Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Analysts

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) has been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the seventeen analysts that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $122.1429.

QLYS has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price target on Qualys in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Scotiabank reduced their price target on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, William Blair downgraded Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th.

Insider Activity at Qualys

In related news, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 13,200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.73, for a total value of $1,514,436.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 249,886 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,669,420.78. This represents a 5.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 2,384 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total value of $238,829.12. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 66,301 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,642,034.18. This represents a 3.47% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 19,172 shares of company stock valued at $2,124,751. Insiders own 0.88% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. RWA Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Qualys during the third quarter valued at approximately $80,820,000. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Qualys during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $78,591,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its stake in Qualys by 127.0% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 832,796 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $73,161,000 after buying an additional 465,952 shares in the last quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. acquired a new stake in Qualys during the third quarter valued at approximately $45,854,000. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Qualys by 46.9% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,012,100 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $144,133,000 after buying an additional 323,324 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Qualys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS opened at $111.61 on Thursday. Qualys has a 1-year low of $74.51 and a 1-year high of $155.47. The business has a 50-day moving average of $91.54 and a 200-day moving average of $112.89. The company has a market capitalization of $3.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.04 and a beta of 0.66.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 business earned $1.67 earnings per share. The company’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. Research analysts expect that Qualys will post 5.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.