OUST vs. ALNT, CHGG, SES, OSPN, CEVA, VNET, GRVY, EB, SRI, and CLFD
Should you be buying Ouster stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ouster include Allient (ALNT), Chegg (CHGG), SES AI (SES), OneSpan (OSPN), CEVA (CEVA), VNET Group (VNET), Gravity (GRVY), Eventbrite (EB), Stoneridge (SRI), and Clearfield (CLFD). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ouster (NYSE:OUST) and Allient (NASDAQ:ALNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Allient shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Ouster shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.6% of Allient shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Ouster had 23 more articles in the media than Allient. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Ouster and 7 mentions for Allient. Ouster's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Allient's score of -0.20 indicating that Ouster is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Allient has a net margin of 4.26% compared to Ouster's net margin of -239.89%. Allient's return on equity of 15.26% beat Ouster's return on equity.
Allient has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Allient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ouster received 25 more outperform votes than Allient when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.00% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Allient an outperform vote.
Ouster has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Allient has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ouster currently has a consensus price target of $11.10, suggesting a potential downside of 14.42%. Allient has a consensus price target of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.31%. Given Allient's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Allient is more favorable than Ouster.
Summary
Allient beats Ouster on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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