TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS)
Information Technology · Cyber governance, risk and compliance (GRC) / identity and security solutions · NASDAQ
Telos delivers cybersecurity governance, identity, and secure networking solutions to government and commercial organizations managing complex regulatory and threat environments.
What TELOS CORPORATION CORP does
Telos Corporation offers technology solutions and services for cybersecurity governance, risk and compliance, identity verification, secure messaging, and network security. The company operates through two segments: Security Solutions (91% of 2025 revenue), which includes the Xacta cyber GRC platform, cybersecurity services, identity solutions, and secure messaging (Telos AMHS); and Secure Networks, which provides network security and edge solutions. Telos primarily serves the U.S. federal government, large commercial organizations, and international customers with cleared personnel and proven domain expertise.
Themes: cyber governance, risk and compliance (GRC), federal government cybersecurity, identity and biometric authentication, secure messaging platforms, FedRAMP and CMMC compliance, cloud security, AI-driven compliance automation
Fundamentals
- Price$4.50 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$336M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-26.6% 2025-08-21 close $6.13 → 2026-08-21 close $4.50
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-14.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+36.4% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-24.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.07 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+66.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-8.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.98 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-10 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How TLS compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 25% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 25% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 403 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 386 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.
How TELOS CORPORATION CORP looks technically
TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) is trading 7.3% 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 115 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 10, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 50, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 10 trading days ago. It is 46.2% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 7.3% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -7.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $4.57 | $4.57 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $4.85 | $4.85 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 11 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 11 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 115 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 115 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 10, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 10.4 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 50, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 49.6 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($3.79 to $4.95) — its "stochastic" reading is 62 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. | 61.6 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $8.36 | $8.36 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 46.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -46.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 18.9% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +18.9% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 46.2% below its highest point of the past year | 46.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 10 trading days ago | 10 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 10 trading days ago | 10 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 roughly a quarter of its fall from last year’s high — 16% 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. | 16.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 88.6% below its all-time high | -88.6% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.8% below a resistance level at $4.63 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-03-25, most recently on 2026-04-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has 9 such levels below the current price and 7 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +2.8% |
| 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 194.1% above its all-time low | +194.1% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 48th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.2452 between its high and its low — about 5.5% 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 | $0.2452 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $4.13 and $4.87 — 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 | $4.13 – $4.50 – $4.87 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.5% 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 | 5.5% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.5 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (7.3% 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 | 1.5 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.95× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.9% 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 | +0.9% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 4.2% above the previous close 8 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 4.03 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +4.2% |
| Gap filled | a 2.7% gap down opened on 2026-07-13 has been "filled" 29 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 29 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| 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 |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 1.4 percentage points (the stock gained 0.9% while the market gained 2.3%) | -1.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 7.4 percentage points (the stock lost 4.3% while the market gained 3.1%) | -7.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 1.8 percentage points (the stock gained 9.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | -1.8% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 47.1 percentage points (the stock lost 26.6% while the market gained 20.5%) | -47.1% |
Signal agreement
2
| 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 |
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| 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)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 4.3% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 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 thin, spanning 0.9% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that gives way easily. | -4.3% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 2% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $4.57 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -1.6% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% 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 $4.35 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 10 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +3.5% |
Price levels it has turned at before
TLS last closed at $4.50 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 9 prices below its last close and 7 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $4.63 | Resistance | 2.8% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-25 to 2026-04-21 |
| $4.73 | Resistance | 5.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-04 to 2026-07-27 |
| $4.83 | Resistance | 7.3% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-08 to 2026-05-11 |
| $4.04 | Support | 10.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-30 to 2026-06-05 |
| $3.90 | Support | 13.4% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-08-29 to 2026-04-10 |
| $3.80 | Support | 15.5% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-09-20 to 2026-08-10 |
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
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
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 · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · Trading below the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.83 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 6 analysts
- Mean price target$6.83 range $4.00 – $9.00; median $7.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. 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$0.04 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-17
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
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.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Heavy dependence on U.S. federal government customers (primary revenue source) creates concentration risk and exposure to government budget cycles and policy changes","Company is currently unprofitable with negative net margin of -14.25%, requiring sustained revenue growth to achieve profitability","Rapidly evolving cybersecurity and compliance regulatory landscape (NIST RMF, CMMC, FedRAMP) could require significant platform updates and R&D investment"]
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
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
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.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 7 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 1 sell ($47740) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days0 buys · 7 sells ($1M) — 3 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 8 sells ($2M) — 3 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-12. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about TLS's insider activity →
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 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 6,051,647
- Reported value $25,356,400
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 3 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.
Short interest (FINRA)
TLS had 2,439,335 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
TLS had 3.26% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 5.92 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 2,439,335
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 3.26%
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,230,825
- Reported change 9.35%
- Days to cover (reported) 5.92
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 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.
Competitors & peers
- ManTech International
- CACI International (CACI)
- Leidos (LDOS)
- Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH)
- General Dynamics (GD)
- RSA Security
- ServiceNow (NOW)
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Frequently asked questions
What does TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) do?
Telos Corporation offers technology solutions and services for cybersecurity governance, risk and compliance, identity verification, secure messaging, and network security. The company operates through two segments: Security Solutions (91% of 2025 revenue), which includes the Xacta cyber GRC platform, cybersecurity services, identity solutions, and secure messaging (Telos AMHS); and Secure Networks, which provides network security and edge solutions. Telos primarily serves the U.S.
What sector is TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) in?
TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Cyber governance, risk and compliance (GRC) / identity and security solutions. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are TELOS CORPORATION CORP's (TLS) competitors?
Notable peers of TELOS CORPORATION CORP (TLS) include ManTech International, CACI International, Leidos, Booz Allen Hamilton 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 50, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on TLS come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; 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: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.