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TSSI

TSS, Inc.

Technology · Information Technology Services · listed since 2005

8.60$ +3.2% vs. previous close Closing price · As of: Sep 17, 2026
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Assessment

Our Rating

A journalistic assessment by our editorial team at the time of the deep dive — it rates the company, not the entry point. Not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell.

Substance risk

We found at least one documented issue that threatens the company itself — regardless of how the stock is currently valued.

Why this colour

The red light here does not stand for a shaky balance sheet — that one is healthy — but for a single documented dependency: 99 percent of revenue and, as of June 30, 2026, a full 100 percent of accounts receivable come from one customer, and the quarterly report itself calls TSS economically dependent on that relationship. Roughly $48 million sits in a leased hall fitted out for that one client, alongside $22.7 million of lease liabilities and fixed power charges of about $192,000 per month. If the relationship ends, those obligations remain — and there is no second customer above the 10 percent threshold to absorb them. That is an existential dependency on one counterparty, and our rules take the more cautious level in case of doubt. The verdict judges the company, not the share price: at a price-to-sales ratio near 1.3 the stock is not expensive, and an extended master agreement with minimum volumes is meaningful protection. The decision is yours.

What the thesis turns on

Assessment: Opportunities & Risks

TSS occupies a genuine position in the AI supply chain and lifted revenue from $27.4 million in 2021 to $245.7 million in 2025. The balance sheet is sound, the company is profitable, and the shift toward higher-margin work is measurable in the first-half 2026 numbers. Against that stand three documented findings: 99 percent of revenue and 100 percent of receivables come from one customer, operating income stalled in 2025 despite $97.6 million more revenue, and that year's net income contains $7.6 million of one-time tax benefit. Not investment advice.

Growth

Revenue rose from $27.4 million in 2021 through $54.4 million (2023) and $148.1 million (2024) to $245.7 million in 2025, up 66 percent in 2025 alone. In the first half of 2026 the higher-margin systems integration line grew 65 percent to $28.0 million and facilities management 44 percent to $4.0 million, while total revenue fell 37 percent to $90.5 million on the procurement decline.

Earnings power

Operating income in 2025 moved only from $5.766 million to $6.322 million even though revenue added $97.6 million. The reported net income of $15.125 million contains $7.6 million of tax benefit from releasing a valuation allowance — per the Form 10-K for 2025 a non-cash entry that the independent auditor treated as a critical audit matter.

Customer base

A single U.S.-based IT OEM supplied 99 percent of quarterly revenue and 100 percent of accounts receivable per the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (December 31, 2025: 98 percent). No other customer reached 10 percent. The filing expressly calls TSS economically dependent on that relationship, and roughly $48 million of build-out cost plus $22.7 million of lease liabilities are tailored to it.

Balance sheet

At June 30, 2026 total assets of $175.3 million stood against $95.0 million of liabilities, leaving equity of $80.3 million. Interest-bearing bank debt was only $16.1 million against $67.7 million of cash and $1.8 million of restricted cash. All credit covenants were met at the balance sheet date, and the filings contain no going-concern qualification.

Cash flow

The first half of 2026 consumed $7.3 million of operating cash while reporting $3.7 million of net income; cash fell from $85.5 million to $67.7 million. The Form 10-Q attributes this to paying down accounts payable, higher inventory purchases and a drop in deferred revenues from $13.9 million to $2.8 million. In 2025 that same line helped deliver an inflow of $34.9 million — the pattern swings with the project business.

Capital structure

Shares outstanding rose from 27,593,000 at December 31, 2025 to 28,219,070 at August 7, 2026, against 49,000,000 authorized. Under its effective shelf registration TSS could raise a further $94.3 million without new authorization — roughly 38 percent of market value as of August 22, 2026. The instrument was last used in August 2025 for $55.3 million net. There is no dividend.

Worth Noting

TSSI reached the research list through our in-house Reddit hype scanner, flagged on August 22, 2026. Forum attention is a reason to go and read, not an argument; this analysis rests solely on the filings with the U.S. securities regulator, the SEC.

As-of dates: annual figures from the Form 10-K for 2025 (filed March 18, 2026), interim figures from the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 (filed August 13, 2026), share count from that filing's cover page (August 7, 2026), price and market data as of August 22, 2026. The Form 10-Q/A of August 14, 2026 concerns only the iXBRL tagging and changes no figure.

Do not confuse the company: today's TSS, Inc. was named Fortress America Acquisition Corp. until 2007 and Fortress International Group, Inc. until 2013. It is unrelated to similarly named investment firms or to software companies trading as TSS in other markets. CIK 0001320760 is the identifier that governs.

The adjusted EBITDA the company reports is not a measure defined under U.S. GAAP. It excludes, among other items, interest, taxes, depreciation, stock-based compensation and bank factoring fees, and is therefore not comparable to operating income.

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Price history

Chart

Interactive price chart (TradingView).

52-week range: 6.90 $ to 20.40 $ · Last price: 8.60 $ (As of: September 17, 2026)

Key figures

Key figures at a glance

Every figure we hold for this stock, grouped by topic. The question mark next to a label explains what the number means.

Basics

Market Cap ?The value of the entire company on the market: share price times total shares outstanding. 0.2$B
Shares Outstanding ?Total number of shares issued. Price times share count gives market cap. 28m
Float ?Share of stock freely tradable on the market — not locked up in the hands of founders, insiders, or major shareholders. 76.5%
Beta ?Volatility versus the overall market: 1 = moves like the market, 2 = twice as much, under 1 = calmer than the market. 2.0

Performance

Perf. 1M ?Price performance over the last month. -11.40%
Perf. 3M ?Price performance over the last 3 months. 2.60%
Perf. 6M ?Price performance over the last 6 months. 60.90%
YTD Performance (%) ?Price performance since the start of the year (Year to Date). 79.90%
52-Week-High Distance ?How far the price sits below its highest point over the last 52 weeks. 0% means the stock is at its year high. -63.5%
Perf. 1Y ?Price performance over the last 12 months. -43.25%
Perf. 3Y ?Price performance over the last 3 years. 2,055.00%
Perf. 5Y ?Price performance over the last 5 years. 1,590.20%
Perf. 10Y ?Price performance over the last 10 years. 7,736.36%
Perf. Since Inception ?Price performance since the first available trading day (09/28/2005) — with a complete history, that is since the IPO. 72.40%

Technical Indicators

MA 38 Days ?Moving average of the last 38 trading days: the smoothed price path. A price above it signals short-term strength. 9.30$
MA 50 Days ?Moving average of the last 50 trading days — the most widely watched medium-term trend line. 9.60$
MA 200 Days ?Moving average of the last 200 trading days — the dividing line between a long-term uptrend and downtrend. 10.80$
RSI (14) ?Relative Strength Index over 14 days, scale 0 to 100: above 70 counts as overbought, below 30 as oversold. A hint on timing, not a verdict on the company. 46.3
Volatility 30 Days ?Price swings over the last 30 trading days, annualized. The higher the value, the more the price fluctuates. 80.3%
Volatility 250 Days ?Price swings over the last 250 trading days (roughly one market year), annualized. 109.7%

Calculated from the price history · as of 09/18/2026

Valuation

P/E ?Price-to-earnings ratio: how many years of profit does the stock cost? The lower, the cheaper the valuation. No earnings means no P/E. 16.9
Forward P/E ?P/E based on expected earnings for the next 12 months instead of past earnings — analysts' bet on the future. 17.0
PEG ?P/E divided by expected earnings growth: puts valuation in relation to growth. Around 1 is considered fair, well above that is pricey. 0.2
P/B ?Price-to-book ratio: market value relative to book equity. 3.1
P/S ?Price-to-sales ratio: market value divided by annual sales. Important for companies that aren't (yet) profitable. 1.3
EV/EBITDA ?Enterprise value including debt (EV) relative to operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) — more comparable than P/E because debt counts too. Extreme values arise when EBITDA is near zero. 14.3
Price/FCF ?Market value divided by free cash flow: how many years of freely available cash does the stock cost? More honest than P/E because cash flow is harder to dress up.

Profitability

Gross Margin ?Gross margin: what's left of sales after only direct production costs are deducted — the product's pricing power. 19.0%
EBIT Margin ?EBIT margin: operating profit as a percentage of sales — the earning power of the core business before interest and taxes.
Net Margin ?Net margin: what's left of sales as profit after ALL costs, interest, and taxes. 7.4%
Return on Equity ?Return on equity: how much profit does the company generate per year on shareholders' equity? 32.8%
Return on Assets ?Return on assets: how much profit the company generates from its total assets (equity and debt combined). 3.7%

Balance Sheet & Safety

Equity Ratio ?Equity ratio: equity as a share of total assets. The higher, the more resilient the balance sheet.
Debt/Equity ?Leverage ratio: financial debt divided by equity. Under 1 is generally seen as solid; negative values mean negative equity. 0.5
Altman Z″ ?Edward Altman's bankruptcy early-warning score. We use the Z″ variant, built from four balance-sheet ratios — it is designed for service companies and non-manufacturers and uses book value instead of market value. On that scale: below 1.1 = danger zone, 2.6 and up = safe zone, in between a grey area. Because the classic Altman Z is calculated differently, the two numbers are not directly comparable. The formula does not fit banks, insurers, or real-estate stocks. 5.98
Piotroski ?Balance-sheet health check by Joseph Piotroski: 9 yes/no criteria on profit, cash flow, leverage, and efficiency. 7+ is very solid, under 3 is a red flag. 5 out of 9

Growth

Sales Growth Last Quarter ?Sales growth in the most recently reported quarter versus the same quarter a year ago (YoY). -44.10%
EPS Growth Last Quarter ?Growth in earnings per share in the most recently reported quarter versus the same quarter a year ago (YoY). -33.30%
Sales Growth (Year) ?Sales growth in the last fiscal year versus the year before. 65.86%
Forward Sales Growth ?Sales growth analysts expect over the next 12 months — an estimate, not a guarantee. 4.55%
Forward EPS Growth ?Earnings-per-share growth analysts expect over the next 12 months — an estimate, not a guarantee. 4.20%

Dividend

This stock currently pays no dividend.

Quality & Screener

Stage ?Weinstein phases 1 through 4: 1 = basing, 2 = uptrend (the only buy phase), 3 = topping, 4 = downtrend. Measured against the 30-week line. 3
RS Rating ?Relative strength from 1 to 99: an RS of 95 means the stock has outperformed 95% of all stocks. 37
EPS Rating ?Earnings growth rating from 1 to 99 versus all stocks — high values mean above-average earnings growth. 19
Fundamental Rating ?Our own Fundamental Rating: 0 to 100 points with an A+ to F grade. 50 points is the average across the universe, 100 the best possible score. It scores growth, earnings surprises, analyst estimates, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet safety — every stock percentile-ranked against all others. Grades: A+ from 95, A from 75, B from 55, C from 45, D from 25, E from 5, F below. B (57 out of 100)

Comparison

Industry comparison

The stock alongside the largest companies in the same group. The median row is the middle value of the companies shown above — not of the whole industry.

Industry: Information Technology Services

Industry comparison
Company Market cap ($B) P/E EV/EBITDA Gross Margin % EBIT Margin % Sales Growth (Year) % Perf. 1Y %
TSS, Inc. TSSI 0.2 16.9 14.3 19.0 65.9 -43.3
International Business Machines IBM 212.8 21.3 16.3 58.1 13.8 7.6 -5.9
Accenture plc ACN 117.9 15.3 9.0 32.0 17.0 7.4 -18.5
Infosys Ltd INFY 45.0 13.7 9.0 29.7 21.2 4.6 -32.7
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation CTSH 29.3 13.1 7.3 33.4 15.6 7.0 -9.6
CDW Corp CDW 19.1 17.3 12.4 21.4 6.6 6.8 -9.0
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc BR 19.0 17.6 12.1 31.8 18.4 5.9 -31.4
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. FIS 18.8 7.2 9.6 35.8 16.4 5.4 -43.7
Wipro Limited WIT 16.6 12.9 7.4 29.0 15.7 4.0 -37.3
Median of companies shown 19.1 15.3 9.6 31.8 16.0 6.8 -31.4

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Fiscal years

Annual Figures

Fiscal years from the audited annual reports, oldest first. EBIT is the operating profit before interest and taxes; total assets are everything the company owns.

Revenue, operating income and net income per fiscal year $M

Revenue Operating income Net income

2016 · Revenue: 27 $M 2016 · Operating income: -1 $M 2016 · Net income: -1 $M 2017 · Revenue: 18 $M 2017 · Operating income: 1 $M 2017 · Net income: 1 $M 2018 · Revenue: 22 $M 2018 · Operating income: 3 $M 2018 · Net income: 2 $M 2019 · Revenue: 33 $M 2019 · Operating income: 0 $M 2019 · Net income: 0 $M 2020 · Revenue: 45 $M 2020 · Operating income: 0 $M 2020 · Net income: 0 $M 2021 · Revenue: 27 $M 2021 · Operating income: -1 $M 2021 · Net income: -1 $M 2022 · Revenue: 31 $M 2022 · Operating income: 1 $M 2022 · Net income: 0 $M 2023 · Revenue: 54 $M 2023 · Operating income: 2 $M 2023 · Net income: 0 $M 2024 · Revenue: 148 $M 2024 · Operating income: 9 $M 2024 · Net income: 6 $M 2025 · Revenue: 246 $M 2025 · Operating income: 11 $M 2025 · Net income: 15 $M
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Annual Figures
Fiscal Year Revenue ($M) EBIT ($M) Net Income ($M) EPS ($) Operating Cash Flow ($M) Equity ($M) Total Assets ($M)
2016 27 -1 -1 -0.07 2 -1 9
2017 18 1 1 0.05 0 0 7
2018 22 3 2 0.13 2 2 9
2019 33 0 0 0.01 3 3 18
2020 45 0 0 0.00 10 3 24
2021 27 -1 -1 -0.07 -10 2 19
2022 31 1 0 0.00 15 3 31
2023 54 2 0 0.00 -8 4 26
2024 148 9 6 0.24 15 7 97
2025 246 11 15 0.61 35 77 185

Quarters

Quarterly Figures

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Revenue & Profit

Cash Flow

Balance Sheet

Margins

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Sales Per Quarter ($M)
2024: Q4 · 50.0 $M Q4 2025: Q1 · 99.0 $M Q1 2025: Q2 · 44.0 $M Q2 2025: Q3 · 41.9 $M Q3 2025: Q4 · 60.9 $M Q4 2026: Q1 · 55.3 $M Q1 2026: Q2 · 35.1 $M Q2

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Quarterly Figures
Quarter EPS (Earnings Per Share) EPS YoY (%) Sales ($M) Sales YoY (%) Net Margin (%) OCF ($M) FCF ($M)
2024: Q4 0.07 469.30 50 105.00 3.80 -22 -28
2025: Q1 0.11 19,760.00 99 522.70 3.00 21 6
2025: Q2 0.05 5.80 44 261.60 3.40 16 5
2025: Q3 -0.05 -156.60 42 -40.20 -3.60 -18 -25
2025: Q4 0.43 535.70 61 21.80 20.00 16 16
2026: Q1 0.08 -23.60 55 -44.10 4.10 -15 -16
2026: Q2 0.05 0.00 35 -20.20 4.00 8 8

What Do These Terms Mean?

EPS (Earnings Per Share):
Quarterly profit divided by the total share count — how much of the profit works out to a single share.
YoY (Year over Year):
Change versus the same quarter a year ago — this is how you compare without seasonal distortion (e.g. the holiday shopping season).
Sales:
All revenue for the quarter, before any costs are deducted — the top line of the income statement.
Net Margin:
What percentage of sales is left over as profit in the end. Negative means the company is posting a loss.
OCF (Operating Cash Flow):
The cash that actually flows into the till from the core business during the quarter — harder to dress up than book profit.
FCF (Free Cash Flow):
Operating cash flow minus capital expenditures — the money that's genuinely free to use, say for paying down debt, buybacks, or dividends.

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Screening

Appears in These Scanners

This stock currently matches 3 of our scanner strategies — each hit links to the scanner.

Momentum & Trend

Research

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Outlook

Analysts & Price Target

Combined picture of the price targets and recommendations of every analyst covering the stock. Price targets are expectations for the next 12 months, not promises — and they often follow the price rather than predict it.

Consensus Sell 1 = Strong buy … 5 = Strong sell
Analyst Ratings 2
Price Target (average) 16.50$
Distance to price 91.9% The price target sits 91.9% above the current price.

Distribution of Recommendations

Strong Buy 1
Buy 1
Hold 0
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0

Estimates by Fiscal Year

Estimates by Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EPS Estimate ($) EPS Range ($) Revenue Estimate ($M) Expected Growth Analysts
12/31/2026 0.21 0.21 – 0.21 189 1
12/31/2027 0.24 0.24 – 0.24 205 14.3% 1

Average of the analyst estimates for the coming fiscal years. The range shows how far the most optimistic and the most cautious estimate sit apart — the wider it is, the less certain the expectation.

Valuation

What is priced in?

Free cash flow over the past twelve months is negative, which rules out a serious reverse calculation. Any growth rate only makes a negative cash flow more negative; no present value comes out of it. What the price reflects here is therefore not a stream of cash flows, but the expectation that there will be one at all.

A simplified model calculation — not a forecast and not a recommendation.

AI classification

AI Rating

Sells AI

TSS verkauft die Integration von KI-Serverschränken als eigenes Umsatzgeschäft: Das Segment Systemintegration wuchs 2025 um 78 Prozent auf 40,4 Mio. US-Dollar, ausdrücklich getrieben vom Zusammenbau KI-fähiger Rechenschränke unter einem Langfristvertrag seit Oktober 2024.

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„Beginning in 2024, our systems integration services have been enhanced to include integration of AI enabled data center server racks."

Seit 2024 umfassen unsere Systemintegrationsleistungen zusätzlich die Integration KI-fähiger Serverschränke für Rechenzentren.

10-K · 2026-03-18 · View SEC filing

„The $17.7 million (78%) increase in systems integration revenues was due primarily to the growth in integration of AI-enabled computer racks, which began with significant volume in June 2024"

Der Anstieg der Umsätze aus Systemintegration um 17,7 Millionen US-Dollar (78 Prozent) ging vor allem auf das Wachstum bei der Integration KI-fähiger Rechenschränke zurück, das im Juni 2024 mit erheblichem Volumen begann

10-K · 2026-03-18 · View SEC filing

„In October 2024, we signed a long-term agreement with our largest customer to provide systems integration services for AI-enabled computer racks at an expected minimum monthly volume."

Im Oktober 2024 schlossen wir mit unserem größten Kunden einen Langfristvertrag über Systemintegrationsleistungen für KI-fähige Rechenschränke mit einer erwarteten monatlichen Mindestmenge.

10-Q · 2026-08-13 · View SEC filing

Filings Reviewed: 10-Q 2026-08-13 · 10-Q 2026-05-07 · 10-Q 2025-11-13 · 10-Q 2025-08-11 · 10-K 2026-03-18 · 10-K 2025-04-15

Rated on August 22, 2026 · How the Rating Is Built

Growth

Growth Score

Ten checks against the annual reports — each one passed counts a point.

5 of 10 Solid growth
  • Revenue grows by more than 15% a year over three years 100.1%
  • More than 10% revenue growth is expected for the coming year 4.6%
  • Share count grows by less than 3% a year 7.2%
  • Revenue growth plus cash-flow margin add up to at least 40 ("Rule of 40") 66.7%
  • Gross margin at 40% or higher and without meaningful erosion 12.7%
  • Goodwill from acquisitions does not grow faster than revenue 0.4%
  • Net debt below twice EBITDA 44 m net cash
  • Operating cash flow covers the profits of the last three years 21 m
  • Return on capital at 15% or higher, or up versus two years ago 9.5%
  • Insiders hold at least 10% or are net buyers 5.7%

A criterion without figures counts neither as passed nor as failed; a score is only produced from 7 judgeable criteria upwards. Source: fundamental data. All ten criteria in detail

Quality check

AAQS

3/10

The AAQS (AlleAktien Quality Score) checks 10 quality criteria on growth, profitability, and balance-sheet strength — per the methodology developed and published by AlleAktien, calculated by us from our own fundamental data. A stock counts as a quality stock from 9 out of 10 points. Where a company has a shorter listing history, we calculate over the fiscal years available (at least five).

  • Sales growth 10Y > 5% 27.6%
  • Exp. sales growth 3Y > 5% -8.6%
  • EBIT growth 10Y > 5%
  • Exp. EBIT growth 3Y > 5% -37.4%
  • Net debt < 4x EBIT -4.1x
  • EBIT positive, 10Y straight 7
  • Max. EBIT decline < 50% 100.0%
  • Return on equity > 15% 19.9%
  • ROCE > 15% 9.5%
  • Expected return > 10% -36.9%

View stocks with the full AAQS score · Read the methodology at AlleAktien

Source: fundamental data

Insiders

Insider Transactions

Reportable transactions by officers and major shareholders from SEC Form 4 filings. "Other" includes things like stock grants and option exercises without a buy/sell character.

Insider Transactions
Date Person Role Type Shares Price Value
Apr 22, 2026 Darryll E Dewan CEO Sell 50,000 16.00 800,000

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The company

About the Company

TSS, Inc. befasst sich mit Planung, Konzeption, Bereitstellung, Wartung und Aktualisierung von Endnutzer- und Unternehmenssystemen in den USA.

Employees
286
Headquarters
Georgetown, TX
Address
1800 Aviation Drive, 78628 Georgetown, United States
Phone
512 310 1000
IPO Date
07/15/2005
ISIN
US87288V1017

Management

Management
Name Title Birth Year
Darryll E. Dewan CEO, President & Director 1953
Daniel M. Chism CPA Chief Financial Officer 1968
Karl Todd Marrott Chief Operating Officer 1967
David Hull Chief Technology Officer
Janet Morrison Chief People Officer
Kieran P. Brennan Senior Vice President of Business Development 1961
Matt Wallace Chief Strategy Officer

Executives per the latest required filings; titles kept in their original language. Source: fundamental data.

Filings

Company Filings (8-K)

An 8-K is the filing a US company must use to disclose material events immediately — takeovers, changes at the top, major contracts or payment troubles, for instance. The links open the original document at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

  • 08/13/2026 TSS, Inc. (TSSI): Results of Operations and Financial Condition; Financial Statements and Exhibits SEC ↗

Data as of: September 17, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)

Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.

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