Tenable Holdings has beaten earnings estimates in all four of the last four quarters with an average positive surprise of 39%, generates 25% free cash flow margins despite GAAP losses, and trades at a price-to-earnings growth ratio of just 0.01 — but a death cross technical pattern is active, the stock price is above the analyst target, and margin compression is flagged as a value-trap signal.
Thesis pillars
- Fcf Positive Despite Gaap Losses→Stable
- Margin Compression Value Trap Risk↓Deteriorating
- Strong Earnings Beat Streak↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Jul 3, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026
Tenable Holdings, Inc. (TENB) Stock Analysis
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $48.72 — A.R:R is negative (-2.1) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (3.0% away).
Tenable Holdings sells exposure management software—including the Tenable One platform and Nessus vulnerability scanner—to over 40,000 customers across more than 170 countries, covering approximately 65% of the Fortune 500. Revenue reached $999.4 million in 2025, up 11% from... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $48.72 — A.R:R is negative (-2.1) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (3.0% away). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost earnings 0.80, earnings proximity no date, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
About Tenable Holdings, Inc.
About Tenable Holdings, Inc.
Tenable Holdings reported $999.4 million in revenue for 2025, up 11% from $900.0 million in 2024, serving over 40,000 customers across more than 170 countries—including approximately 65% of Fortune 500 companies and approximately 50% of the Global 2000. The company employed 1,995 people at December 31, 2025, including 949 based outside the United States, with data center infrastructure running entirely on Amazon Web Services.
Tenable earns revenue through annual subscriptions for cloud-delivered vulnerability management and exposure management products, principally Tenable Vulnerability Management and Tenable Cloud Security, and through perpetual licenses for its on-premises Tenable Security Center, recognized ratably over a five-year expected benefit period. Sales are fulfilled through a two-tiered channel model—distributors sell to resellers, who sell to end-user organizations spanning manufacturing, financial services, government, healthcare, and technology sectors. The company competes in vulnerability management against Qualys and Rapid7, in endpoint-adjacent scanning against CrowdStrike, and in cloud security against Palo Alto Networks and Wiz. Because revenue is recognized ratably, a decline in new bookings would not appear immediately in reported results but would reduce future period revenue. R&D teams include a significant presence in Tel Aviv, Israel, which the 10-K identifies as a risk to product roadmap delivery given ongoing regional hostilities.
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Tenable's platform depth traces to the Nessus community: since 1998, a large installed base of Nessus users has generated a continuous feedback loop of threat data and vulnerability intelligence that Tenable Research uses to expand detection logic and inform product strategy. The company held 53 issued patents at December 31, 2025, expiring between 2027 and 2044 and covering network scanning and monitoring technologies. Infrastructure dependence on AWS introduces a specific contractual constraint: agreements with AWS and Snowflake limit those vendors' liability for damages, which could leave Tenable without full recovery if a third-party outage affects its customers.
See also: Technology · Software - Infrastructure
From Tenable Holdings, Inc.'s most recent 10-K filing, extracted June 11, 2026.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-29Recent Developments — Tenable Holdings, Inc.
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- NEWS Is Tenable Holdings Inc (TENB) Undervalued Despite Q2 Earnings B - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- NEWS Earnings Flash (TENB) Tenable Holdings, Inc. Posts Q2 Adjusted EPS $0.51 per Share, vs. FactSet Est of $0.47 - marketscr — marketscreener.com positive
- NEWS Tenable Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:TENB) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Brokerages - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS TENABLE HOLDINGS ($TENB) Releases Q1 2026 Earnings - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative positive
- NEWS Is Tenable (TENB) 56.3% Undervalued After Q1 2026 Beat? EPS $0.0 - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
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2 floor-breakers
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $48.72 — A.R:R is negative (-2.1) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (3.0% away). Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $45.31. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Analyst target $33.48 reached (−31.3% from $48.72); no take-profit level is published. Prior stop was $45.31. Stop-loss: $45.31.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (3.0% away); V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.5).
Tenable Holdings, Inc. trades at a P/E of 812.0 (forward 22.0). TrendMatrix value score: 6.5/10. Verdict: Sell.
29 analysts cover TENB with a consensus score of 3.6/5. Average price target: $37.
What does Tenable Holdings, Inc. do?Tenable Holdings sells exposure management software—including the Tenable One platform and Nessus vulnerability...
Tenable Holdings sells exposure management software—including the Tenable One platform and Nessus vulnerability scanner—to over 40,000 customers across more than 170 countries, covering approximately 65% of the Fortune 500. Revenue reached $999.4 million in 2025, up 11% from $900.0 million in 2024, driven by subscriptions; no single customer exceeded 2% of revenue.