CLBT vs TLS vs VERX Stock Comparison

Cellebrite DI, Telos and Vertex Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CLBT Cellebrite DI Ltd.
$12.23 +13.3% 1M -34.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.88B
P/E
49.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$514.29M
Div. yield
–
Cybersecurity Software Technology
7 wins
TLS Telos Corp
$5.22 +29.2% 1M -29.6% 1Y
Market cap
$419.79M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$193.71M
Div. yield
–
Compliance Software Technology
2 wins
VERX Vertex, Inc.
$15.17 +33.4% 1M -40.3% 1Y
Market cap
$2.38B
P/E
666.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$787.44M
Div. yield
–
Compliance Software Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Cellebrite DI leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Cellebrite DI 7, Vertex 2, Telos 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCLBTTLSVERXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.88B $419.79M $2.38B CLBT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 49.0x -26.7x 666.8x CLBT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 45.3x 30.7x 19.4x VERX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.8% +65.9% +10.8% TLS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.4% -8.1% 0.5% CLBT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.9% — 0.0% CLBT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.5x — 1.1x CLBT
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -34.5% -29.6% -40.3% TLS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.4%/yr -27.3%/yr -4.7%/yr CLBT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 64.0% 66.0% 62.5% VERX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 70/100 65/100 49/100 CLBT

Percentile Scorecard

CLBTTLSVERX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCLBTTLSVERX
Valuation 78 #28 of 124 66 #35 of 102 41 #61 of 102
Growth 78 #26 of 113 90 #11 of 98 77 #23 of 98
Profitability 91 #11 of 110 39 #58 of 95 55 #43 of 95
Financial Health 67 #43 of 129 70 #33 of 109 34 #72 of 109
Shareholder Returns 38 #42 of 67 60 #26 of 64 40 #39 of 64
Overall 70 65 49
  • CLBT ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • TLS ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications
  • VERX ranked among 115 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCLBTTLSVERXSPY
1 month +13.3%+29.2%+33.4% -0.8%
3 months -16.5%+12.7%+20.0% +3.5%
6 months -3.4%+18.6%+20.8% +7.0%
Year to date -32.2%+2.4%-24.0% +12.2%
1 year -34.5%-29.6%-40.3% +13.0%
3 years +89.6%+122.1%-33.3% +86.3%
3 years, per year +23.8%+30.5%-12.7% +23.1%
5 years +12.5%-79.7%-21.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year +2.4%-27.3%-4.7% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureCLBTTLSVERXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 64.0%66.0%62.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 70.7%72.1%63.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.561.480.45 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.54-0.45-0.65 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -65.1%-94.0%-82.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.6%-32.7%-40.9% -1.8%
52-week high $19.28$7.76$25.66 $779.14
52-week low $10.44$3.88$10.58 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCLBTTLSVERX
P/E now vs peer median 50.3xmedian 38.1x -24.8xmedian 28.8x 684.6xmedian 28.8x
P/S now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 4.3x 2.0xmedian 2.8x 3.1xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 35.4xmedian 35.4x -58.8xmedian 17.7x 26.0xmedian 17.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 19.2xmedian 27.1x 11.6xmedian 15.8x 48.5xmedian 15.8x
P/B now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 3.4x 4.2xmedian 3.2x 10.2xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median 1.09median 1.27 -0.82median 0.85 24.29median 0.85

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCLBTTLSVERX
Revenue $514.29M $193.71M $787.44M
Gross profit $426.66M $70.97M $503.58M
Operating income $55.86M -$19.21M -$13.34M
Net income $58.76M -$15.74M $3.58M
Free cash flow $158.73M $33.74M $50.48M
R&D $129.82M $6.68M $91.60M
EPS (diluted) $0.24 $-0.20 $0.02
Cash & equivalents $141.25M $50.65M $230.49M
Total debt $71.94M – $1.35B
Shares (diluted) 249.90M 77.55M 161.39M
Enterprise value $1.62B $206.68M $1.24B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCLBTTLSVERX
P/E 50.3x -24.8x 684.6x
P/FCF 19.2x 11.6x 48.5x
P/Operating cash flow 19.4x 11.3x 14.1x
P/S 5.9x 2.0x 3.1x
P/B 5.7x 4.2x 10.2x
P/Tangible book 7.3x 6.1x 10.3x
EV/EBITDA 35.4x -58.8x 26.0x
EV/EBIT 49.8x -17.7x -191.6x
EV/Revenue 5.4x 1.8x 3.2x
EV/FCF 17.5x 10.1x 50.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.6x 9.8x 14.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.09 -0.82 24.29

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCLBTTLSVERX
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.8% 65.9% 10.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 20.5% 2.7% 14.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 15.8% 87.4% 9.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 20.9% 2.9% 15.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -9.7% 66.7% -75.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 61.2% 25.2% 8.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 138.9% 71.6% 107.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 51.0% 27.6% 28.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 132.6% 73.2% 107.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 46.2% 30.2% 28.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -2.2% 862.1% 21.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.9% 102.6% 47.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -0.9% 602.2% 4,078%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 31.9% 112.3% 78.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCLBTTLSVERX
Gross margin 83.0% 36.6% 64.0%
EBITDA margin 15.2% -3.0% 12.5%
Operating margin 10.9% -9.9% -1.7%
Pretax margin 14.7% -8.5% -1.2%
Net margin 11.4% -8.1% 0.5%
FCF margin 30.9% 17.4% 6.4%
Operating cash flow margin 30.6% 17.9% 22.0%
Return on equity 11.2% -16.6% 1.5%
Return on assets 6.0% -11.3% 0.3%
Return on invested capital 7.9% – 0.0%
Return on capital employed 9.2% -19.4% -2.1%
Asset turnover 0.5x 1.4x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.7x -2.2x 48.6x
Stock comp / revenue 11.1% 11.1% 7.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCLBTTLSVERX
Debt / assets 2.5% – 28.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA -3.5x – 1.1x
Debt / FCF 0.2x – 6.7x
Liabilities / assets 45.9% 33.2% 80.1%
Equity / assets 54.1% 66.8% 19.9%
Interest coverage – -39.8x –
Current ratio 1.6x 2.4x 0.9x
Quick ratio 1.3x 1.8x 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.8x 1.2x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 4.89 2.85 2.01

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCLBTTLSVERX
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield -0.4% 4.2% 1.9%
Shareholder yield -0.4% 4.2% 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCLBTTLSVERX
Forward P/E 45.3xFY2026 30.7xFY2026 19.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.27FY2026 $0.17FY2026 $0.78FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -12.9%FY2026 +88.9%FY2026 +21.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +33.3% +23.5% +38.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $593.75MFY2026 $179.38MFY2026 $795.75MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +24.8%FY2026 +8.8%FY2026 +6.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.1% +4.7% +17.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCLBTTLSVERX
Held by institutions 51.4% 67.4% 93.3%
Institutions holding 199 155 229
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.4% +4.5% -7.0%
Institutions buying 117 99 135
Institutions selling 60 40 69
Buyers to sellers 1.95 2.48 1.96

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CLBTTLSVERX
CLBT 1.00 0.22 0.37
TLS 0.22 1.00 0.39
VERX 0.37 0.39 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CLBT, TLS and VERX?

Cellebrite DI (CLBT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Cellebrite DI (CLBT) $2.88B, Telos (TLS) $419.79M, Vertex (VERX) $2.38B.

Which stock is cheaper, CLBT, TLS and VERX?

Cellebrite DI (CLBT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Cellebrite DI (CLBT) 49.0x, Telos (TLS) -26.7x, Vertex (VERX) 666.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Vertex (VERX) is cheapest (Cellebrite DI (CLBT) 45.3x, Telos (TLS) 30.7x, Vertex (VERX) 19.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Telos (TLS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Cellebrite DI (CLBT) +17.8%, Telos (TLS) +65.9%, Vertex (VERX) +10.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Cellebrite DI (CLBT) has the highest net margin (Cellebrite DI (CLBT) 11.4%, Telos (TLS) -8.1%, Vertex (VERX) 0.5%). On return on invested capital, Cellebrite DI (CLBT) leads (Cellebrite DI (CLBT) 7.9%, Vertex (VERX) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Telos (TLS) returned the most: Cellebrite DI (CLBT) -34.5%, Telos (TLS) -29.6%, Vertex (VERX) -40.3%. Over five years, Cellebrite DI (CLBT) compounded fastest (Cellebrite DI (CLBT) +2.4%/yr, Telos (TLS) -27.3%/yr, Vertex (VERX) -4.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Vertex (VERX) has been the steadiest (Cellebrite DI (CLBT) 64.0%, Telos (TLS) 66.0%, Vertex (VERX) 62.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CLBT, TLS and VERX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Cellebrite DI (CLBT) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.