Hsbc Holdings PLC Has $1.12 Million Stock Position in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Hsbc Holdings PLC cut its stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 23.0% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 13,005 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 3,893 shares during the period. Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings in Qualys were worth $1,121,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Qualys in the 4th quarter worth approximately $78,591,000. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys during the third quarter worth $45,854,000. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Qualys by 46.9% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,012,100 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $144,133,000 after buying an additional 323,324 shares during the last quarter. Clark Capital Management Group Inc. raised its stake in Qualys by 402.2% during the fourth quarter. Clark Capital Management Group Inc. now owns 363,593 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $48,322,000 after buying an additional 291,192 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its holdings in Qualys by 291.0% in the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 366,844 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $48,754,000 after buying an additional 273,017 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys

In other news, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 965 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $143.44, for a total transaction of $138,419.60. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 81,215 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $11,649,479.60. The trade was a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 30,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.00, for a total transaction of $4,050,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 196,686 shares in the company, valued at $26,552,610. This represents a 13.23% decrease in their position. 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 have sold a total of 75,228 shares of company stock worth $9,457,674 in the last ninety days. 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Qualys Trading Up 0.7%

NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $135.75 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.37 and a beta of 0.61. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $126.58 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $110.50. Qualys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $74.51 and a 12 month high of $167.86.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $175.64 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Equities analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. Piper Sandler cut their price target on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $145.00 price objective on shares of Qualys in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Wall Street Zen lowered Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. Scotiabank raised Qualys from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $100.00 to $190.00 in a research note on Monday, July 6th. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their target price on Qualys from $90.00 to $145.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have given a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $142.53.

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.