Insider Selling: Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) Director Sells $471,195.25 in Stock

Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Director Fredrick Schaufeld sold 81,947 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5.75, for a total transaction of $471,195.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,100,957 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,330,502.75. The trade was a 6.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Fredrick Schaufeld also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, November 25th, Fredrick Schaufeld sold 155,794 shares of Telos stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $5.87, for a total transaction of $914,510.78.
• On Friday, September 12th, Fredrick Schaufeld sold 255,449 shares of Telos stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $6.79, for a total transaction of $1,734,498.71.

Telos Trading Up 1.0%

Telos stock opened at $5.81 on Monday. Telos Corporation has a 52 week low of $1.83 and a 52 week high of $8.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a quick ratio of 2.67 and a current ratio of 2.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $428.14 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -14.16 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $6.68 and a 200 day moving average price of $4.85.

Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) last announced its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $51.44 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $45.70 million. Telos had a negative net margin of 20.47% and a negative return on equity of 26.12%. Telos has set its Q4 2025 guidance at EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. Research analysts forecast that Telos Corporation will post -0.68 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Telos

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Penserra Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Telos in the third quarter worth approximately $42,000. New York State Common Retirement Fund raised its holdings in shares of Telos by 683.3% during the 3rd quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 9,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,000 after purchasing an additional 8,200 shares in the last quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Telos in the 1st quarter valued at $30,000. Strs Ohio bought a new stake in Telos in the third quarter worth $97,000. Finally, Fox Run Management L.L.C. acquired a new position in Telos during the third quarter worth $107,000. Institutional investors own 62.14% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently issued reports on TLS. Wall Street Zen raised Telos from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 16th. B. Riley reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $9.00 price target (up from $8.50) on shares of Telos in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Wedbush boosted their price objective on shares of Telos from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. DA Davidson upped their price objective on shares of Telos from $4.00 to $7.50 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Telos in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $7.75.

Telos Company Profile

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.