TENB vs. SMAR, SQSP, VRNS, BILL, CVLT, ZI, QLYS, VERX, WK, and CWAN
Should you be buying Tenable stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tenable include Smartsheet (SMAR), Squarespace (SQSP), Varonis Systems (VRNS), BILL (BILL), Commvault Systems (CVLT), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), Qualys (QLYS), Vertex (VERX), Workiva (WK), and Clearwater Analytics (CWAN). These companies are all part of the "prepackaged software" industry.
Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) and Smartsheet (NYSE:SMAR) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Tenable has a net margin of -8.18% compared to Smartsheet's net margin of -10.92%. Tenable's return on equity of -10.40% beat Smartsheet's return on equity.
Smartsheet received 126 more outperform votes than Tenable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.35% of users gave Tenable an outperform vote while only 65.47% of users gave Smartsheet an outperform vote.
Tenable has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smartsheet has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Tenable currently has a consensus target price of $57.20, indicating a potential upside of 30.00%. Smartsheet has a consensus target price of $49.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.37%. Given Tenable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tenable is more favorable than Smartsheet.
Tenable has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Smartsheet. Tenable is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smartsheet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Smartsheet had 10 more articles in the media than Tenable. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Smartsheet and 5 mentions for Tenable. Smartsheet's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Tenable's score of 0.46 indicating that Smartsheet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.1% of Tenable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Smartsheet shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.3% of Tenable shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Smartsheet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tenable beats Smartsheet on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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