Deutsche Bank AG purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm purchased 92,118 shares of the software maker's stock, valued at approximately $12,665,000. Deutsche Bank AG owned approximately 0.27% of Qualys at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLYS. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its holdings in Qualys by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,985 shares of the software maker's stock worth $264,000 after buying an additional 81 shares in the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC increased its position in shares of Qualys by 1.8% during the third quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 5,027 shares of the software maker's stock worth $665,000 after acquiring an additional 88 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its position in shares of Qualys by 4.6% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,038 shares of the software maker's stock worth $291,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. Covestor Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Qualys by 9.1% in the fourth quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 1,178 shares of the software maker's stock worth $156,000 after acquiring an additional 98 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Qualys by 8.9% in the fourth quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,231 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $164,000 after purchasing an additional 101 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 99.31% of the company's stock.
Insider Buying and Selling at Qualys
In other Qualys news, Director Thomas Berquist sold 939 shares of Qualys stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.75, for a total value of $103,994.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 6,781 shares in the company, valued at $750,995.75. The trade was a 12.16% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 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 that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $153.04, for a total value of $248,996.08. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 75,743 shares of the company's stock, valued at $11,591,708.72. This trade represents a 2.10% 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 three months, insiders sold 72,845 shares of company stock worth $9,377,536. Insiders own 0.72% of the company's stock.
Qualys Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:QLYS opened at $181.98 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.48 and a beta of 0.60. Qualys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $74.51 and a 1-year high of $201.54. The company's fifty day moving average is $151.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is $115.98.
Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The software maker reported $1.98 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $178.57 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.68 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue 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. Sell-side analysts expect that Qualys, Inc. will post 5.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
QLYS has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Canaccord Genuity Group set a $190.00 price objective on Qualys in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $160.00 target price on Qualys in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on Qualys from $145.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Qualys from $115.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, DA Davidson lifted their price target on shares of Qualys from $135.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Qualys presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $170.53.
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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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