QLYS vs. TENB, CLDR, NEWR, WK, SPSC, AXON, CVLT, AI, PRGS, and MSFT
Should you be buying Qualys stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Qualys include Tenable (TENB), Cloudera (CLDR), New Relic (NEWR), Workiva (WK), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Commvault Systems (CVLT), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), and Microsoft (MSFT).
Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS) and Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
Qualys currently has a consensus target price of $162.23, indicating a potential upside of 13.16%. Tenable has a consensus target price of $57.20, indicating a potential upside of 33.18%. Given Tenable's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tenable is more favorable than Qualys.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Tenable had 7 more articles in the media than Qualys. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Tenable and 8 mentions for Qualys. Qualys' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Tenable's score of 0.44 indicating that Qualys is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Tenable shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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 has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenable has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Qualys beats Tenable on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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