TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS)

Information Technology · Cybersecurity and IT Services · NASDAQ

Telos provides advanced cybersecurity, GRC automation, and identity verification solutions tailored for the world's most security-conscious government and commercial organizations.

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What TELOS CORPORATION CORP does

Telos Corporation provides cybersecurity, cloud, identity, and secure network solutions to highly regulated organizations, particularly the U.S. federal government. Its offerings include the Xacta platform for automated cyber risk management and compliance, biometric identity verification services, and secure messaging systems for mission-critical communications. The company operates through two segments: Security Solutions and Secure Networks.

Recent developments

In Q2 2026, Telos reported a return to profitability and improved operational cash flow, driven by a 32.7% revenue increase and disciplined cost management. During the quarter, the company also deployed $4.7 million to repurchase approximately 1.0 million shares of its common stock.

From TELOS CORPORATION CORP's filing of 2026-08-10.

Themes: cybersecurity, governance risk and compliance (GRC), AI infrastructure, identity and access management (IAM), biometrics, government contracting, cloud security

Fundamentals

Price$4.37 as of 2026-10-08 close
Market cap$327M as of 2026-08-03 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
1-year return-41.0% 2025-10-08 close $7.41 → 2026-10-08 close $4.37
P/En/a negative earnings
Net margin-22.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
Gross margin+37.0% FY2025, SEC XBRL
ROE-38.1% FY2025, SEC XBRL
Debt / equity0.07 as of 2026-09-02
Revenue growth (YoY)+66.5% as of 2026-09-02
Revenue CAGR (3y)-8.7% SEC XBRL
Beta1.69 as of 2026-09-02
Last reported earnings2026-08-10 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)

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How TLS compares in its sector

net profit marginbottom 25% 380 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
operating marginbottom 25% 375 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
gross marginmiddle range 311 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
return on equitybottom 25% 370 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-09-02
3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 385 covered Information Technology peers
free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025

Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.

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How TELOS CORPORATION CORP looks technically

TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) is trading 4.5% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 148 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 20 trading days ago. It is 47.7% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 10% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.

Trend

Distance from the 200-day	it is trading 4.5% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend	-4.5%
50-day moving average	its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $4.40	$4.40
200-day moving average	its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $4.58	$4.58
Swing structure	each recent peak has been higher than the one before it and each dip has been shallower — the pattern chart-watchers call an uptrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next	higher highs and higher lows
Last swing turn	its last significant turn was a swing low 16 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on	16 sessions
Wave structure	its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes below 3.935. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C.	possible upward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings)
Since the 50/200 cross	its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 148 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal	148 sessions
Trend strength (14-day ADX)	there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 18, below the 25 that marks a real trend)	17.6

Momentum

14-day RSI	momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30)	53.2
Position in its 14-day range	it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($3.94 to $4.56) — its "stochastic" reading is 70 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions.	69.6
Since the MACD crossed zero	MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive)	6 sessions

Range

52-week high	its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $8.36	$8.36
From the 52-week high	it is 47.7% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year)	-47.7%
Above the 52-week low	it is 15.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year)	+15.5%
Below the 52-week high	it is 47.7% below its highest point of the past year	47.7%
Since a 20-day breakout	it made a new 20-day low about 20 trading days ago	20 sessions
Since a 55-day breakout	it made a new 55-day low about 20 trading days ago	20 sessions
All-time high	its highest closing price on record is $39.45 (set on 2021-03-26)	$39.45
Given back of the 52-week move	over the past year its closes ranged ($3.88 to $7.76), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 13% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $6.28 to $6.40. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast.	12.6%
From the all-time high	it is 88.9% below its all-time high	-88.9%
Nearest price level	it is trading 2.9% above a support level at $4.25 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-07-30, most recently on 2026-08-25. Since 2024-10-08 it has 9 such levels below the current price and 8 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go.	-2.9%
All-time low	its lowest closing price on record is $1.53 (set on 2023-05-04)	$1.53
Above the all-time low	it is 185.6% above its all-time low	+185.6%

Volatility

Band width vs its own 6 months	day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 10% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move	10th percentile
Typical daily range	in a typical session it travels about $0.2026 between its high and its low — about 4.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was	$0.2026
Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ)	most of its recent trading has stayed between about $3.90 and $4.42 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles	$3.90 – $4.16 – $4.42
Typical daily range (% of price)	its price moves about 4.6% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price	4.6%
Stretch from the 200-day average	it is trading 1.0 daily range below its 200-day average price (4.5% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale	1.0 daily range below its 200-day average

Volume

Volume vs its 30-day average	trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average	0.95×

Analyst

Change in the average price target	analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading	0.0%
Change in the consensus rating	not available for this company yet	n/a

Candlestick patterns

Since a doji	1 session ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level	1 session ago

Price gaps

Gap at the open	it opened on 2026-10-08 0.2% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close	+0.2%
Open gap	it gapped 3.0% below the previous close 19 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 4.68 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed	-3.0%
Gap filled	a 2.1% gap up opened on 2026-10-02 has been "filled" 4 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it	4 sessions ago

Price streaks

Closing streak	it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run	1 session up

Relative strength

vs market, 1 month	over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 7.3 percentage points (the stock lost 6.2% while the market gained 1.0%)	-7.3%
vs market, 3 months	over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 11.6 percentage points (the stock lost 7.8% while the market gained 3.8%)	-11.6%
vs market, 6 months	over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 16.3 percentage points (the stock gained 1.2% while the market gained 17.5%)	-16.3%
vs market, 12 months	over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 56.0 percentage points (the stock lost 41.0% while the market gained 15.0%)	-56.0%

Signal agreement

Bullish technical signals	1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast	1 of 9
Bearish technical signals	4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast	4 of 9

Trend (Ichimoku cloud)

Vs the Ichimoku cloud	trading 2.0% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 2.7% of the share price.	-2.0%

Volume-weighted price

Vs this year’s average price paid	the price is 4% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $4.53 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.	-3.6%
Vs the average paid since it last reported	the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-10 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $4.34 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 43 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP.	+0.6%

Double bottom, bullish — forming · entry $4.87 · 42 sessions in

Price levels it has turned at before

TLS last closed at $4.37 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 9 prices below its last close and 8 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.

Level	Side	Distance	Evidence
$4.25	Support	2.9% below the last close	turned there twice · 2026-07-30 to 2026-08-25
$4.63	Resistance	5.9% above the last close	turned there twice · 2026-03-25 to 2026-04-21
$4.04	Support	7.4% below the last close	turned there twice · 2026-03-30 to 2026-06-05
$4.73	Resistance	8.3% above the last close	turned there twice · 2026-03-04 to 2026-07-27
$3.91	Support	10.5% below the last close	turned there four times · 2024-10-21 to 2026-09-22
$4.83	Resistance	10.5% above the last close	turned there twice · 2024-11-08 to 2026-05-11

A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.

Wave structure

Its recent swings can be read as a five-part upward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.

This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $3.94.

This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.

On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $5.28 and $6.11 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.

Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close below $3.94.

This reading has stood for 8 trading days, since 2026-09-29.

Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.

An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.

Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Trading below the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands

Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.

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Analyst consensus

Mean price target$6.33 range $4.00 – $9.00; median $5.50

Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-06. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.

Analyst EPS estimate for TLS

Consensus EPS estimate$0.038 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-06
Estimate change, 30 days-$0.002 from $0.04, on 2026-09-01, 35-day window
Readings revised upward0% of 7 comparable readings

The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.

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Key risks (from latest filing)

["Heavy reliance on U.S. federal government contracts, which are subject to competitive bidding, budget uncertainty, and changing priorities.","Susceptibility to cybersecurity threats and potential disruptions to information technology infrastructure."]

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What changed in the latest 10-Q

AI-assisted comparison of TLS's 10-Q filed 2026-05-11 against the prior one filed 2025-11-10.

Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)

Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-11) adds reference to Form 10-K filed March 16, 2026 for year ended December 31, 2025 (vs. older filing's reference to March 10, 2025 for year ended December 31, 2024)
- Newer filing adds: 'empowers and protects the world's most security-conscious organizations' to Overview opening
- Newer filing adds: 'global enterprises' as a customer category in Overview
- Newer filing adds specific geopolitical reference: 'ongoing conflict in Iran and the Middle East' in Macroeconomic Conditions section
- Newer filing includes detailed Financial Overview section with key highlights not present in older filing
- Newer filing adds specific share repurchase disclosure: '$2.2 million deployed to repurchase approximately 0.5 million shares at average price of $4.25 per share'
- Newer filing adds consolidated financial table (Table MD&A 1) showing Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 results
- Newer filing adds segment financial table (Table MD&A 2) for Security Solutions showing Q1 2026 vs Q1 2025 results
- Newer filing includes statement that 'approximately 93% and 89% of total revenues' came from U.S. government in Q1 2026 and 2025 respectively
Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-10) includes extensive discussion of October 1, 2025 government shutdown and its operational impacts, not present in newer filing
- Older filing includes detailed discussion of Executive Orders and administrative actions affecting tariffs and procurement, not present in newer filing
- Older filing discusses 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)' enacted July 4, 2025 and its tax and defense sector implications, not present in newer filing
- Older filing section titled 'U.S. Federal Government Budget' replaced with 'U.S. Federal Government' in newer filing
- Older filing section titled 'Other Economic and Regulatory Policies' not present in newer filing
- Older filing references nine-month period ended September 30, 2025 with '91% of total revenue from U.S. federal government' metric
Reworded:
- Overview opening revised from 'we deliver efficient, adaptable, and secure solutions that protect people, organizations, and information' to 'empowers and protects the world's most security-conscious organizations with efficient, adaptable, and secure solutions that safeguard people, systems, and information'
- Overview customer description changed from 'international customers' (older) to 'global enterprises' (newer)
- Overview removed reference to 'deep domain expertise, cleared workforce, and proven technologies give us a unique position at the intersection of cybersecurity, identity, and network security'
- Overview changed from 'build lasting partnerships' (older) to 'build trusted partnerships' (newer)
- Xacta.ai description in Overview: older version includes 'Leveraging AI and rules-based logic' whereas newer version omits this phrase
- Macroeconomic conditions discussion shifted from discussing general global volatility and Executive Orders/tariffs to specific geopolitical conflict in Iran and Middle East
Notes:
- Newer filing (2026-05-11) covers Q1 FY2026 (quarter ended March 31, 2026); older filing (2025-11-10) covers nine months ended September 30, 2025 - different reporting periods make some comparisons contextual rather than direct comparisons of same periods
- Older filing includes extensive government shutdown and regulatory discussion that would not be expected in newer filing due to different time periods covered
- Text of newer filing appears truncated at end of Segment Results section ('For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, the Security Solutions segment revenue increased by 78.1%, compared to the same p'), preventing full assessment of completeness

AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Insider activity (SEC Form 4)

0 open-market purchases and 7 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.

Last 30 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 3 sells ($1M) — 2 selling insiders
Last 90 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 7 sells ($3M) — 4 selling insiders
Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-040 buys · 14 sells ($4M) — 5 selling insiders

Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)

Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-09-21. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.

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Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.

Institutional ownership (13F)

5 institutional 13F filers reported holding TLS as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).

Distinct 13F filers 5
Reported shares held 7,391,959
Reported value $34,003,010

reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".

Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Short interest (FINRA)

TLS had 3,083,924 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).

TLS had 4.13% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.39 days to cover at the same settlement.

Reported short interest (shares) 3,083,924
Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 4.13%
Prior settlement (shares) 2,760,992
Reported change 11.7%
Days to cover (reported) 4.39

Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.

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Competitors & peers

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Frequently asked questions

What does TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) do?

What sector is TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) in?

TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Cybersecurity and IT Services. It trades on NASDAQ.

Who are TELOS CORPORATION CORP's (TLS) competitors?

Notable peers of TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) include CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Okta, Splunk and General Dynamics. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.

Is TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) overbought or oversold right now?

TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 53, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.

Where does stocks-llm's data on TLS come from?

Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.

Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.

Last updated 2026-10-08.

Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.