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TELOS CORP (TLS)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for TELOS CORP. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About TELOS CORP

Telos Corporation provides technology solutions and services focused on cybersecurity, identity verification, and secure networking primarily for government and commercial customers. Its main products include the Xacta cyber governance, risk, and compliance platform, identity and biometric solutions, secure messaging systems, and secure network architectures. The company serves U.S. federal agencies, large commercial organizations, and international clients with a focus on security-sensitive and regulated environments.

Snapshot

Revenue
$164.8M
Revenue growth (YoY)
52.2%
Net income
$-36.5M
Diluted EPS
$-0.50
Gross margin
37.0%
Operating margin
-24.2%
Net margin
-22.2%
FCF margin
17.9%
ROE
-38.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$358.0M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Telos

  • Revenue grew 52.2% to $165M in FY2025, after a 25.5% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is -24.2% in FY2025, -7.1 pp against -17.1% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $48M, up 32.7% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $29M in FY2025, 17.9% of revenue.
  • Net loss narrowed to $37M in FY2025, from $53M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Telos’s fundamentals sit among the 332 software companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin37.0%
19th percentile of 264
Operating margin-24.2%
15th percentile of 303
Net margin-22.2%
16th percentile of 307
FCF margin17.9%
57th percentile of 285
Revenue growth (YoY)+52.2%
92nd percentile of 325
ROE-38.1%
15th percentile of 285
Short interest4.75d
67th percentile of 330

Telos’s revenue growth of +52.2% ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 325 software companies reporting it. Telos’s operating margin of -24.2% ranks in the 15th percentile of the 303 software companies reporting it. Telos’s return on equity of -38.1% ranks in the 15th percentile of the 285 software companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 7 insider sales totaling $1.4M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 7 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
0 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
5
5 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$32.2M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$10.1M2.2MAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$8.9M1.9MReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$4.3M926.1KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$4.2M906.9KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$2.0M433.6KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.5M321.9KReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.3M289.1KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
7
$1.4M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-21
filed 2026-08-24
Dockery Derrick D.DirectorSell12.0K$4.43$53K
2026-08-12
filed 2026-08-13
Dockery Derrick D.DirectorSell11.0K$4.34$48K
2026-06-26
Bendza Gary MarkEVP, CFOSell80.1K$4.41$353K
2026-06-25
filed 2026-06-26
Bendza Gary MarkEVP, CFOSell98.0K$4.19$411K
2026-06-24
filed 2026-06-26
Bendza Gary MarkEVP, CFOSell71.9K$4.36$313K
2026-06-24
filed 2026-06-26
Dockery Derrick D.DirectorSell7.0K$4.36$31K
2026-06-22
filed 2026-06-24
Jacobs Bradley W.DirectorSell55.8K$4.31$240K
2026-05-28
Dockery Derrick D.DirectorSell8.0K$4.78$38K
2026-05-14
filed 2026-05-15
Dockery Derrick D.DirectorSell18.0K$4.14$75K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
2.4M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-1.2%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.75
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
507.7K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-142.4M-1.2%4.75
2026-07-312.4M+9.3%5.92
2026-07-152.2M+4.1%4.64
2026-06-302.1M+29.4%2.10
2026-06-151.7M+6.9%1.69
2026-05-291.5M+18.8%1.61
2026-05-151.3M+2.9%1.86
2026-04-301.3M-0.4%2.72

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$164.8M$108.3M$145.4M$216.9M$242.4M
Gross profit$61.0M$34.4M$52.9M$79.0M$86.0M
Operating income$-39.9M$-55.9M$-40.3M$-53.9M$-41.5M
Net income$-36.5M$-52.5M$-34.4M$-53.4M$-43.1M
Diluted EPS$-0.50$-0.73$-0.50$-0.79$-0.65

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$53.2M$54.6M$99.3M$119.3M$126.6M
Current assets$94.4M$91.4M$140.0M$168.0M$191.7M
Total assets$139.9M$158.2M$208.7M$237.4M$246.1M
Current liabilities$36.8M$22.1M$39.2M$45.5M$50.9M
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$43.9M$31.1M$49.7M$65.0M$65.8M
Total equity$96.0M$127.1M$159.0M$172.4M$180.3M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$30.2M$-25.9M$1.6M$16.5M$7.3M
Capital expenditure$739,000$2.3M$926,000$1.0M$3.2M
Free cash flow$29.4M$-28.2M$661,000$15.5M$4.1M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$47.7M32.7%$660,000$0.01
Q1 FY2026$47.7M55.9%$2.0M$0.03
Q4 FY2025$46.8M77.4%$-16.3M$-0.22
Q3 FY2025$51.4M116.3%$-2.1M$-0.03
Q2 FY2025$36.0M26.2%$-9.5M$-0.13
Q1 FY2025$30.6M3.4%$-8.6M$-0.12
Q4 FY2024$26.4M-35.8%$-9.3M$-0.13
Q3 FY2024$23.8M-34.3%$-28.1M$-0.39

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorTechnology
SIC industryServices-Computer Integrated Systems Design
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2001
SEC CIK320121

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-10
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10-Q2026-05-11
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8-K2026-08-10
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8-K2026-05-28
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8-K2026-05-11
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8-K2026-05-07
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.