Hsbc Holdings PLC Has $2.25 Million Stake in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Hsbc Holdings PLC lowered its position in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 36.9% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 16,898 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 9,895 shares during the quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings in Qualys were worth $2,248,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its stake in shares of Qualys by 62.4% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 125,636 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $16,769,000 after acquiring an additional 48,267 shares during the period. Comerica Bank boosted its holdings in Qualys by 100.6% in the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 22,710 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,018,000 after acquiring an additional 11,391 shares during the last quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH increased its position in Qualys by 9.8% during the 4th quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH now owns 208,832 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $27,754,000 after purchasing an additional 18,711 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Qualys by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,256,002 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $168,380,000 after purchasing an additional 48,877 shares during the period. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC raised its holdings in Qualys by 147.0% during the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 33,416 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,441,000 after purchasing an additional 19,889 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

QLYS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price target on shares of Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Qualys from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 2nd. 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. Finally, William Blair cut shares of Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Qualys has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $132.29.

Qualys Price Performance

QLYS opened at $152.69 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average is $113.14 and its 200 day moving average is $109.63. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $164.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.41 and a beta of 0.61.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.81 by $0.14. The business had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.63 million. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Qualys news, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total value of $162,976.59. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 83,211 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,335,245.87. The trade was a 1.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, 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 firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total value of $238,829.12. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 66,301 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,642,034.18. This represents 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. In the last three months, insiders sold 73,846 shares of company stock valued at $9,239,073. Insiders own 0.88% of the company’s stock.

Qualys 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.