Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the seventeen research firms that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $122.1429.

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. TD Cowen reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research note on Tuesday, April 14th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Piper Sandler decreased their target price on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wedbush decreased their target price on shares of Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 7th.

Qualys Stock Performance

NASDAQ QLYS opened at $123.27 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $100.46 and its two-hundred day moving average is $109.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.13 and a beta of 0.65. Qualys has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $175.64 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 29.41%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.67 earnings per share. 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, sell-side analysts forecast that Qualys will post 5.47 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Qualys news, Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.55, for a total value of $55,275.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 12,710 shares in the company, valued at $1,405,090.50. The trade was a 3.79% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 2,384 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 in the company, valued at $6,642,034.18. The trade was a 3.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 a total of 21,881 shares of company stock worth $2,423,354 over the last ninety days. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in Qualys in the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of Qualys by 204.3% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 143 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in shares of Qualys by 86.8% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $38,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares during the period. Root Financial Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Qualys by 206.2% in the 1st quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the period. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $43,000. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.