Jeffrey Hank Sells 470 Shares of Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) Stock

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYSGet Free Report) Director Jeffrey Hank sold 470 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $108.88, for a total value of $51,173.60. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 16,046 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,747,088.48. The trade was a 2.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Qualys Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of Qualys stock opened at $113.67 on Wednesday. Qualys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $74.51 and a 12 month high of $155.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.41 and a beta of 0.66. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $95.63 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $111.04.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYSGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The software maker reported $1.95 earnings per share (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 company had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $173.63 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.67 EPS. Qualys’s quarterly 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 predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Qualys

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. RWA Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 3rd quarter valued at about $80,820,000. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its stake in shares of Qualys by 62.4% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 125,636 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $16,769,000 after acquiring an additional 48,267 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Qualys by 748.6% during the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 31,346 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $4,148,000 after purchasing an additional 27,652 shares during the last quarter. Comerica Bank raised its holdings in shares of Qualys by 100.6% during the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 22,710 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,018,000 after purchasing an additional 11,391 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH lifted its position in Qualys by 9.8% during the fourth quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH now owns 208,832 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $27,754,000 after purchasing an additional 18,711 shares during the period. 99.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently weighed in on QLYS. Wall Street Zen downgraded Qualys from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Scotiabank dropped their target price on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 target price on Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on Qualys from $135.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Qualys currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $122.14.

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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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