Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Brokerages

Posted by on Jun 9th, 2026

Shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS – Get Free Report) have been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the seventeen ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $122.1429.

QLYS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Scotiabank cut their price objective on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price objective on shares of Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wedbush lowered their target price 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. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys

In other Qualys news, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 2,384 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.18, for a total transaction of $238,829.12. Following the transaction, the insider owned 66,301 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,642,034.18. This represents a 3.47% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $100.17, for a total transaction of $162,976.59. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 83,211 shares in the company, valued at $8,335,245.87. This represents a 1.92% 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 have sold 19,172 shares of company stock worth $2,124,751. Company insiders own 0.88% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Qualys

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of QLYS. Root Financial Partners LLC lifted 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 acquiring an additional 200 shares during the period. Strive Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in shares of Qualys by 204.3% in 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 during the period. Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in shares of Qualys by 86.8% in 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 during the period. Finally, Employees Retirement System of Texas bought a new position in shares of Qualys in the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,000. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of QLYS stock opened at $110.31 on Thursday. Qualys has a one year low of $74.51 and a one year high of $155.47. The company’s 50-day moving average is $92.71 and its 200 day moving average is $112.26. The company has a market capitalization of $3.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.80 and a beta of 0.66.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 net margin of 29.41% and a return on equity of 37.15%. The company had revenue of $175.64 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.63 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.67 EPS. Qualys’s revenue for the quarter 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, research analysts predict that Qualys will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Qualys Company Profile

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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.

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