Telos Corporation (TLS)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Ashburn, United States | NasdaqGM
4.89 USD
+0.01
(0.205%)
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(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 4:40 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Telos is currently bifurcated between a distressed fundamental reality and aggressive speculative positioning. Fundamentally, the business is in a severe structural decline; the stock has lost over 90% of its value over the last four years, with revenue growth of +56% failing to offset massive losses that dragged ROE to -23%. The balance sheet remains fragile with negative operating margins and a forward P/E that implies profitability is still distant. This fundamental rot justifies a low long-term rating despite the high revenue growth figure. However, the short-term outlook is driven entirely by sentiment rather than earnings power. The options market tells a starkly different story, with traders placing heavy bets on a rebound to the $7.50 level while ignoring the downside. This disconnect suggests the market is pricing in a 'dead cat bounce' or a turnaround narrative that the current financials do not yet support. With no dividend to provide income and a statistical forecast showing a weak lean downward, the immediate trade is a high-risk bet on sentiment reversal rather than a value opportunity. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.050660 |
| AutoETS | 0.050664 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.050851 |
| MSTL | 0.051649 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 2.70 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.300 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.10 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 7.8 |
| Revenue per Share | 2.487 |
| Market Cap | 365,865,760 |
| Forward P/E | 20.90 |
| Beta | 0.97 |
| Profit Margins | -14.25% |
| Website | https://www.telos.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 4:40 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish on upside potential, evidenced by heavy open interest in out-of-the-money calls (98% of call volume) and significant positioning at the $7.50 strike. Conversely, put activity is minimal and concentrated entirely in-the-money, indicating a lack of hedging against further downside and a speculative bias toward a recovery.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.7491039 |
| Address1 | 19,886 Ashburn Road |
| All Time High | 41.84 |
| All Time Low | 1.53 |
| Ask | 6.15 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 770,490 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 770,237 |
| Average Volume | 770,237 |
| Average Volume10Days | 770,490 |
| Beta | 0.969 |
| Bid | 3.58 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 1.29 |
| City | Ashburn |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 4.89 |
| Current Ratio | 2.586 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 4.995 |
| Day Low | 4.75 |
| Debt To Equity | 7.8 |
| Display Name | Telos |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,506,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,506,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,502,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,786,365,000 |
| Ebitda | -10,458,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.05748 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -30.901 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.776 |
| Enterprise Value | 323,164,768 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.126 |
| Eps Forward | 0.234 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.35 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 4.5308 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.3592 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.0792796 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 74.91039 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 8.36 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.4699998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.41507176 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 2.37 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.52 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.0632912 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 2.37 - 8.36 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,605,796,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 53,123,859 |
| Forward Eps | 0.234 |
| Forward P E | 20.897436 |
| Free Cashflow | 24,966,624 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 509 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.41761002 |
| Gross Profits | 75,977,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.16295 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.67253 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 74,819,175 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,020-11-19 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Telos Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides cyber, cloud, and enterprise security solutions in the United States and internationally. It operates through two segments: Security Solutions and Secure Networks. The company offers Xacta, a platform delivering automated cyber risk management and compliance processes for systems based in the cloud, on-premises, and in hybrid environments; Xacta.ai, an artificial intelligence capability at Xacta cyber GRC platform; and risk management framework consulting services, security assessment and compliance, engineering and evaluation, operations, penetration testing, and digital forensics. It also provides Telos Automated Message Handling System, a web-based organizational message distribution and management for mission-critical communications used by military field operatives. In addition, the company offers Telos Identity Solutions, a portfolio of identity solutions that support secure identity verification, biometric enrollment, and trusted identity services for government and commercial customers; TSA PreCheck enrollment services, IDVetting, and Aviation Channeling Services, which provide identity enrollment, FBI background check submission, and biometric services for government agencies, transportation security programs, and regulated industries; and ONYX, a proprietary touchless fingerprint biometric technology designed to enable secure and scalable biometric authentication across mobile and enterprise environments. Further, the company provides secure mobility solutions that enable work off-premise and minimize operational and security concerns across and beyond the enterprise; and network management and defense services for operating, maintaining, and defending complex enterprise networks. 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. |
| Long Name | Telos Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 365,865,760 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_867124 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -25,919,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 365,865,765 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 6 |
| Open | 4.75 |
| Operating Cashflow | 32,732,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.030480001 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 703 724 3800 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.010000229 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 0.20450367 |
| Pre Market Price | 4.9 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,784,016,022 |
| Previous Close | 4.88 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 38.80952 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 3.7906976 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.0110137 |
| Profit Margins | -0.14247 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.802 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.83333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.00999975 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.204913 |
| Regular Market Day High | 4.995 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 4.75 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 4.75 - 4.995 |
| Regular Market Open | 4.75 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 4.88 |
| Regular Market Price | 4.89 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 439,404 |
| Return On Assets | -0.058709998 |
| Return On Equity | -0.23283 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.559 |
| Revenue Per Share | 2.487 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 74,819,175 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0286 |
| Shares Short | 2,142,597 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,548,041 |
| Short Name | Telos Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0397 |
| Short Ratio | 2.12 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | VA |
| Symbol | TLS |
| Target High Price | 9.0 |
| Target Low Price | 4.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 6.83333 |
| Target Median Price | 7.0 |
| Total Cash | 50,230,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.671 |
| Total Debt | 7,529,000 |
| Total Revenue | 181,931,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.35 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 5.189675 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.299675 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.057744462 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 439,404 |
| Website | https://www.telos.com |
| Zip | 20,147-2358 |