WINTON GROUP Ltd Buys 1,528 Shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS)

WINTON GROUP Ltd increased its stake in shares of Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 29.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,647 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 1,528 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd’s holdings in Qualys were worth $948,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Wallace Advisory Group LLC lifted its position in Qualys by 4.0% during the first quarter. Wallace Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,646 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $275,000 after acquiring an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Qualys by 33.2% during the 4th quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 333 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $65,000 after purchasing an additional 83 shares during the last quarter. Covenant Partners LLC boosted its stake in Qualys by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. Covenant Partners LLC now owns 2,506 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $492,000 after purchasing an additional 84 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its position in Qualys by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 23,700 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $4,652,000 after buying an additional 89 shares during the period. Finally, Bridge City Capital LLC increased its position in Qualys by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. Bridge City Capital LLC now owns 12,630 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,108,000 after buying an additional 97 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.31% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

QLYS has been the topic of several research reports. UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of Qualys from $170.00 to $140.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of Qualys from $165.00 to $130.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 7th. TD Cowen dropped their price target on shares of Qualys from $170.00 to $140.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, August 7th. Scotiabank reduced their price target on Qualys from $167.00 to $150.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 7th. Finally, DA Davidson raised Qualys from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 7th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $147.83.

Qualys Trading Up 0.2 %

QLYS stock opened at $126.46 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $132.04 and a 200-day moving average price of $146.82. Qualys, Inc. has a 12 month low of $119.32 and a 12 month high of $206.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.27 and a beta of 0.46.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 6th. The software maker reported $1.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.20. The business had revenue of $148.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $148.80 million. Qualys had a net margin of 29.36% and a return on equity of 44.80%. The firm’s revenue was up 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.95 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at Qualys

In other Qualys news, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 7,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $143.15, for a total value of $1,002,050.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 186,601 shares in the company, valued at $26,711,933.15. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. In other Qualys news, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 7,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $143.15, for a total transaction of $1,002,050.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 186,601 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,711,933.15. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 616 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.93, for a total transaction of $82,500.88. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 87,077 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,662,222.61. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 11,535 shares of company stock valued at $1,624,105 in the last 90 days. 1.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Qualys Profile

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.