On December 20, 2024, [Bruce Posey](https://www.gurufocus.com/insider/48231/bruce-posey), Chief Legal Officer at Qualys Inc, executed a sale of 855 shares of [Qualys Inc (QLYS, Financial)](https://www.gurufocus.com/stock/QLYS/summary). Following this transaction, the insider now holds 63,177 shares of the company. The details of this transaction can be found in the [SEC Filing](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1107843/000141588924030072/xslF345X01/form4-12232024_091233.xml).
Qualys Inc is a provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions. The company offers a suite of services that enable organizations to identify security risks to their IT infrastructures, protect their IT systems and applications, and comply with internal policies and external regulations.
Over the past year, [Bruce Posey](https://www.gurufocus.com/insider/48231/bruce-posey) has sold a total of 22,711 shares and has not made any purchases. The insider transaction history for [Qualys Inc](https://www.gurufocus.com/stock/QLYS/summary) indicates that there have been no insider buys and 40 insider sells over the same period.
On the day of the recent sale, shares of [Qualys Inc](https://www.gurufocus.com/stock/QLYS/summary) were trading at $142.24, giving the stock a [market cap](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/mktcap/QLYS) of $5.091 billion. The company's [price-earnings ratio](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/pe-ratio/QLYS) stands at 30.65, which is higher than the industry median of 27.04 but lower than the company's historical median price-earnings ratio.
With a trading price of $142.24 and a [GF Value](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/gf-value/QLYS) of $182.01, Qualys Inc has a price-to-GF-Value ratio of 0.78, indicating that the stock is modestly undervalued based on its GF Value.
The [GF Value](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/gf-value/QLYS) is an intrinsic value estimate developed by GuruFocus, calculated based on historical multiples such as [price-earnings ratio](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/pe-ratio/QLYS), [price-sales ratio](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/ps-ratio/QLYS), [price-book ratio](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/pb-ratio/QLYS), and [price-to-free cash flow](https://www.gurufocus.com/term/price-to-free-cash-flow/QLYS). It also considers a GuruFocus adjustment factor based on the company's past returns and growth, as well as future estimates of business performance from Morningstar analysts.
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