Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Sells $520,405.20 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director John Zangardi sold 3,860 shares of Qualys stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $134.82, for a total transaction of $520,405.20. Following the sale, the director owned 7,174 shares in the company, valued at approximately $967,198.68. The trade was a 34.98% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

Qualys Price Performance

Qualys stock opened at $134.66 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $4.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.88 and a beta of 0.56. Qualys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $112.61 and a 1 year high of $170.00. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $137.10 and its 200-day moving average price is $133.37.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 5th. The software maker reported $1.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $164.06 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $161.25 million. Qualys had a net margin of 29.04% and a return on equity of 37.19%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.52 earnings per share. Qualys has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.200-6.5 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 1.500-1.6 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of QLYS. Mariner LLC increased its position in Qualys by 12.7% in the fourth quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 5,129 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $719,000 after purchasing an additional 577 shares during the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its position in Qualys by 191.4% during the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 4,047 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $567,000 after acquiring an additional 2,658 shares during the last quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury increased its position in Qualys by 12.4% during the fourth quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 16,629 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,332,000 after acquiring an additional 1,834 shares during the last quarter. MGO One Seven LLC raised its stake in shares of Qualys by 16.8% in the fourth quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 2,249 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $315,000 after acquiring an additional 324 shares during the period. Finally, Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys in the fourth quarter valued at $6,983,000. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently issued reports on QLYS. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of Qualys from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Qualys to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 11th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on shares of Qualys from $140.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their price objective on shares of Qualys from $163.00 to $158.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th. Finally, Wedbush boosted their price target on shares of Qualys from $145.00 to $155.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Qualys has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $141.00.

About Qualys

Qualys, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based platform delivering information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers Qualys Cloud Apps, which include Cybersecurity Asset Management and External Attack Surface Management; Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response; Web Application Scanning; Patch Management; Custom Assessment and Remediation; Multi-Vector Endpoint Detection and Response; Context Extended Detection and Response; Policy Compliance; File Integrity Monitoring; and Qualys TotalCloud, as well as Cloud Workload Protection, Cloud Detection and Response, Cloud Security Posture Management, Infrastructure as Code, and Container Security.