TENB vs. QLYS, CLDR, ACIW, WK, SPSC, MBLY, CHKP, MDB, SSNC, and GEN
Should you be buying Tenable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tenable include Qualys (QLYS), Cloudera (CLDR), ACI Worldwide (ACIW), Workiva (WK), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP), MongoDB (MDB), SS&C Technologies (SSNC), and Gen Digital (GEN).
Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) and Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.
Qualys currently has a consensus target price of $164.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.29%. Tenable has a consensus target price of $57.40, indicating a potential upside of 32.75%. Given Qualys' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tenable is more favorable than Qualys.
Qualys has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Qualys had 2 more articles in the media than Tenable. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Qualys and 12 mentions for Tenable. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Tenable's score of 0.81 indicating that Tenable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Qualys has a net margin of 28.48% compared to Qualys' net margin of -8.18%. Tenable's return on equity of 47.28% beat Qualys' return on equity.
Qualys received 257 more outperform votes than Tenable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.60% of users gave Tenable an outperform vote while only 59.77% of users gave Qualys an outperform vote.
Qualys has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenable has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
99.3% of Qualys shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Tenable shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Qualys shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Tenable shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Qualys beats Tenable on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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