Taylor Devices (TAYD) Competitors

Ouster (NYSE:OUST) and Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) 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 risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is OUST or TAYD more profitable?

Taylor Devices has a net margin of 19.99% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. Taylor Devices' return on equity of 17.04% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ouster	-106.50%	-65.17%	-37.02%
Taylor Devices	19.99%	17.04%	14.66%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OUST or TAYD?

31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Ouster shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, OUST or TAYD?

Taylor Devices has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Devices, 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
Ouster	$111.10M	3.13	-$374.11M	-$2.10	-3.33
Taylor Devices	$42.80M	2.24	$9M	$2.50	12.22

Do analysts prefer OUST or TAYD?

Ouster currently has a consensus price target of $14.57, suggesting a potential upside of 108.46%. Given Ouster's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ouster is more favorable than Taylor Devices.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ouster	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Taylor Devices	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OUST or TAYD?

Taylor Devices received 78 more outperform votes than Ouster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.94% of users gave Taylor Devices an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ouster	Outperform Votes 36 58.06%	Underperform Votes 26 41.94%
Taylor Devices	Outperform Votes 114 69.94%	Underperform Votes 49 30.06%

Does the media refer more to OUST or TAYD?

In the previous week, Ouster had 18 more articles in the media than Taylor Devices. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ouster and 0 mentions for Taylor Devices. Ouster's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Taylor Devices' score of 0.00 indicating that Ouster is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ouster	Neutral
Taylor Devices	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, OUST or TAYD?

Ouster has a beta of 2.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ouster beats Taylor Devices on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.