QLYS vs. TENB, CLDR, CVLT, WK, NEWR, AI, SPSC, PRGS, MSFT, and ORCL
Should you be buying Qualys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Qualys include Tenable (TENB), Cloudera (CLDR), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Workiva (WK), New Relic (NEWR), C3.ai (AI), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), and Oracle (ORCL).
Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) and Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) 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 dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Tenable had 9 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Tenable and 6 mentions for Qualys. Tenable's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Qualys' score of 0.59 indicating that Tenable is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Qualys presently has a consensus price target of $162.23, indicating a potential upside of 15.37%. Tenable has a consensus price target of $57.20, indicating a potential upside of 35.58%. Given Tenable's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tenable is more favorable than Qualys.
Qualys has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenable has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
99.3% of Qualys shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of Tenable shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Qualys shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Tenable shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
Summary
Qualys and Tenable tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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