Telos (NASDAQ:TLS – Get Free Report) and Greenidge Generation (NASDAQ:GREE – Get Free Report) are both small-cap technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends and risk.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
62.1% of Telos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.5% of Greenidge Generation shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Telos shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.4% of Greenidge Generation shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Telos and Greenidge Generation”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Telos | $193.71 million | 2.58 | -$36.55 million | ($0.21) | -31.83 |
| Greenidge Generation | $60.37 million | 0.27 | $5.29 million | $0.38 | 2.54 |
Greenidge Generation has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telos. Telos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greenidge Generation, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Telos and Greenidge Generation’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Telos | -8.13% | -2.60% | -1.80% |
| Greenidge Generation | 10.38% | -12.10% | 12.35% |
Risk & Volatility
Telos has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenidge Generation has a beta of 3.02, suggesting that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Telos and Greenidge Generation, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Telos | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2.50 |
| Greenidge Generation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Telos presently has a consensus target price of $6.42, suggesting a potential downside of 4.00%. Given Telos’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Telos is more favorable than Greenidge Generation.
Summary
Telos beats Greenidge Generation on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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. The company also offers Telos Automated Message Handling System, a web-based organizational message distribution and management for mission-critical communications used by military field operatives; and Telos Advanced Cyber Analytics solution, which is a threat feed source of global Internet Protocol addresses known to engage in potentially malicious activity, including mass scanning and generic opportunistic attacks; and Telos Ghost, a solution to eliminate cyberattack surfaces by obfuscating and encrypting data, masking user identity and location, and hiding network resources, as well as provides security and privacy for intelligence gathering, cyber threat protection, securing critical infrastructure, and protecting communications and applications. In addition, the company provides IDTrust360, an enterprise digital trusted identity risk platform for extending flexible hybrid cloud identity services; and ONYX, a touchless fingerprint biometric solution for mobile devices. Further, it offers secure mobility solutions that enable remote work and minimize operational and security concerns across and beyond the enterprise; and network management and defense services for operating, administrating, and defending complex enterprise networks and services for defensive cyber operations. It serves the United States federal government, large commercial businesses, state and local governments, and international customers. Telos Corporation was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia.
About Greenidge Generation
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. operates as an integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company. The company owns and operates cryptocurrency datacenter in New York, as well as hosts, powers, and provides technical support and other related services to bitcoin mining equipment owned by customers. It also owns and operates a 106 MW nameplate capacity power generation facility. The company was founded in 1937 and is based in Fairfield, Connecticut.
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