Bruce Posey Sells 865 Shares of Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) insider Bruce Posey sold 865 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.43, for a total value of $86,871.95. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 65,436 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,571,737.48. This trade represents a 1.30% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Qualys Stock Up 1.5%

Shares of Qualys stock opened at $102.37 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $3.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.38 and a beta of 0.58. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $89.98 and a 200-day simple moving average of $115.16. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.63 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.67 earnings per share. Qualys’s revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.440-7.650 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.800 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Qualys

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Qualys during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in Qualys by 204.3% during the 4th 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 during the period. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Qualys during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Allworth Financial LP boosted its stake in Qualys by 86.8% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares during the period. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC boosted its stake in Qualys by 206.2% during the 1st quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 297 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

QLYS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Wall Street Zen lowered Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 2nd. William Blair lowered Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Qualys from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating 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. Finally, DA Davidson dropped their target price on Qualys from $135.00 to $125.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Qualys has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $122.14.

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.