Capital Fund Management S.A. Has $8.86 Million Holdings in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS)

Capital Fund Management S.A. lowered its stake in Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ:QLYS - Free Report) by 11.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 63,218 shares of the software maker's stock after selling 8,471 shares during the quarter. Capital Fund Management S.A. owned about 0.17% of Qualys worth $8,864,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC lifted its stake in shares of Qualys by 21.5% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 57,399 shares of the software maker's stock worth $7,374,000 after acquiring an additional 10,170 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC raised its holdings in Qualys by 21.6% during the third quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 20,864 shares of the software maker's stock worth $2,680,000 after purchasing an additional 3,701 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its position in Qualys by 101.8% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 112,214 shares of the software maker's stock worth $14,415,000 after purchasing an additional 56,613 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp boosted its stake in Qualys by 36.7% during the 3rd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 2,262 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $291,000 after purchasing an additional 607 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Qualys by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,246,562 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $160,957,000 after purchasing an additional 20,038 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 99.31% of the company's stock.

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Insider Activity

In other Qualys news, CFO Joo Mi Kim sold 4,542 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.08, for a total value of $636,243.36. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 108,215 shares of the company's stock, valued at $15,158,757.20. The trade was a 4.03 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Bruce K. Posey sold 882 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $139.66, for a total value of $123,180.12. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 62,295 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,700,119.70. This represents a 1.40 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 26,480 shares of company stock worth $3,579,506 in the last three months. 1.00% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on QLYS. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price objective on Qualys from $170.00 to $163.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 7th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of Qualys from $145.00 to $130.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 31st. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price objective on shares of Qualys from $162.00 to $135.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 7th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Qualys from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday. Finally, Morgan Stanley began coverage on Qualys in a research report on Tuesday, March 18th. They set an "underweight" rating and a $120.00 price objective for the company. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $144.36.

Qualys Price Performance

QLYS traded up $0.73 on Tuesday, reaching $123.97. 340,181 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 399,763. Qualys, Inc. has a 52-week low of $112.61 and a 52-week high of $174.20. The company has a market cap of $4.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.66 and a beta of 0.71. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $130.19 and its 200-day moving average price is $136.16.

Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The software maker reported $1.19 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.35 by ($0.16). Qualys had a return on equity of 38.52% and a net margin of 28.59%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Qualys, Inc. will post 3.85 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.