Telos (TLS) Competitors

Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) and Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, FSLY or TLS?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Fastly	$543.68M	1.44	-$158.06M	-$1.14	-4.82
Telos	$108.27M	1.85	-$34.42M	-$0.73	-3.67

Do analysts rate FSLY or TLS?

Fastly presently has a consensus price target of $8.25, indicating a potential upside of 50.27%. Telos has a consensus price target of $4.13, indicating a potential upside of 53.92%. Given Telos' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Telos is more favorable than Fastly.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fastly	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90
Telos	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in FSLY or TLS?

79.7% of Fastly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.1% of Telos shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Fastly shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Telos shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FSLY or TLS?

Fastly received 75 more outperform votes than Telos when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.67% of users gave Telos an outperform vote while only 47.78% of users gave Fastly an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fastly	Outperform Votes 129 47.78%	Underperform Votes 141 52.22%
Telos	Outperform Votes 54 60.67%	Underperform Votes 35 39.33%

Is FSLY or TLS more profitable?

Fastly has a net margin of -29.07% compared to Telos' net margin of -40.80%. Fastly's return on equity of -12.75% beat Telos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Fastly	-29.07%	-12.75%	-8.41%
Telos	-40.80%	-28.19%	-22.17%

Does the media refer more to FSLY or TLS?

In the previous week, Fastly had 7 more articles in the media than Telos. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Fastly and 1 mentions for Telos. Telos' average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Fastly's score of 0.41 indicating that Telos is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fastly	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Telos	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, FSLY or TLS?

Fastly has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telos has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Telos beats Fastly on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.