Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. CRWD scored 44.9, TENB scored 56.5 — TENB leads.
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CRWD
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · Quality-Growth
44.9
$275.04 · $281.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
11.6
TENB leads
TENB
Tenable Holdings, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · Quality-Growth
56.5
$41.59 · $4.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestTENB4.4x
Fastest growthCRWD+24.3%
Strongest balance sheetCRWD0.16
Highest qualityTENB63 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/S multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
CRWD
stronger →← stronger
TENB
41
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
63
92
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
72
24
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
40
TENB is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
CRWD
TENB
$1.6bC+
FCF
$264mC
+24.3%A-
Rev
+9.9%B
0.16B+
D/E
2.12D
52.2xD
P/S
4.4xB
6.79D
PEG
1.33B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
CRWD
TENB
773% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
2% above
>60%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~8%/yr
-91%
1-yr DCF upside
-10%
-89%
5-yr DCF upside
-2%
-83%
10-yr DCF upside
+10%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
CRWD
No notable signals flagged.
TENB
Why this score
Buying back stock
The companies
CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · $275.04 · beta 1.20
Why now
Software - Infrastructure · market cap $281.6b. 4% off the 52-week high of $286.99. Revenue growing +24%, comfortably above the S&P median. 50 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $238.97 (implying -13% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of stock-based pay ($1.2b) — a real cost to shareholders, paid in shares rather than cash. $281.6b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate. Software economics — recurring revenue, embedded customer workflows, and high gross margin all compound the moat once a base account is won. Switching costs are the lever.
Risk
P/S 52.2x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard. Net margin 1.1% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 1% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
TENBTenable Holdings, Inc.
Software - Infrastructure · $41.59 · beta 1.01
Why now
Software - Infrastructure · market cap $4.6b. 5% off the 52-week high of $43.67. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $35.35 (implying -15% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income, mostly because of stock-based pay ($180m) — a real cost to shareholders, paid in shares rather than cash. Software economics — recurring revenue, embedded customer workflows, and high gross margin all compound the moat once a base account is won. Switching costs are the lever.
Risk
D/E 2.12 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Net margin 0.6% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first. ROE 3% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where CRWD and TENB diverge
On the headline score the gap is 11.6 points in favor of TENB. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityCRWD 40.8 · TENB 63.1TENB +22.3
GrowthCRWD 91.5 · TENB 71.7CRWD +19.8
ValueCRWD 24.2 · TENB 39.7TENB +15.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is TENB or CRWD the better stock?
TENB scores higher: TENB 56.5, CRWD 44.9 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do TENB and CRWD differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where TENB leads by 22 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are TENB and CRWD scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.