Contrasting Ouster (OUST) & Its Rivals

Ouster (NASDAQ:OUST) is one of 377 publicly-traded companies in the “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Ouster to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Ouster has a beta of 3.47, meaning that its stock price is 247% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ouster’s peers have a beta of -0.30, meaning that their average stock price is 130% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Ouster and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ouster	-20.36%	-11.70%	-9.25%
Ouster Competitors	-160.23%	-30.21%	-6.88%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.5% of Ouster shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.7% of Ouster shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of shares of all “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Ouster and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ouster	1	0	6	0	2.71
Ouster Competitors	2049	7620	10455	665	2.47

Ouster presently has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 50.38%. As a group, “Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components” companies have a potential upside of 35.39%. Given Ouster’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ouster is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Ouster and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ouster	$169.38 million	-$60.38 million	-55.90
Ouster Competitors	$4.00 billion	$172.92 million	4.83

Ouster’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Ouster peers beat Ouster on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

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.