Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $3.92 Million Position in Telos Co. (NASDAQ:TLS)

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in Telos Co. (NASDAQ:TLS - Free Report) by 16.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,145,861 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 162,549 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned approximately 1.58% of Telos worth $3,919,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Barclays PLC lifted its stake in Telos by 3.7% during the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 9,523,032 shares of the company's stock worth $32,569,000 after purchasing an additional 342,076 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. lifted its position in Telos by 20.0% during the 4th quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 72,000 shares of the company's stock worth $246,000 after buying an additional 12,000 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its position in Telos by 15.6% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 34,877 shares of the company's stock valued at $119,000 after purchasing an additional 4,705 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Telos by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,359,138 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,649,000 after purchasing an additional 4,715 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Telos by 75.3% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 299,206 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,023,000 after purchasing an additional 128,507 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.14% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

TLS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Wedbush reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $6.00 price target on shares of Telos in a research report on Tuesday, March 11th. DA Davidson lowered their price objective on shares of Telos from $3.50 to $2.50 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Telos in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on Telos from $3.00 to $2.25 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 12th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $3.94.

Telos Price Performance

NASDAQ:TLS traded up $0.07 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $2.71. 525,377 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 631,362. The business has a 50 day moving average of $2.55 and a 200 day moving average of $3.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 3.64 and a quick ratio of 3.59. Telos Co. has a 1-year low of $1.83 and a 1-year high of $5.03. The company has a market capitalization of $202.90 million, a P/E ratio of -3.87 and a beta of 0.95.

Telos (NASDAQ:TLS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 10th. The company reported ($0.14) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.09) by ($0.05). Telos had a negative net margin of 40.80% and a negative return on equity of 28.19%. The firm had revenue of $26.37 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $25.55 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.09) earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that Telos Co. will post -0.68 EPS for the current year.

Telos 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.