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TLS vs. RDVT, VMEO, ECX, CGNT, RCAT, NEXN, WEAV, SMWB, KIND, and OSPN

Should you be buying Telos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telos include Red Violet (RDVT), Vimeo (VMEO), ECARX (ECX), Cognyte Software (CGNT), Red Cat (RCAT), Nexxen International (NEXN), Weave Communications (WEAV), Similarweb (SMWB), Nextdoor (KIND), and Onespan (OSPN). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Telos vs. Its Competitors

Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) and Red Violet (NASDAQ:RDVT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

62.1% of Telos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.6% of Red Violet shares are held by institutional investors. 14.9% of Telos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Red Violet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Telos has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Red Violet has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Red Violet had 3 more articles in the media than Telos. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Red Violet and 5 mentions for Telos. Telos' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Red Violet's score of 0.46 indicating that Telos is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Telos
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Red Violet
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Telos currently has a consensus target price of $3.94, indicating a potential upside of 21.90%. Given Telos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Telos is more favorable than Red Violet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Telos
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Red Violet
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Red Violet has a net margin of 10.87% compared to Telos' net margin of -49.19%. Red Violet's return on equity of 10.01% beat Telos' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Telos-49.19% -33.16% -26.52%
Red Violet 10.87%10.01%9.21%

Red Violet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telos. Telos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Red Violet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Telos$108.27M2.19-$52.52M-$0.75-4.31
Red Violet$75.19M9.33$7M$0.6182.37

Summary

Red Violet beats Telos on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TLS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TLS vs. The Competition

MetricTelosIT Services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$237.37M$17.82B$27.56B$9.01B
Dividend YieldN/A1.48%3.15%4.09%
P/E Ratio-4.3139.5336.2820.06
Price / Sales2.1912.601,994.68108.31
Price / CashN/A25.8737.6556.90
Price / Book1.845.047.265.67
Net Income-$52.52M$434.18M$762.23M$248.47M
7 Day Performance8.39%4.24%2.71%2.90%
1 Month Performance21.43%3.38%6.67%5.75%
1 Year Performance-13.87%29.34%52,251.43%21.36%

Telos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TLS
Telos
2.4715 of 5 stars
$3.23
+5.2%
$3.94
+21.9%
-15.2%$237.37M$108.27M-4.31850
RDVT
Red Violet
0.654 of 5 stars
$48.70
+2.6%
N/A+91.0%$662.21M$75.19M79.84140News Coverage
VMEO
Vimeo
3.7466 of 5 stars
$3.89
-2.0%
$7.35
+88.9%
+6.8%$654.03M$417.01M38.901,102
ECX
ECARX
3.0201 of 5 stars
$1.68
-4.0%
$3.20
+90.5%
+12.8%$648.78M$761.90M-4.801,918News Coverage
Gap Up
CGNT
Cognyte Software
1.2951 of 5 stars
$9.17
+3.9%
N/A+16.4%$636.27M$350.63M-83.361,623
RCAT
Red Cat
2.8921 of 5 stars
$7.18
+4.5%
$13.00
+81.1%
+510.3%$631.87M$17.84M-13.3070Trending News
Analyst Revision
NEXN
Nexxen International
4.4268 of 5 stars
$9.60
-1.0%
$15.33
+59.7%
-12.5%$615.15M$365.48M18.82895News Coverage
WEAV
Weave Communications
2.9747 of 5 stars
$8.17
+0.5%
$16.10
+97.0%
-12.0%$611.23M$204.31M-19.94890
SMWB
Similarweb
3.1741 of 5 stars
$7.32
+1.5%
$15.75
+115.2%
+14.7%$595.68M$249.91M-33.271,085
KIND
Nextdoor
2.487 of 5 stars
$1.61
+4.9%
$2.28
+42.3%
-38.7%$585.36M$247.28M-6.69700
OSPN
Onespan
4.6642 of 5 stars
$15.53
+1.5%
$19.50
+25.6%
+37.1%$584.93M$243.18M10.56790News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:TLS) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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