London Co. of Virginia Sells 66,300 Shares of Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

London Co. of Virginia cut its holdings in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 14.6% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 389,254 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 66,300 shares during the period. London Co. of Virginia’s holdings in Qualys were worth $51,733,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Qualys by 2.9% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,401,798 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $582,490,000 after purchasing an additional 123,962 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of Qualys by 24.1% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,372,587 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $182,417,000 after purchasing an additional 266,924 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Qualys by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,256,002 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $168,380,000 after purchasing an additional 48,877 shares during the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc grew its stake in shares of Qualys by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,156,412 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $153,687,000 after purchasing an additional 75,397 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Qualys by 46.9% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,012,100 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $144,133,000 after purchasing an additional 323,324 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Jeffrey P. Hank sold 470 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $108.88, for a total value of $51,173.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 16,046 shares in the company, valued at $1,747,088.48. The trade was a 2.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 13,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.73, for a total transaction of $1,514,436.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 249,886 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,669,420.78. The trade was a 5.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 20,516 shares of company stock worth $2,273,413 over the last 90 days. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

QLYS has been the topic of several research reports. Wall Street Zen cut Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Truist Financial lowered their target price on shares of Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, April 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Scotiabank lowered their target price on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, William Blair lowered shares of Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Qualys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $122.14.

Qualys Stock Down 0.9%

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS opened at $113.67 on Wednesday. Qualys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $74.51 and a twelve month high of $155.47. The firm has a market cap of $4.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.41 and a beta of 0.66. The company has a 50 day moving average of $95.63 and a 200 day moving average of $111.04.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 analyst estimates of $173.63 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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, equities analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.