Bruce Posey Sells 1,000 Shares of Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, July 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.00, for a total value of $155,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 63,571 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,853,505. This trade represents a 1.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Price Performance

Shares of QLYS opened at $158.26 on Tuesday. Qualys, Inc. has a 1 year low of $74.51 and a 1 year high of $159.35. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $107.57 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $109.02. The firm has a market cap of $5.57 billion, a PE ratio of 28.41 and a beta of 0.61.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 analyst estimates of $173.63 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Qualys by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,985 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $264,000 after purchasing an additional 81 shares during the period. Quadrant Capital Group LLC boosted its stake in Qualys by 1.8% during the third quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 5,027 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $665,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in Qualys by 4.6% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,038 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $291,000 after buying an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Covestor Ltd increased its stake in Qualys by 9.1% in the 4th quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,178 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $156,000 after acquiring an additional 98 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Qualys by 8.9% in the 4th quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,231 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $164,000 after acquiring an additional 101 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently weighed in on QLYS. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 target price on shares of Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Qualys from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, William Blair downgraded Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, twelve have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $132.29.

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.