American Century Companies Inc. Purchases 79,557 Shares of Qualys, Inc. $QLYS

American Century Companies Inc. increased its position in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS) by 74.3% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 186,584 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 79,557 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. owned 0.52% of Qualys worth $24,691,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Qualys during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. Versant Capital Management Inc boosted its position in shares of Qualys by 451.0% during the 3rd quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 270 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 221 shares during the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Qualys in the third quarter valued at $55,000. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in Qualys in the second quarter worth $73,000. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Qualys by 3,218.8% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 531 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $76,000 after purchasing an additional 515 shares in the last quarter. 99.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Qualys

In other Qualys news, CEO Sumedh S. Thakar sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $133.76, for a total transaction of $668,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 247,800 shares in the company, valued at $33,145,728. This represents a 1.98% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 1,101 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $132.34, for a total transaction of $145,706.34. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 68,598 shares in the company, valued at $9,078,259.32. This trade represents a 1.58% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 30,744 shares of company stock worth $4,186,464 over the last three months. 1.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

QLYS has been the topic of a number of research reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Qualys in a report on Monday, December 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Qualys from $117.00 to $113.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Truist Financial reissued a “hold” rating and set a $120.00 price objective (down from $130.00) on shares of Qualys in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Zacks Research downgraded Qualys from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $155.00 price objective on shares of Qualys in a research note on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, two have assigned a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Qualys has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $140.46.

Qualys Price Performance

Shares of QLYS opened at $98.66 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.14 and a beta of 0.63. Qualys, Inc. has a 1-year low of $85.14 and a 1-year high of $155.47. The company has a 50-day moving average of $118.81 and a 200 day moving average of $130.40.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The software maker reported $1.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.09. Qualys had a return on equity of 37.65% and a net margin of 29.64%.The company had revenue of $175.28 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $173.18 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.60 EPS. Qualys’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% on a year-over-year basis. Qualys has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.760-1.830 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 7.170-7.450 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Qualys Profile

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.