Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Position Increased by Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH

Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH grew its holdings in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 16.8% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 243,872 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 35,040 shares during the period. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH’s holdings in Qualys were worth $21,424,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA boosted its holdings in shares of Qualys by 7.0% in the 1st quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 5,828 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $512,000 after buying an additional 382 shares during the period. J2 Capital Management Inc acquired a new stake in Qualys during the first quarter worth about $642,000. Louisiana State Employees Retirement System acquired a new stake in Qualys during the first quarter worth about $914,000. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in Qualys by 87.5% in the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 62,671 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $5,506,000 after acquiring an additional 29,255 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S lifted its holdings in Qualys by 77.4% in the first quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S now owns 62,973 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $5,532,000 after acquiring an additional 27,484 shares during the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys

In other Qualys news, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of Qualys stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total transaction of $162,976.59. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 83,211 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,335,245.87. The trade was a 1.92% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 2,384 shares of Qualys 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 in the company, valued at $6,642,034.18. The trade was a 3.47% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 21,881 shares of company stock valued at $2,423,354. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on the company. Weiss Ratings lowered Qualys from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Piper Sandler cut their price target on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price target on Qualys in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wedbush lowered their price objective on Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. 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 assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $122.14.

Qualys Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $123.27 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $100.46 and its 200 day moving average price is $109.24. The company has a market cap of $4.34 billion, a PE ratio of 22.13 and a beta of 0.65. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $155.47.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.81 by $0.14. Qualys had a net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The firm had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.67 EPS. Qualys’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. 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 analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 EPS for the current year.

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.