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Tenable Holdings, Inc. — Earnings Quality Grade F

TENB · Technology

Major red flags

Revenue
$999M
2025
Net Income
-$36M
2025
Gross Margin
78.1%
Free Cash Flow
$250M
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Screening Summary

11
Passed
3
Watch
3
Failed
-3.16
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

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18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 102 days, change -3 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 7.9% vs revenue growth 11.0%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 11.0%, CFFO 22.7%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 54.9% is >2x revenue growth 11.0%

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B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 72.1%, exceeds 70%

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 78.1%, change +0.3pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO < Net Income for 3 consecutive years

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.3B, FCF/NI = -6.93

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -17.3%. Low accruals

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C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.4B covers 97% of debt $0.4B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.8B = 249% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 8.7x (>4x). Interest coverage = -0.2x (<2x). Financial stress

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 2.0% vs revenue 11.0%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 28% YoY. Normal

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Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -3.16 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

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Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-3.16
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.972
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.996
GMI
Gross margin declining?
1.249
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.11
SGI
Revenue growth rate
0.791
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.976
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.1733
TATA
Accruals level
1.063
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

-1.56
Distress Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
-0.0225
Liquidity
-0.5135
Cumulative profit
0.0031
Operating efficiency
0.2296
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25