Tenable (TENB) Competitors

Cloudera (NYSE:CLDR) and Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend CLDR or TENB?

Tenable has a consensus price target of $50.81, suggesting a potential upside of 30.46%. Given Tenable's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tenable is more favorable than Cloudera.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cloudera	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Tenable	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76

Does the media refer more to CLDR or TENB?

In the previous week, Tenable had 33 more articles in the media than Cloudera. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Tenable and 0 mentions for Cloudera. Cloudera's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Tenable's score of 0.48 indicating that Cloudera is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cloudera	Positive
Tenable	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CLDR or TENB?

Cloudera received 1 more outperform votes than Tenable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.50% of users gave Tenable an outperform vote while only 59.52% of users gave Cloudera an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cloudera	Outperform Votes 275 59.52%	Underperform Votes 187 40.48%
Tenable	Outperform Votes 274 68.50%	Underperform Votes 126 31.50%

Is CLDR or TENB more profitable?

Tenable has a net margin of -6.82% compared to Cloudera's net margin of -15.73%. Cloudera's return on equity of -2.59% beat Tenable's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cloudera	-15.73%	-2.59%	-1.31%
Tenable	-6.82%	-6.42%	-1.44%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CLDR or TENB?

Tenable has higher revenue and earnings than Cloudera. Cloudera 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
Cloudera	$869.26M	5.45	-$162.73M	-$0.16	-99.94
Tenable	$877.60M	5.28	-$78.28M	-$0.51	-76.31

Which has more risk and volatility, CLDR or TENB?

Cloudera has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenable has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CLDR or TENB?

77.4% of Cloudera shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Tenable shares are held by institutional investors. 16.1% of Cloudera shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Tenable shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cloudera and Tenable tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.