Qualys Inc’s recently made public that its CEO & PRESIDENT Thakar Sumedh S unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.13 million on Sep 15 ’25. In the deal valued at $132.49 per share,8,500 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Thakar Sumedh S now holds 205,951 shares worth roughly $27.92 million.
Then, Kim Joo Mi sold 844 shares, generating $113,769 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $134.80, the CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER now owns 93,651 shares.
Before that, Berquist Thomas sold 512 shares. Qualys Inc shares valued at $68,141 were divested by the Director at a price of $133.09 per share. As a result of the transaction, Berquist Thomas now holds 5,092 shares, worth roughly $0.69 million.
A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wolfe Research’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in mid November from “an Underperform” to “a Peer perform”. Jefferies started covering the stock on October 16, 2024. It rated QLYS as “a Hold”.
Price Performance Review of QLYS
On Friday, Qualys Inc [NASDAQ:QLYS] saw its stock fall -0.16% to $135.56. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 1.57%. Qualys Inc shares have risen nearly 9.04% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -3.32% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Qualys Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Qualys Inc stocks on 2025-08-29, dropping by -0.21 million shares to a total of 2.82 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 3.03 million shares. There was a decline of -7.59%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on April 26, 2024 when Scotiabank began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Sector perform”‘ rating along with a $172 price target.
