Perma-Pipe International (PPIH) Competitors

Perma-Pipe International (NASDAQ:PPIH) and Ouster (NYSE:OUST) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, PPIH or OUST?

Perma-Pipe International has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ouster has a beta of 2.38, suggesting that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PPIH or OUST?

Perma-Pipe International has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Perma-Pipe International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perma-Pipe International	$153.58M	0.70	$10.47M	$1.97	6.84
Ouster	$111.10M	4.27	-$374.11M	-$2.10	-4.54

Does the media prefer PPIH or OUST?

In the previous week, Ouster had 35 more articles in the media than Perma-Pipe International. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Ouster and 2 mentions for Perma-Pipe International. Perma-Pipe International's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Ouster's score of 0.06 indicating that Perma-Pipe International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Perma-Pipe International	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ouster	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend PPIH or OUST?

Ouster has a consensus price target of $13.71, indicating a potential upside of 43.76%. Given Ouster's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ouster is more favorable than Perma-Pipe International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perma-Pipe International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ouster	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PPIH or OUST?

Perma-Pipe International received 53 more outperform votes than Ouster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.96% of users gave Perma-Pipe International an outperform vote while only 59.02% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perma-Pipe International	Outperform Votes 89 64.96%	Underperform Votes 48 35.04%
Ouster	Outperform Votes 36 59.02%	Underperform Votes 25 40.98%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PPIH or OUST?

28.4% of Perma-Pipe International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.8% of Perma-Pipe International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Ouster shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PPIH or OUST more profitable?

Perma-Pipe International has a net margin of 10.33% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. Perma-Pipe International's return on equity of 23.41% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perma-Pipe International	10.33%	23.41%	10.05%
Ouster	-106.50%	-65.17%	-37.02%

Summary

Perma-Pipe International beats Ouster on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.