TLS vs. ASUR, CSPI, PLMI, UIS, OSPN, RBBN, MDRX, SLP, VLN, and STEM
Should you be buying Telos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telos include Asure Software (ASUR), CSP (CSPI), Plum Acquisition Corp. I (PLMI), Unisys (UIS), OneSpan (OSPN), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Veradigm (MDRX), Simulations Plus (SLP), Valens Semiconductor (VLN), and Stem (STEM).
Asure Software (NASDAQ:ASUR) and Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
71.6% of Asure Software shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Telos shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Asure Software shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Telos shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Asure Software had 3 more articles in the media than Telos. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Asure Software and 0 mentions for Telos. Asure Software's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Telos' score of -0.18 indicating that Telos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Asure Software received 296 more outperform votes than Telos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.65% of users gave Asure Software an outperform vote while only 66.22% of users gave Telos an outperform vote.
Asure Software has a net margin of -7.74% compared to Asure Software's net margin of -23.68%. Telos' return on equity of 4.30% beat Asure Software's return on equity.
Asure Software has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telos has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Asure Software has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telos. Asure Software is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telos, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Asure Software currently has a consensus target price of $14.25, suggesting a potential upside of 101.84%. Telos has a consensus target price of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 38.49%. Given Telos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Asure Software is more favorable than Telos.
Summary
Asure Software beats Telos on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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