Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates for Qualys (QLYS)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Qualys (NASDAQ: QLYS):

• 5/20/2026 – Qualys was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c-)” to “sell (d+)”.
• 5/7/2026 – Qualys had its price target lowered by Wedbush from $155.00 to $125.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Qualys was upgraded by Weiss Ratings from “sell (d+)” to “hold (c-)”.
• 5/6/2026 – Qualys had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $85.00 to $90.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Qualys had its price target lowered by Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. from $150.00 to $125.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Qualys had its price target lowered by Piper Sandler from $135.00 to $100.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Qualys had its price target lowered by Scotiabank from $135.00 to $100.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Qualys was given a new $96.00 price target by Morgan Stanley.
• 5/6/2026 – Qualys had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $113.00 to $87.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/2/2026 – Qualys was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 4/28/2026 – Qualys was downgraded by William Blair from “outperform” to “market perform”.
• 4/24/2026 – Qualys had its price target lowered by Truist Financial Corporation from $120.00 to $85.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 4/17/2026 – Qualys was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “hold (c-)” to “sell (d+)”.
• 4/14/2026 – Qualys had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by TD Cowen.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 2,384 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total transaction of $238,829.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 66,301 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,642,034.18. The trade was a 3.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 5,041 shares of company stock valued at $505,202 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.88% of the company’s stock.

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.