Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Qualys Inc shares valued at $153,427 were sold by POSEY BRUCE K on Dec 22 ’25. At $142.46 per share, POSEY BRUCE K sold 1,077 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 69,699 shares worth approximately $9.26 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Thakar Sumedh S sold 8,500 shares, netting a total of over 1,250,551 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $147.12 each, the insider now holds 252,800 shares.
Before that, SUMEDH THAKAR had added 17,200 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $2,623,516, the Director bought Qualys Inc shares for $152.53 each.
As published in their initiating research note from Berenberg on November 18, 2025, Qualys Inc [QLYS] has been a Hold and the price target has been revised to $165. Analysts at Piper Sandler upgraded the stock from ‘”an Underweight”‘ to ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in early November. Earlier on November 11, 2024, Wolfe Research upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Peer perform” for QLYS stock which previously was a “an Underperform”.
Analyzing QLYS Stock Performance
On last trading session, Qualys Inc [NASDAQ: QLYS] plunged -1.24% to $132.9. The stock’s lowest price that day was $132.29, but it reached a high of $134.085 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -4.44%. Over the course of the year, Qualys Inc shares have dropped approximately -4.96%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $155.47 on 11/12/25 and a 52-week low of $112.61 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Qualys Inc (QLYS)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 132.10, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 131.30. In the upper region, resistance lies at 133.89. The next price resistance is at 134.89. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 32.84 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Qualys Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Qualys Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-15 dropping by -0.19 million shares to 3.21 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 3.4 million shares. A decline of -6.01% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 9.17 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 9.17.
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In terms of Qualys Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 144.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 7.38% from the previous closing price of $134.57. Analysts anticipate Qualys Inc stock to reach 162 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 117. In spite of this, 12 analysts ranked Qualys Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026.