Tenable (TENB) Competitors

Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) and CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer TENB or CRWD?

Tenable currently has a consensus target price of $40.44, indicating a potential upside of 18.80%. CrowdStrike has a consensus target price of $453.88, indicating a potential downside of 11.66%. Given Tenable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Tenable is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tenable	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
CrowdStrike	2 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	28 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TENB or CRWD?

CrowdStrike has higher revenue and earnings than Tenable. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tenable, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tenable	$900.02M	4.62	-$36.30M	-$0.37	-92.01
CrowdStrike	$3.95B	32.39	-$19.27M	-$0.69	-744.59

Does the media prefer TENB or CRWD?

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 53 more articles in the media than Tenable. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for CrowdStrike and 6 mentions for Tenable. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Tenable's score of 0.49 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tenable	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CrowdStrike	44 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, TENB or CRWD?

Tenable has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TENB or CRWD more profitable?

CrowdStrike has a net margin of -4.17% compared to Tenable's net margin of -4.86%. CrowdStrike's return on equity of 0.43% beat Tenable's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenable	-4.86%	-3.11%	-0.73%
CrowdStrike	-4.17%	0.43%	0.17%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TENB or CRWD?

89.1% of Tenable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Tenable shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CrowdStrike beats Tenable on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.