Telos Corporation

NasdaqGM:TLS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$427.0m

Telos Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Telos' CEO is John Wood, appointed in Jan 2003, has a tenure of 22.83 years. total yearly compensation is $18.08M, comprised of 3.3% salary and 96.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 8.77% of the company’s shares, worth $37.43M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.8 years and 5.3 years respectively.

Key information

John Wood

Chief executive officer

US$18.1m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage3.32%
CEO tenure22.8yrs
CEO ownership8.8%
Management average tenure4.8yrs
Board average tenure5.3yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Companies Like Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) Can Afford To Invest In Growth

Oct 24
Companies Like Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) Can Afford To Invest In Growth

Analysts Just Shipped A Captivating Upgrade To Their Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Estimates

Aug 16
Analysts Just Shipped A Captivating Upgrade To Their Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Estimates

Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Stock Rockets 43% But Many Are Still Ignoring The Company

Aug 12
Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Stock Rockets 43% But Many Are Still Ignoring The Company

Telos Corporation: TSA PreCheck And DMDC Seem To Provide A Lot Of Growth In The Future

Jul 16

We're Not Very Worried About Telos' (NASDAQ:TLS) Cash Burn Rate

Jul 11
We're Not Very Worried About Telos' (NASDAQ:TLS) Cash Burn Rate

Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Just Reported Earnings, And Analysts Cut Their Target Price

May 14
Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Just Reported Earnings, And Analysts Cut Their Target Price

It's A Story Of Risk Vs Reward With Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS)

May 09
It's A Story Of Risk Vs Reward With Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS)
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DMDC And TSA PreCheck Expansion Will Fuel Future Success

Expansion of programs like TSA PreCheck and DHS projects is poised to drive significant revenue and cash flow growth.

Telos: Bottom-Fishing Opportunity

Mar 14

We Think Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) Can Easily Afford To Drive Business Growth

Feb 12
We Think Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) Can Easily Afford To Drive Business Growth

A Piece Of The Puzzle Missing From Telos Corporation's (NASDAQ:TLS) 31% Share Price Climb

Nov 07
A Piece Of The Puzzle Missing From Telos Corporation's (NASDAQ:TLS) 31% Share Price Climb

Little Excitement Around Telos Corporation's (NASDAQ:TLS) Revenues As Shares Take 25% Pounding

Aug 28
Little Excitement Around Telos Corporation's (NASDAQ:TLS) Revenues As Shares Take 25% Pounding

We're Hopeful That Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

Aug 12
We're Hopeful That Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) Will Use Its Cash Wisely

Telos Corporation's (NASDAQ:TLS) Revenues Are Not Doing Enough For Some Investors

May 14
Telos Corporation's (NASDAQ:TLS) Revenues Are Not Doing Enough For Some Investors

Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Telos' (NASDAQ:TLS) Cash Burn Situation

Apr 15
Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Telos' (NASDAQ:TLS) Cash Burn Situation

Telos: Rating Upgrade To Buy As Growth Outlook Turns Positive

Apr 03

Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Analysts Just Trimmed Their Revenue Forecasts By 11%

Mar 19
Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Analysts Just Trimmed Their Revenue Forecasts By 11%

We Think Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) Can Afford To Drive Business Growth

Dec 13
We Think Telos (NASDAQ:TLS) Can Afford To Drive Business Growth

Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Telos' (NASDAQ:TLS) Cash Burn Situation

Aug 17
Here's Why We're Not Too Worried About Telos' (NASDAQ:TLS) Cash Burn Situation

News Flash: 6 Analysts Think Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Earnings Are Under Threat

Mar 18
News Flash: 6 Analysts Think Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Earnings Are Under Threat

Bearish: Analysts Just Cut Their Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Revenue and EPS estimates

Nov 10
Bearish: Analysts Just Cut Their Telos Corporation (NASDAQ:TLS) Revenue and EPS estimates

Telos nabs U.S. Transportation Security approval to operate PreCheck system, stock +12%

Oct 20

Telos attracts bullish rating at Wedbush on fed cybersecurity momentum

Sep 12

Telos expands growth at U.S. Airports

Aug 25

Telos Q2 2022 Earnings Preview

Aug 08

Telos: Not So Secure Security Offering

May 20

Telos Corporation Grows But Contends With Government Program Delays

Jan 28

Significant Recurrent Sales And Internationalization Make Telos A Buy

Nov 17

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has John Wood's remuneration changed compared to Telos's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2025n/an/a

-US$30m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

-US$56m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

-US$54m

Dec 31 2024US$18mUS$600k

-US$53m

Sep 30 2024n/an/a

-US$50m

Jun 30 2024n/an/a

-US$31m

Mar 31 2024n/an/a

-US$31m

Dec 31 2023US$1mUS$600k

-US$34m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

-US$42m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

-US$41m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

-US$48m

Dec 31 2022US$11mUS$600k

-US$53m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

-US$45m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

-US$41m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

-US$45m

Dec 31 2021US$12mUS$604k

-US$43m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

-US$34m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

-US$29m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

-US$11m

Dec 31 2020US$3mUS$621k

US$2m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

-US$6m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

-US$3m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

-US$5m

Dec 31 2019US$2mUS$600k

-US$6m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

-US$7m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

-US$5m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

-US$3m

Dec 31 2018US$2mUS$600k

-US$2m

Compensation vs Market: John's total compensation ($USD18.08M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD2.31M).

Compensation vs Earnings: John's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

John Wood (61 yo)

22.8yrs
Tenure
US$18,082,345
Compensation

Mr. John B. Wood serves as Chief Executive Officer of Telos Corporation since January 2003 and had also been its President since January 2003. As the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Mr. Wood provid...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
John Wood
Chairman & CEO22.8yrsUS$18.08m8.77%
$ 37.4m
G. Bendza
Executive VP & CFO4.3yrsUS$9.24m0.91%
$ 3.9m
E. Robbins
Executive VP & General Counsel3.8yrsUS$5.41m0.57%
$ 2.5m
Mark Griffin
Executive Vice President of Security Solutions4yrsUS$7.38m1.36%
$ 5.8m
Malcolm Cooke
VP & Chief Information Technology Officer12.3yrsUS$720.28k0.13%
$ 572.7k
Donald Terreri
Controller & Chief Accounting Officerless than a yearno datano data
Christina Mouzavires
Investor Relations Officerno datano datano data
Donna Hill
Vice President of Human Resources4.8yrsno data0.086%
$ 366.3k
Alvin Whitehead
Senior Vice President and General Manager of Secure Communications17.8yrsno datano data
Ralph Buona
Vice President of Corporate Business Developmentno datano datano data
Tom Dimtsios
Head of Information Security and Assurance Practice11.5yrsno datano data
Helen Oh
Assistant General Counsel & Secretaryno datano datano data
4.8yrs
Average Tenure
58yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: TLS's management team is considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
John Wood
Chairman & CEO31.8yrsUS$18.08m8.77%
$ 37.4m
Fredrick Schaufeld
Independent Director5yrsUS$217.50k2.95%
$ 12.6m
David Borland
Independent Director21.7yrsUS$217.50k0.25%
$ 1.1m
John Maluda
Director16.1yrsUS$197.50k0.11%
$ 479.8k
Bonnie Carroll
Independent Director5.2yrsUS$216.25k0.062%
$ 266.2k
Keith Alexander
Member of Advisory Board5.5yrsno datano data
Bradley Jacobs
Independent Director3.8yrsUS$215.00k0.12%
$ 496.6k
Derrick Dockery
Independent Director3.8yrsUS$210.00k0.11%
$ 463.7k
5.3yrs
Average Tenure
67yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: TLS's board of directors are considered experienced (5.3 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/11/25 01:14
End of Day Share Price 2025/11/25 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Telos Corporation is covered by 5 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Keith BachmanBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Zachary CumminsB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Rudy KessingerD.A. Davidson & Co.