Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB – Get Rating) and Pathfinder Acquisition (NASDAQ:PFDR – Get Rating) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings and risk.
Profitability
This table compares Tenable and Pathfinder Acquisition’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tenable | -13.50% | -30.75% | -5.77% |
| Pathfinder Acquisition | N/A | -102.69% | 4.33% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Tenable and Pathfinder Acquisition’s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tenable | $683.19 million | 7.37 | -$92.22 million | ($0.83) | -53.37 |
| Pathfinder Acquisition | N/A | N/A | $7.97 million | N/A | N/A |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
86.7% of Tenable shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Pathfinder Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Tenable shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.0% of Pathfinder Acquisition shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Tenable has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pathfinder Acquisition has a beta of -0.02, suggesting that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Tenable and Pathfinder Acquisition, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tenable | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2.76 |
| Pathfinder Acquisition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Tenable currently has a consensus price target of $53.31, indicating a potential upside of 20.34%. Given Tenable’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Tenable is more favorable than Pathfinder Acquisition.
Summary
Tenable beats Pathfinder Acquisition on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Tenable
Tenable Holdings, Inc. engages in the development of security software solutions. It offers Cyber Exposure which is a discipline for managing and measuring cybersecurity risk in the digital era. Its products include tenable.io, tenable.sc, tenable.ot, and nessus professional. The firm delivers solutions in the field of application security, cloud security, compliance, energy, finance, healthcare, and retail. The company was founded by John C. Huffard, Jr. and Renaud M. Deraison in 2002 and is headquartered in Columbia, MD.
About Pathfinder Acquisition
Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses in the technology or technology-enabled sectors. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Palo Alto, California.
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