Telos Corp
TLS Nasdaq Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Telos Corp does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- TELOS CORP
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Mar 16, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000320121-26-000010
0000320121
Revenue and margins
Telos Corp had $165M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 52.2% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $29.4M in fiscal 2025, 17.9% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Telos Corp returned $13.6M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 46% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 1.4%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Telos Corp can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $127M | $119M | $99.3M | $54.6M | $53.2M |
| Interest coverage | β53.4x | β61.6x | β51.3x | β86.8x | β72.1x |
| Current ratio | 3.8x | 3.7x | 3.6x | 4.1x | 2.6x |
| Quick ratio | 3.7x | 3.6x | 3.5x | 4.0x | 2.5x |
| Total assets | $246M | $237M | $209M | $158M | $140M |
| Total liabilities | $65.8M | $65.0M | $49.7M | $31.1M | $43.9M |
| Shareholders' equity | $180M | $172M | $159M | $127M | $96.0M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β | β | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 4 / 8 | 6 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 5 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β37.0% | β8.0% | β10.6% | β23.9% | 2.9% | β23.4% | β28.9% | β16.1% | β14.5% | β44.8% |
| Altman Z'' | β9.27 | β7.20 | β5.77 | β6.11 | 3.57 | 3.02 | 1.34 | 0.94 | β1.95 | β5.40 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $135M | $108M | $138M | $159M | $180M | $242M | $217M | $145M | $108M | $165M |
| Gross profit | $43.4M | $40.6M | $53.1M | $52.3M | $62.4M | $86.0M | $79.0M | $52.9M | $34.4M | $61.0M |
| Research and development | $3.2M | $3.5M | $8.8M | $10.6M | $14.2M | $19.1M | $16.9M | $11.8M | $8.4M | $7.1M |
| Operating income | $2.1M | $0.4M | $9.0M | $5.0M | $0.3M | β$41.5M | β$53.9M | β$40.3M | β$55.9M | β$39.9M |
| Interest expense | $5.5M | $6.7M | $7.3M | $7.5M | $7.3M | $0.8M | $0.9M | $0.8M | $0.6M | $0.6M |
| Pretax income | β$3.3M | β$6.3M | $1.8M | β$2.2M | $6.8M | β$43.2M | β$53.4M | β$34.4M | β$52.5M | β$37.2M |
| Income tax | $0.3M | β$2.8M | $0.0M | β$0.1M | β$0.0M | β$0.0M | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β$0.7M |
| Net income | β$7.2M | β$5.8M | β$1.6M | β$6.4M | $1.7M | β$43.1M | β$53.4M | β$34.4M | β$52.5M | β$36.5M |
| Diluted EPS | β | β | β$0.04 | β$0.17 | $0.04 | β$0.65 | β$0.79 | β$0.50 | β$0.73 | β$0.50 |
| Diluted shares | β | β | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.07B | 0.07B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $13.9M | β$0.6M | $6.3M | $11.8M | β$2.1M | $7.3M | $16.5M | $1.6M | β$25.9M | $30.2M |
| Capital expenditure | $0.6M | $0.7M | $2.5M | $4.1M | $0.8M | $3.2M | $1.0M | $0.9M | $2.3M | $0.7M |
| Free cash flow | $13.2M | β$1.3M | $3.8M | $7.7M | β$2.9M | $4.1M | $15.5M | $0.7M | β$28.2M | $29.4M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $2.9M | $2.0M | $3.0M | $5.0M | $5.4M | $5.6M | $5.9M | $8.9M | $11.9M | $11.5M |
| Stock-based compensation | $0.0M | $0.1M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $60.2M | $64.7M | $24.4M | $21.4M | $30.2M |
| Share buybacks | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.3M | $11.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M | $13.6M |
| Dividends and buybacks | β | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $1.3M | $11.1M | $0.1M | $0.0M | $13.6M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $0.7M | $0.6M | $0.1M | $6.8M | $106M | $127M | $119M | $99.3M | $54.6M | $53.2M |
| Total debt | $0.0M | $10.8M | $11.0M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | $16.9M | $15.6M | $14.3M | $12.8M | $11.2M | $9.5M | $7.6M |
| Current assets | $25.0M | $42.2M | $41.2M | $40.2M | $144M | $192M | $168M | $140M | $91.4M | $94.4M |
| Current liabilities | $33.6M | $46.2M | $39.1M | $37.3M | $38.9M | $50.9M | $45.5M | $39.2M | $22.1M | $36.8M |
| Inventory | $3.6M | $13.5M | $4.4M | $2.0M | $3.3M | $1.2M | $2.9M | $1.4M | $1.8M | $1.0M |
| Property and equipment, net | $16.1M | $16.3M | $17.4M | $19.6M | $15.0M | $6.1M | $4.8M | $3.5M | $4.3M | $3.1M |
| Goodwill | $14.9M | $14.9M | $14.9M | $14.9M | $14.9M | $17.9M | $17.9M | $17.9M | $17.9M | $3.0M |
| Intangible assets | $0.0M | β | β | β | $7.4M | $19.2M | $37.4M | $39.6M | $30.4M | $30.3M |
| Total assets | $56.8M | $74.4M | $74.5M | $77.7M | $184M | $246M | $237M | $209M | $158M | $140M |
| Total liabilities | $187M | $210M | $207M | $214M | $56.7M | $65.8M | $65.0M | $49.7M | $31.1M | $43.9M |
| Shareholders' equity | β$132M | β$137M | β$135M | β$141M | $127M | $180M | $172M | $159M | $127M | $96.0M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 32.2% | 37.7% | 38.4% | 32.9% | 34.7% | 35.5% | 36.4% | 36.4% | 31.8% | 37.0% |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 0.4% | 6.5% | 3.2% | 0.2% | β17.1% | β24.8% | β27.7% | β51.6% | β24.2% |
| EBITDA margin | 3.7% | 2.2% | 8.7% | 6.3% | 3.1% | β14.8% | β22.1% | β21.6% | β40.6% | β17.3% |
| Net margin | β5.3% | β5.4% | β1.2% | β4.0% | 0.9% | β17.8% | β24.6% | β23.7% | β48.5% | β22.2% |
| FCF margin | 9.8% | β1.2% | 2.8% | 4.9% | β1.6% | 1.7% | 7.1% | 0.5% | β26.0% | 17.9% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital employed | 9.1% | 1.5% | 25.5% | 12.4% | 0.2% | β21.2% | β28.1% | β23.8% | β41.1% | β38.7% |
| Return on equity | β | β | β | β | β | β28.1% | β30.3% | β20.8% | β36.7% | β32.8% |
| Return on assets | β12.6% | β8.9% | β2.2% | β8.4% | 1.3% | β20.1% | β22.1% | β15.4% | β28.6% | β24.5% |
| Return on tangible equity | β | β | β | β | 1.6% | β30.1% | β45.7% | β33.9% | β66.6% | β58.3% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β20.1% | 28.1% | 15.4% | 13.0% | 34.7% | β10.5% | β33.0% | β25.5% | 52.2% |
| Net income growth | β | β | β | β | β | β2,656.8% | β | β | β | β |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β | β | β1,725.0% | β | β | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | β110.1% | β | 103.2% | β137.3% | β | 281.7% | β95.7% | β4,364.8% | β |
| Share count change | β | β | β | 2.6% | 13.6% | 54.8% | 1.8% | 2.5% | 3.7% | 1.4% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β0.1x | 4.2x | 0.9x | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Interest coverage | 0.4x | 0.1x | 1.2x | 0.7x | 0.0x | β53.4x | β61.6x | β51.3x | β86.8x | β72.1x |
| Current ratio | 0.7x | 0.9x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 3.7x | 3.8x | 3.7x | 3.6x | 4.1x | 2.6x |
| Quick ratio | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 3.6x | 3.7x | 3.6x | 3.5x | 4.0x | 2.5x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 2.6% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 2.1% | 0.4% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 24.8% | 29.8% | 16.8% | 19.8% | 18.3% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | 0.0% | β | 30.8% | 71.9% | 21.0% | β | 46.3% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 4.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β9.3 | β7.2 | β5.8 | β6.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.9 | β2.0 | β5.4 |
| Accruals ratio | β37.0% | β8.0% | β10.6% | β23.9% | 2.9% | β23.4% | β28.9% | β16.1% | β14.5% | β44.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000320121). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.