Corient Private Wealth LP Makes New $6.26 Million Investment in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Corient Private Wealth LP bought a new stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 45,569 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $6,265,000.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in QLYS. Root Financial Partners LLC lifted its holdings 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 last quarter. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in Qualys during the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew 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 worth $28,000 after buying an additional 143 shares during the last quarter. Kilter Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys during the second quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas acquired a new stake in shares of Qualys during the fourth quarter worth approximately $43,000. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Qualys

In other Qualys news, Director Thomas Berquist sold 939 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.75, for a total transaction of $103,994.25. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 6,781 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $750,995.75. The trade was a 12.16% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.00, for a total transaction of $155,000.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 63,571 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,853,505. The trade was a 1.55% 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. Insiders have sold 59,645 shares of company stock worth $7,863,100 in the last ninety days. 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently commented on QLYS. Weiss Ratings raised Qualys from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Monday, August 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on Qualys from $145.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on Qualys from $135.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on Qualys from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Truist Financial increased their target price on Qualys from $160.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $170.53.

Qualys Price Performance

Shares of Qualys stock opened at $187.05 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $157.90 and a 200 day simple moving average of $117.97. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $74.51 and a fifty-two week high of $201.54. The firm has a market cap of $6.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.36 and a beta of 0.60.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The software maker reported $1.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $182.18 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $178.57 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.52% and a net margin of 29.38%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.68 EPS. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.740-7.880 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.910-1.980 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.85 EPS for the current year.

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.