ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.62. Qualys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $85.14 and a twelve month high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The software maker reported $1.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.78 by $0.09. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.65% and a net margin of 29.64%.The company had revenue of $175.28 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.18 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.60 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.760-1.830 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 7.170-7.450 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently issued reports on QLYS. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Qualys from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 8th. Truist Financial reissued a “hold” rating and set a $120.00 price objective (down from $130.00) on shares of Qualys in a report on Friday, February 6th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “underweight” rating and issued a $117.00 price objective on shares of Qualys in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on Qualys from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group set a $150.00 price target on shares of Qualys in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Qualys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $140.46.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in QLYS. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new position in Qualys in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in Qualys by 204.3% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Qualys during the third quarter worth $29,000. Versant Capital Management Inc grew its stake in shares of Qualys by 451.0% in the 3rd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 270 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 221 shares during the period. Finally, Allworth Financial LP increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 86.8% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

About Qualys

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.