Thomas Berquist Sells 939 Shares of Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Director Thomas Berquist sold 939 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.75, for a total value of $103,994.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,781 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $750,995.75. This represents a 12.16% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Price Performance

Qualys stock opened at $113.67 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $95.63 and a 200-day moving average of $111.04. Qualys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $74.51 and a 1 year high of $155.47. The company has a market capitalization of $4.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.41 and a beta of 0.66.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on QLYS. Weiss Ratings downgraded Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Scotiabank lowered their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their price objective on Qualys from $150.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 target price on shares of Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Qualys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $122.14.

Institutional Trading of Qualys

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLYS. RWA Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $80,820,000. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $78,591,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its position in shares of Qualys by 127.0% during the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 832,796 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $73,161,000 after buying an additional 465,952 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $45,854,000. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Qualys by 46.9% during the 2nd 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 period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

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.