TENB vs. QLYS, CLDR, WK, ACIW, SPSC, MBLY, RBLX, NTNX, CHKP, and OKTA
Should you be buying Tenable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tenable include Qualys (QLYS), Cloudera (CLDR), Workiva (WK), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Roblox (RBLX), Nutanix (NTNX), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), and Okta (OKTA).
Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) and Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
89.1% of Tenable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Tenable shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Qualys shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Tenable had 7 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Tenable and 8 mentions for Qualys. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Tenable's score of 0.43 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Qualys received 257 more outperform votes than Tenable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.35% of users gave Tenable an outperform vote while only 59.84% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote.
Tenable currently has a consensus target price of $57.20, indicating a potential upside of 32.07%. Qualys has a consensus target price of $162.23, indicating a potential upside of 13.87%. Given Tenable's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tenable is more favorable than Qualys.
Tenable has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qualys has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Qualys has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tenable. Tenable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qualys, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qualys has a net margin of 28.48% compared to Tenable's net margin of -8.18%. Qualys' return on equity of 47.28% beat Tenable's return on equity.
Summary
Qualys beats Tenable on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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