Ouster (NASDAQ:OUST) and The Coretec Group (OTCMKTS:CRTG) Financial Survey

Ouster (NASDAQ:OUST) and The Coretec Group (OTCMKTS:CRTG) are both technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ouster and The Coretec Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ouster	1	2	6	0	2.56
The Coretec Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

Ouster currently has a consensus price target of $54.67, indicating a potential upside of 48.62%. Given Ouster’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ouster is more favorable than The Coretec Group.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ouster and The Coretec Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ouster	$169.38 million	15.66	-$60.38 million	($0.86)	-42.77
The Coretec Group	N/A	N/A	-$2.31 million	N/A	N/A

The Coretec Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ouster.

Volatility and Risk

Ouster has a beta of 3.25, indicating that its stock price is 225% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Coretec Group has a beta of -1.48, indicating that its stock price is 248% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

31.5% of Ouster shares are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Ouster shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 63.1% of The Coretec Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Ouster and The Coretec Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ouster	-26.02%	-17.49%	-12.97%
The Coretec Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Ouster beats The Coretec Group on 6 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ouster

Ouster, Inc. provides lidar sensors for the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries in Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its products include high-resolution scanning and solid-state digital lidar sensors, analog lidar sensors, and software solutions. The company offers Ouster Sensor, a scanning sensor; and Digital Flash, a solid-state flash sensor. It also provides surround-view lidar sensors, which include Ouster Gemini, a perception platform for smart infrastructure deployments; and Blue City, a Gemini-powered solution for traffic operations, planning, and safety. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

About The Coretec Group

The Coretec Group Inc. engages in the development of silicon anode active materials for lithium-ion batteries and cyclohexasilane for electric vehicles, cleantech, and tech applications. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.