Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim Sells 965 Shares

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 965 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $143.44, for a total value of $138,419.60. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 81,215 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,649,479.60. This represents a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Joo Mi Kim also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, June 2nd, Joo Mi Kim sold 1,031 shares of Qualys stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.67, for a total value of $115,131.77.
• On Tuesday, May 19th, Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of Qualys stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total transaction of $162,976.59.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of QLYS opened at $159.33 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $5.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.60 and a beta of 0.61. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $160.20. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $107.57 and a 200-day moving average price of $109.02.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The firm’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.67 EPS. 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 research analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in QLYS. Root Financial Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Qualys by 206.2% during the first quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Qualys in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its position in Qualys by 86.8% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares during the period. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas bought a new position in Qualys in the 4th quarter worth $43,000. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about Qualys

Here are the key news stories impacting Qualys this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Scotiabank upgraded Qualys from sector perform to sector outperform and raised its price target to $190 from $100, signaling meaningful upside from recent levels.
• Positive Sentiment: Recent bullish coverage argued that Qualys should benefit from rising vulnerability management demand, recent analyst upgrades, and management’s FY2026 outlook, which may be supporting investor optimism.
• Neutral Sentiment: CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 965 shares on July 2 in a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, a routine insider transaction that does not necessarily signal a change in fundamentals. SEC filing
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider Bruce K. Posey also sold 1,000 shares under a pre-arranged trading plan, which may create some headline noise but is generally viewed as administrative rather than a major bearish signal. SEC filing

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently commented on QLYS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Qualys from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and lifted their price objective for the stock from $87.00 to $139.00 in a report on Tuesday, June 30th. Truist Financial reduced their price target on Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Weiss Ratings raised Qualys from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Thursday. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wedbush cut their target price 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 research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $132.29.

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.