Taylor Devices (TAYD) Competitors

Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) and Ouster (NYSE:OUST) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.

Do analysts prefer TAYD or OUST?

Ouster has a consensus price target of $13.17, suggesting a potential upside of 7.84%. Given Ouster's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ouster is more favorable than Taylor Devices.

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, TAYD or OUST?

Taylor Devices has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Taylor Devices	$46.28M	2.78	$9M	$2.90	14.22
Ouster	$105.45M	5.76	-$374.11M	-$2.57	-4.75

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

17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Taylor Devices shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Ouster shares are owned by company 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.

Is TAYD or OUST more profitable?

Taylor Devices has a net margin of 21.22% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. Taylor Devices' return on equity of 18.95% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Taylor Devices	21.22%	18.95%	16.28%
Ouster	-106.50%	-65.17%	-37.02%

Which has more volatility & risk, TAYD or OUST?

Taylor Devices has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ouster has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TAYD or OUST?

Taylor Devices received 79 more outperform votes than Ouster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.44% of users gave Taylor Devices an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Taylor Devices	Outperform Votes 112 70.44%	Underperform Votes 47 29.56%
Ouster	Outperform Votes 33 57.89%	Underperform Votes 24 42.11%

Does the media favor TAYD or OUST?

In the previous week, Ouster had 27 more articles in the media than Taylor Devices. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Ouster and 0 mentions for Taylor Devices. Ouster's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Taylor Devices' score of 0.00 indicating that Ouster is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Taylor Devices	Neutral
Ouster	Neutral

Summary

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