TLS vs. ASUR, CSPI, PLMI, UIS, OSPN, RBBN, AEYE, CRNT, APPS, and QBTS
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), AudioEye (AEYE), Ceragon Networks (CRNT), Digital Turbine (APPS), and D-Wave Quantum (QBTS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) and Asure Software (NASDAQ:ASUR) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.
Telos currently has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.87%. Asure Software has a consensus target price of $13.40, suggesting a potential upside of 75.62%. Given Asure Software's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Asure Software is more favorable than Telos.
Asure Software has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Telos had 8 more articles in the media than Asure Software. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Telos and 7 mentions for Asure Software. Telos' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Asure Software's score of 0.64 indicating that Telos is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Asure Software has a net margin of -8.38% compared to Telos' net margin of -22.22%. Asure Software's return on equity of 3.86% beat Telos' return on equity.
Asure Software received 299 more outperform votes than Telos when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.90% of users gave Asure Software an outperform vote while only 64.94% of users gave Telos an outperform vote.
Telos has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Asure Software has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
62.1% of Telos shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.6% of Asure Software shares are held by institutional investors. 12.4% of Telos shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of Asure Software shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Asure Software beats Telos on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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