Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec Acquires New Position in Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

Posted by Stanley Muller on Aug 30th, 2026

Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec acquired a new stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 36,279 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $4,988,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in QLYS. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Qualys by 3,948.0% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,024 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $255,000 after acquiring an additional 1,974 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Qualys in the second quarter worth approximately $292,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in Qualys by 3,218.8% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 531 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $76,000 after purchasing an additional 515 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Qualys by 482.0% during the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 646 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $92,000 after purchasing an additional 535 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi raised its position in Qualys by 47.1% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 21,365 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $3,076,000 after purchasing an additional 6,844 shares in the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on QLYS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Qualys from $139.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on Qualys from $145.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Wedbush lowered their price objective on shares of Qualys from $155.00 to $125.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Robert W. Baird set a $160.00 target price on shares of Qualys in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their target price on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $185.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $170.53.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Qualys news, Director Wendy Pfeiffer sold 500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.19, for a total value of $79,095.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 12,210 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,931,499.90. This trade represents a 3.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,627 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $153.04, for a total value of $248,996.08. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 75,743 shares in the company, valued at $11,591,708.72. The trade was a 2.10% 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 ninety days, insiders have sold 72,845 shares of company stock valued at $9,377,536. 0.72% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Qualys Stock Down 0.8%

NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $187.05 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.36 and a beta of 0.60. Qualys, Inc. has a 52 week low of $74.51 and a 52 week high of $201.54. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $157.90 and a 200 day moving average of $117.91.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results 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. Qualys had a net margin of 29.38% and a return on equity of 37.52%. The business had revenue of $182.18 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $178.57 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.68 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.740-7.880 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.910-1.980 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.85 EPS 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.