Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Stake Lowered by Hsbc Holdings PLC

Hsbc Holdings PLC cut its stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 36.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Strive Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in Qualys in the fourth quarter valued at about $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of Qualys by 204.3% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 213 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in shares of Qualys by 86.8% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 284 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Employees Retirement System of Texas acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 4th quarter valued at about $43,000. Finally, Richardson Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 127.0% during the 4th quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 345 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $46,000 after buying an additional 193 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS opened at $128.32 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $4.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.04 and a beta of 0.65. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $101.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $109.09. Qualys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $74.51 and a 52 week high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its earnings results 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. The firm had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.15% and a net margin of 29.41%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

QLYS has been the topic of several recent research reports. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price objective on shares of Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of Qualys from $120.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Wedbush dropped their price target on shares of Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target 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. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have given a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Qualys has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $122.14.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Thomas Berquist sold 939 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $110.75, for a total value of $103,994.25. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 6,781 shares in the company, valued at approximately $750,995.75. The trade was a 12.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 13,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $114.73, for a total transaction of $1,514,436.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 249,886 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,669,420.78. This represents a 5.02% 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. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 31,881 shares of company stock valued at $3,628,154. 1.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.