Critical Analysis: Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) vs. MultiMetaVerse (NASDAQ:MMV)

Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) and MultiMetaVerse (NASDAQ:MMV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.

Volatility & Risk

Tenable has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MultiMetaVerse has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Tenable and MultiMetaVerse’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tenable	-6.82%	-6.21%	-1.43%
MultiMetaVerse	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Tenable and MultiMetaVerse”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tenable	$798.71 million	6.40	-$78.28 million	($0.51)	-83.37
MultiMetaVerse	$9.01 million	2.05	-$28.92 million	N/A	N/A

MultiMetaVerse has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tenable.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Tenable and MultiMetaVerse, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tenable	0	6	10	1	2.71
MultiMetaVerse	0	0	0	0	0.00

Tenable presently has a consensus price target of $50.63, indicating a potential upside of 19.06%. Given Tenable’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tenable is more favorable than MultiMetaVerse.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

89.1% of Tenable shares are held by institutional investors. 4.3% of Tenable shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 29.0% of MultiMetaVerse shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Tenable beats MultiMetaVerse on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Tenable

Tenable Holdings, Inc. provides cyber exposure solutions for in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. Its platforms include Tenable Vulnerability Management, a cloud-delivered software as a service that provides organizations with a risk-based view of traditional and modern attack surfaces; Tenable Cloud Security, a cloud-native cloud security solutions for security teams to continuously assess the security posture; Tenable Identity Exposure, a solution to secure Active Directory environments; Tenable Web App Scanning, which provides scanning for modern web applications; Tenable Lumin Exposure View, a measurement tool; Tenable Attack Surface Management, an external attack surface management solution; Tenable Security Center, an on-premises solution that provides a risk-based view of an organization’s IT, security and compliance posture; and Tenable OT Security, an operational technology security solution which provides threat detection, asset tracking, vulnerability management, and configuration control capabilities. The company also offers Nessus, a vulnerability assessment solution for cybersecurity industry and enterprise platform; and Nessus Expert, that enables users to programmatically detect cloud infrastructure misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in the design and build phase. Tenable Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.

About MultiMetaVerse

MultiMetaVerse Holdings Limited operates as an animation and entertainment company in the People’s Republic of China. The company offers a product portfolio, including animated content, comic books, short videos, collectibles, stationery, consumer products, and mobile games under the Aotu World brand, as well as action figures, stuffed dolls, apparel, costumes, trading cards, and other collectible functional items. It creates and operates proprietary brand and animation series; develops and operates apps; and animation production services to animation, gaming, and other entertainment companies. In addition, the company sells merchandises, such as animation collectibles, books, stationery, apparel, plush toys, and other commercial appealing products through its proprietary storefront on online vendor platforms, such as Tmall.com and Taobao.com, as well as through distributors; and grants third party license rights to develop and market merchandise. It also provides animation production services to other animation and gaming companies. MultiMetaVerse Holdings Limited was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People’s Republic of China.