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Tenable Holdings, Inc.

$TENB·$4.0B·Software - Infrastructure·Technology
$38.33-4.2%YTD+51.6%1Y+31.7%
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TETENB
$TENBTenable Holdings, Inc.
$38.33-4.25%94 posts+6%
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Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $TENB, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-14

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Cybersecurity exposure-management leader up 52% YTD, 80% from short-thesis lows — activist shorts still say obsolescence, bulls say Anthropic partnership matters.

Tenable is the exposure-management cybersecurity vendor — Tenable One platform provides vulnerability assessment, prioritization, and increasingly proactive coverage across cloud, OT, identity, and now AI systems. The stock has cycled through activist-short attacks and is now re-rating.

  • The Q2 mechanics were mechanically strong: revenue of $268M grew ~10% YoY at a 78% gross margin, EPS of $0.51 beat consensus of $0.47 by 8%, and $85M of quarterly free cash flow at a 6.3% FCF yield — for a business at just 4.1x TTM sales, that's the specific value-plus-quality combination that supports an 80% run from short-thesis lows.
  • The AI-platform expansion is the specific product-driven catalyst: Tenable now advances exposure management with coverage across every major AI platform and developer tool — that's the specific product-market fit expansion into the AI-security-agent workflows, which is directly why bulls counter the BearCave/Citrini "Chegg of cyber" activist-short thesis with a platform-transition-is-underestimated framing.
  • The insider signal is worth naming carefully: CFO Stephen Vintz's Aug 5 $13.7M M-Exempt (option exercise) at $16.21 plus $11M F-InKind (tax withholding) at $36.48 — that's mechanical, not real distribution; the actual open-market sales this month were tiny (Vicks $65K, Zecher $20K). Not a cluster warning.

What extends the accelerating trajectory is the Nov 4 print confirming Q2's FCF pace continues plus specific commentary on Tenable One platform adoption in AI-adjacent workloads; what interrupts it is a competitive move from Wiz, CrowdStrike, or Palo Alto that compresses Tenable's exposure-management moat, or the activist-short thesis proving prescient on a specific customer-churn signal.

Agrees with X sentimentThe contested X read is honest — the activist shorts (BearCave, Citrini) with their "Chegg of cyber" obsolescence thesis vs the bulls citing the Anthropic partnership and platform-transition-is-underestimated argument reflect the actual debate. Stock +80% from short-thesis lows suggests the bulls have been right so far.

What to watch: Nov 4 Q3 earnings — FCF trajectory, Tenable One platform adoption in AI-adjacent workloads, and any customer-churn signals that would support the activist-short thesis. A competitive Wiz/CrowdStrike/Palo Alto move that compresses the exposure-management moat is what interrupts the trajectory.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment⚠9 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-14 · top-engagement diverged

Tenable sentiment leans bullish. Bulls note Tenable One reached 50% of new business (up from 41% and 40% YoY), Anthropic partnership, deal-size expansion, and framing that Bear Cave/Citrini short reports are attacking the legacy scanner rather than the current Exposure Management pivot. Similar shorts previously took a bath as the stock ran +80%. Short reports the main bear side.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Cybersecurity exposure management platform scanning cloud, OT, identity, and traditional IT environments to prioritize and reduce vulnerability risk.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Software - Infrastructure sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $TENB.

Software - Infrastructure · Technology

No material change from last week — Enterprise software infrastructure is in a multiple compression phase (-16.

What this means for $TENB

Neutral — Cybersecurity exposure management platform scanning cloud, OT, identity, and traditional IT environments to prioritize and reduce vulnerability risk; limited read-through from software - infrastructure macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-4.2%YTD
-3.9%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
-398.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
-27.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
2.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
6.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
4.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
-3.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
78.2%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.7Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 29, 2026$0.51$0.47+8.3%
Q1 2026Apr 29, 2026$0.47$0.41+14.6%
Q4 2025Feb 4, 2026$0.48$0.42+14.3%
Q3 2025Oct 29, 2025$0.42$0.37+13.5%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $0.51

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$262.1M+9.6%78.4%4.3%$0.01$85.4M
Q4 FY25$260.5M+10.5%78.8%7.4%$-0.01$86.7M
Q3 FY25$252.4M+11.2%77.5%2.8%$0.02$53.0M
Q2 FY25$247.3M+11.8%78.0%-3.0%$-0.12$38.1M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 17 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.1B$1.1B – $1.1B$1.95$1.94 – $1.9817
FY27$1.2B$1.1B – $1.2B$2.16$1.96 – $2.3417
FY28$1.2B$1.2B – $1.3B$2.39$1.21 – $3.017
FY29$1.4B$1.4B – $1.4B$0.00$0.00 – $0.003

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.5×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.81%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+13.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+50.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 108.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.945-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 7Vicks Raymond Jr.Director1.8K sh$65KSellAug 7Zecher Linda KayDirector550 sh$20KSellAug 4Zecher Linda KayDirector600 sh$22KSellAug 3Zecher Linda KayDirector1.5K sh$50K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 218-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (TENB) hosted an Investor Day event on May 21, 2026, where senior management presented the company's business overview and long-term strategy via live webcast; materials are furnished as Exhibit 99.1. This is a non-binding Reg FD disclosure with no immediate financial impact. Investor Days typically communicate multi-year growth targets, product roadmaps, and margin trajectory assumptions that investors may re-rate on.

8-KShareholder voteMay 138-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (TENB) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 13, 2026, with approximately 92.89% of shares represented (106.4M of 114.5M). Three directors were elected for three-year terms to 2029; notably, John C. Huffard Jr. passed with a thin 54% in-favor margin (50.8M for / 42.6M against) while A. Brooke Seawell and Raymond Vicks Jr. received stronger support. Ernst & Young LLP was ratified as auditor. Huffard's close vote signals measurable shareholder dissatisfaction at the board governance level.

+ 15 other (6 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Grows Position in Tenable Holdings, Inc. $TENBdefenseworld.net·7d agoWhy Tenable (TENB) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Termzacks.com·10d agoTenable Advances Exposure Management with Coverage Across Every Major AI Platform and Developer Toolglobenewswire.com·12d agoThis Cybersecurity Growth Stock Is Up 40% in 2026, But It's Still a Bargain Compared to CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networksfool.com·13d agoTENB Q2 Earnings Beat on Tenable One Momentum, Outlook Raisedzacks.com·17d ago

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