Fredrick Schaufeld Purchases 100,248 Shares of Telos Co. (NASDAQ:TLS) Stock

Telos Co. (NASDAQ:TLS) Director Fredrick Schaufeld acquired 100,248 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 22nd. The shares were purchased at an average price of $4.01 per share, for a total transaction of $401,994.48. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 633,270 shares in the company, valued at $2,539,412.70. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

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

• On Monday, May 20th, Fredrick Schaufeld acquired 8,219 shares of Telos stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of $3.80 per share, for a total transaction of $31,232.20.
• On Tuesday, May 14th, Fredrick Schaufeld acquired 84,063 shares of Telos stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of $3.14 per share, for a total transaction of $263,957.82.

Telos Stock Performance

NASDAQ:TLS opened at $3.91 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $3.77 and its 200 day simple moving average is $3.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $280.58 million, a PE ratio of -8.89 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a quick ratio of 4.00, a current ratio of 4.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. Telos Co. has a twelve month low of $1.87 and a twelve month high of $5.00.

Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, March 15th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of ($0.12). The business had revenue of $41.06 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $31.97 million. Telos had a negative return on equity of 22.69% and a negative net margin of 22.22%. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.18) earnings per share. On average, analysts anticipate that Telos Co. will post -0.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Telos

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of TLS. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Telos by 6.0% during the first quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 92,265 shares of the company’s stock valued at $384,000 after purchasing an additional 5,200 shares in the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Telos by 3.2% during the first quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 699,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,910,000 after purchasing an additional 21,828 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Telos during the first quarter valued at about $58,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Telos by 4.5% during the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 2,068,075 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,600,000 after purchasing an additional 88,336 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Telos during the first quarter valued at about $916,000. 62.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have weighed in on TLS. DA Davidson increased their price objective on Telos from $3.25 to $3.50 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, March 18th. B. Riley raised their price target on Telos from $4.50 to $5.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 18th. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $6.00 price target on shares of Telos in a research report on Monday, May 13th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Telos in a research report on Monday, May 13th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on Telos from $4.50 to $4.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 13th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $5.00.

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.