Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Sells 965 Shares of Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 965 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $143.44, for a total value of $138,419.60. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 81,215 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,649,479.60. This represents a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Joo Mi Kim also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, June 2nd, Joo Mi Kim sold 1,031 shares of Qualys stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $111.67, for a total value of $115,131.77.
• On Tuesday, May 19th, Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of Qualys stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total value of $162,976.59.

Qualys Stock Performance

QLYS opened at $158.26 on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $107.57 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $109.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.41 and a beta of 0.61. Qualys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $74.51 and a 52-week high of $159.35.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $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. Research analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen cut Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, May 2nd. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price objective on Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wedbush dropped their target price on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on shares of Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $132.29.

Institutional Trading of Qualys

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Root Financial Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Qualys by 206.2% in the 1st quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Strive Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Qualys by 204.3% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP grew 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 worth $38,000 after buying an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas bought a new stake in shares of Qualys in the 4th quarter worth about $43,000. Institutional investors 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.