Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Sells $621,549.81 in Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 4,753 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $130.77, for a total transaction of $621,549.81. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 94,672 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,380,257.44. This represents a 4.78% 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.

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

• On Tuesday, December 2nd, Joo Mi Kim sold 7,506 shares of Qualys stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $146.59, for a total value of $1,100,304.54.

Qualys Stock Performance

Qualys stock opened at $131.86 on Thursday. Qualys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $112.61 and a 52 week high of $155.47. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.55 and a beta of 0.50. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $140.97 and a 200-day moving average of $136.76.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The software maker reported $1.86 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.56 by $0.30. The business had revenue of $169.88 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $166.30 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.40% and a net margin of 28.96%.Qualys’s revenue was up 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.56 earnings per share. Qualys has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.930-7.000 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. 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 worth $665,000 after acquiring an additional 88 shares in the last quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 12,868 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,703,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,038 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $291,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares in the last quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors grew its stake in shares of Qualys by 2.4% in the 2nd quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 4,006 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $572,000 after buying an additional 93 shares during the period. Finally, Occidental Asset Management LLC increased its position in Qualys by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Occidental Asset Management LLC now owns 2,283 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $326,000 after buying an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have commented on the company. Scotiabank dropped their target price on Qualys from $150.00 to $139.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Qualys from $115.00 to $117.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Qualys from $145.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $150.00 price target on shares of Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Zacks Research cut shares of Qualys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $143.57.

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.