Qualys, Inc. $QLYS Shares Purchased by Inspire Investing LLC

Posted by Brenda Bartman on Jun 18th, 2026

Inspire Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS – Free Report) by 553.6% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 22,189 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 18,794 shares during the period. Inspire Investing LLC’s holdings in Qualys were worth $2,949,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Qualys by 2.9% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,401,798 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $582,490,000 after buying an additional 123,962 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP increased its stake in Qualys by 24.1% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,372,587 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $182,417,000 after buying an additional 266,924 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 4.0% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,256,002 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $168,380,000 after purchasing an additional 48,877 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 1,156,412 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $153,687,000 after purchasing an additional 75,397 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 46.9% during the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,012,100 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $144,133,000 after purchasing an additional 323,324 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Qualys news, Director Jeffrey P. Hank sold 470 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $108.88, for a total value of $51,173.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 16,046 shares in the company, valued at $1,747,088.48. This trade represents a 2.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 13,200 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated 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 completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 249,886 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,669,420.78. The trade was a 5.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 20,516 shares of company stock valued at $2,273,413. Company insiders own 0.88% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently weighed in on QLYS. William Blair lowered shares of Qualys from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Morgan Stanley set a $96.00 price objective on shares of Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price objective on shares of Qualys from $113.00 to $87.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen restated a “hold” rating on shares of Qualys in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price objective 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. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have issued a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Qualys presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $122.14.

Check Out Our Latest Analysis on QLYS

Qualys Trading Down 1.3%

NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $112.18 on Thursday. Qualys, Inc. has a twelve month low of $74.51 and a twelve month high of $155.47. The company has a 50-day moving average of $96.06 and a 200-day moving average of $110.84. The firm has a market cap of $3.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.14 and a beta of 0.66.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS – Get Free Report) last announced 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 company had revenue of $175.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $173.63 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.67 earnings per share. The business’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. On average, research analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.47 earnings per share for the current 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.