Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Receives Average Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) have received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the six research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation and two have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $7.75.

TLS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. DA Davidson boosted their target price on Telos from $4.00 to $7.50 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Wedbush raised their price target on Telos from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. B. Riley reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $9.00 target price (up from $8.50) on shares of Telos in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. BMO Capital Markets restated a “market perform” rating and set a $4.50 target price (up from $2.25) on shares of Telos in a report on Tuesday, August 12th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Telos from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 16th.

Insider Transactions at Telos

In other Telos news, CEO John B. Wood sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $6.55, for a total value of $1,310,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 4,984,365 shares in the company, valued at approximately $32,647,590.75. The trade was a 3.86% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Fredrick Schaufeld sold 255,449 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $6.79, for a total value of $1,734,498.71. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 1,338,698 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,089,759.42. This trade represents a 16.02% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 484,949 shares of company stock valued at $3,231,914 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 14.90% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Telos

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in TLS. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in shares of Telos by 7.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 131,602 shares of the company’s stock worth $313,000 after purchasing an additional 8,957 shares during the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. increased its position in Telos by 68.8% during the first quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 121,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $289,000 after buying an additional 49,500 shares during the last quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP increased its position in Telos by 35.1% during the first quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 482,171 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,148,000 after buying an additional 125,172 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in Telos by 51.3% in the first quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 40,042 shares of the company’s stock valued at $95,000 after buying an additional 13,584 shares during the period. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Telos in the first quarter valued at approximately $457,000. 62.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Telos Stock Up 3.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:TLS traded up $0.17 during trading on Friday, reaching $5.64. 878,491 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,069,447. The firm has a market cap of $415.95 million, a P/E ratio of -13.76 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $6.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $4.70. Telos has a 1-year low of $1.83 and a 1-year high of $8.36. The company has a quick ratio of 2.67, a current ratio of 2.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05.

Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $51.44 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $45.70 million. Telos had a negative return on equity of 26.12% and a negative net margin of 20.47%. Telos has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Analysts anticipate that Telos will post -0.68 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Telos

Telos Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides cyber, cloud, and enterprise security solutions worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Security Solutions and Secure Networks. It provides Xacta, a platform for enterprise cyber risk management and security compliance automation; and consulting, assessment and compliance, engineering and evaluation, operations, and penetration testing services.