Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Jeffrey Hank Sells 470 Shares of Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Jeffrey Hank sold 470 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 11th. The stock was 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 approximately $1,747,088.48. This represents a 2.85% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of QLYS stock opened at $114.65 on Tuesday. Qualys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $74.51 and a 52 week high of $155.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.04 billion, a PE ratio of 20.58 and a beta of 0.65. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $95.12 and its 200-day moving average is $111.24.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings results 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. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 29.41%.The business had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.67 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. RWA Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Qualys during the third quarter worth about $80,820,000. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 62.4% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 125,636 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $16,769,000 after acquiring an additional 48,267 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 748.6% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 31,346 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,148,000 after acquiring an additional 27,652 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank raised its position in shares of Qualys by 100.6% during the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 22,710 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $3,018,000 after purchasing an additional 11,391 shares during the period. Finally, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 9.8% during the 4th quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH now owns 208,832 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $27,754,000 after purchasing an additional 18,711 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on QLYS shares. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Wedbush dropped their price objective on shares of Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased 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, Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their target price on Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $122.14.

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.