Where Food Comes From (WFCF) Competitors

Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) and Where Food Comes From (NASDAQ:WFCF) 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 risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.

Does the media favor TLS or WFCF?

In the previous week, Where Food Comes From had 9 more articles in the media than Telos. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Where Food Comes From and 0 mentions for Telos. Where Food Comes From's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Telos' score of 0.00 indicating that Where Food Comes From is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Telos	Neutral
Where Food Comes From	Positive

Is TLS or WFCF more profitable?

Where Food Comes From has a net margin of 7.50% compared to Telos' net margin of -40.80%. Where Food Comes From's return on equity of 19.58% beat Telos' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Telos	-40.80%	-28.19%	-22.17%
Where Food Comes From	7.50%	19.58%	11.83%

Do analysts rate TLS or WFCF?

Telos presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 42.41%. Given Telos' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Telos is more favorable than Where Food Comes From.

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
Where Food Comes From	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TLS or WFCF?

62.1% of Telos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Where Food Comes From shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of Telos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.2% of Where Food Comes From 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, TLS or WFCF?

Telos has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Where Food Comes From has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TLS or WFCF?

Where Food Comes From has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telos. Telos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Where Food Comes From, 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
Telos	$145.38M	1.57	-$34.42M	-$0.70	-4.51
Where Food Comes From	$25.14M	2.59	$2.15M	$0.35	35.19

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TLS or WFCF?

Where Food Comes From received 53 more outperform votes than Telos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.63% of users gave Where Food Comes From an outperform vote while only 62.35% of users gave Telos an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Telos	Outperform Votes 53 62.35%	Underperform Votes 32 37.65%
Where Food Comes From	Outperform Votes 106 64.63%	Underperform Votes 58 35.37%

Summary

Where Food Comes From beats Telos on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.