Numerai GP LLC Boosts Stock Position in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS)

Numerai GP LLC boosted its stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS - Free Report) by 250.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 5,938 shares of the software maker's stock after acquiring an additional 4,246 shares during the quarter. Numerai GP LLC's holdings in Qualys were worth $833,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QLYS. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its holdings in Qualys by 1,386.2% during the fourth quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 355,699 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $49,876,000 after purchasing an additional 331,766 shares in the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC acquired a new position in shares of Qualys during the 4th quarter worth about $27,086,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Qualys by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,312,662 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $604,721,000 after buying an additional 131,339 shares in the last quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp lifted its stake in Qualys by 13.3% in the 4th quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp now owns 1,049,623 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $147,178,000 after buying an additional 123,530 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its holdings in Qualys by 37.5% in the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 423,576 shares of the software maker's stock worth $59,393,000 after buying an additional 115,427 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company's stock.

Qualys Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ QLYS traded up $0.02 during trading on Monday, reaching $136.90. The stock had a trading volume of 237,051 shares, compared to its average volume of 385,228. The company has a market cap of $4.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.44 and a beta of 0.61. Qualys, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $112.61 and a fifty-two week high of $170.00. The business's 50-day moving average price is $126.48 and its 200-day moving average price is $136.76.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The software maker reported $1.67 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $159.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $157.05 million. Qualys had a return on equity of 38.52% and a net margin of 28.59%. Qualys's revenue was up 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.45 EPS. Analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 1,018 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $126.75, for a total transaction of $129,031.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 100,920 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $12,791,610. The trade was a 1.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Jeffrey P. Hank sold 4,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.93, for a total transaction of $515,720.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 12,666 shares in the company, valued at $1,633,027.38. The trade was a 24.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 15,127 shares of company stock worth $1,905,108 in the last ninety days. 0.88% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have commented on QLYS. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on Qualys from $163.00 to $158.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on Qualys from $122.00 to $117.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 28th. StockNews.com raised shares of Qualys from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, April 12th. Loop Capital reduced their target price on shares of Qualys from $150.00 to $140.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, Scotiabank set a $142.00 price target on shares of Qualys and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Qualys has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $137.50.

About Qualys

Qualys, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides cloud-based platform delivering information technology (IT), security, and compliance solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers Qualys Cloud Apps, which include Cybersecurity Asset Management and External Attack Surface Management; Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response; Web Application Scanning; Patch Management; Custom Assessment and Remediation; Multi-Vector Endpoint Detection and Response; Context Extended Detection and Response; Policy Compliance; File Integrity Monitoring; and Qualys TotalCloud, as well as Cloud Workload Protection, Cloud Detection and Response, Cloud Security Posture Management, Infrastructure as Code, and Container Security.