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Telos Corporation TLS
$4.19 -0.95% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $313.5M
Weak trend
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -2.0% from -39.1% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $193.7M, up 65.9% from a year earlier.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 15 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +100.0%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 10%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 35%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 30%
- Gross marginBottom 30%
- Operating marginBottom 33%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 5%
- Interest coverBottom 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 14%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 24%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 20%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 21%
- 6-month returnBottom 24%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 18%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 23%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 10%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 1%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 29%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 42%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 44%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 42%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 66.5% | 65.9% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 36.6% | 36.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -39.1% | -2.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -10.2% | 15.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 65.9% | 66.5% | ↓ | Top 7% |
| Gross margin | 36.8% | 36.6% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Operating margin | -2.0% | -39.1% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| Net margin | -8.1% | -47.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.2% | -10.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -3.6% | — | Bottom 30% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -8.7% | — | Bottom 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -36.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 11.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -71.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -7.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.27%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.27%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +6.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +3.8%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 15
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $5.00
- Target vs current price
- +19.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 6
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | +132.2% | -15.7% | -5.0% | +0.4% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | +200.0% | -5.1% | -6.3% | -2.9% | +4.5% |
| Mar 16, 2026 | +200.0% | -3.7% | +1.2% | -4.9% | +3.0% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | +350.0% | +21.6% | -8.3% | -12.2% | -25.9% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +40.0% | +62.6% | +133.2% | +166.0% | +187.0% |
| May 9, 2025 | +40.0% | -20.0% | +7.8% | +12.2% | +0.4% |
| Mar 10, 2025 | +55.6% | -9.1% | -7.0% | -21.3% | -7.3% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +28.6% | -7.8% | -23.5% | -14.8% | -20.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | $0.04 | $0.02 | +132.2% | $47.7M |
| May 11, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.02 | +200.0% | $47.7M |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.06 | $0.02 | +200.0% | $46.8M |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.02 | +350.0% | $51.4M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.05 | +40.0% | $36.0M |
| May 9, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.05 | +40.0% | $30.6M |
| Mar 10, 2025 | -$0.04 | -$0.09 | +55.6% | $26.4M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | -$0.10 | -$0.14 | +28.6% | $23.8M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 26.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.39× | — | — | Top 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 9.41% | — | — | Top 14% |
| Earnings yield | -5.01% | — | — | Bottom 22% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -8.6%
- RSI (14)
- 47.0
- Relative volume
- 0.57×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 66.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 30th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.64
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -46.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -58.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2021 | May 2, 2023 | -96.0% | 574 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Dec 10, 2020 | -16.3% | 7 days | 4 days (Dec 16, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $313.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.21
- Revenue (TTM)
- $193.7M
- 52-week range
- $3.79 – $8.36
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $242.4M | $216.9M | $145.4M | $108.3M | $164.8M |
| Gross profit | $86.0M | $79.0M | $52.9M | $34.4M | $61.0M |
| Operating income | -$41.5M | -$53.9M | -$40.3M | -$55.9M | -$24.5M |
| Net income | -$43.1M | -$53.4M | -$34.4M | -$52.5M | -$36.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.65 | -$0.79 | -$0.50 | -$0.73 | -$0.50 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $23.8M | $26.4M | $30.6M | $36.0M | $51.4M | $46.8M | $47.7M | $47.7M |
| Net income | -$28.1M | -$9.3M | -$8.6M | -$9.5M | -$2.1M | -$16.3M | $2.0M | $660,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.39 | -$0.13 | -$0.12 | -$0.13 | -$0.03 | -$0.22 | $0.03 | $0.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $7.3M | $16.5M | $1.6M | -$25.9M | $30.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$13.2M | -$13.7M | -$15.5M | -$2.3M | -$739,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$5.9M | $2.8M | -$13.9M | -$28.2M | $29.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $63.0M | -$11.1M | -$139,000 | $203,000 | -$13.5M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $50.6M
- Total assets
- $139.7M
- Total liabilities
- $46.3M
- Total debt
- $7.0M
- Net debt
- -$43.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $93.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,083,924
- Days to cover
- 4.39
- Change vs previous report
- +11.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.