Ouster (OUST) Competitors

Ouster (NYSE:OUST) and ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) are both machinery companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OUST or ESAB?

ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, 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	$125.85M	13.17	-$374.11M	-$1.82	-16.93
ESAB	$2.74B	2.60	$264.84M	$4.18	28.01

Is OUST or ESAB more profitable?

ESAB has a net margin of 9.36% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. ESAB's return on equity of 16.32% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ouster	-106.50%	-65.17%	-37.02%
ESAB	9.36%	16.32%	7.54%

Which has more volatility and risk, OUST or ESAB?

Ouster has a beta of 2.74, indicating that its share price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESAB has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OUST or ESAB?

31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Ouster shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.3% of ESAB shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend OUST or ESAB?

Ouster presently has a consensus target price of $15.95, suggesting a potential downside of 48.26%. ESAB has a consensus target price of $140.38, suggesting a potential upside of 19.92%. Given ESAB's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ESAB is more favorable than Ouster.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ouster	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ESAB	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the media prefer OUST or ESAB?

In the previous week, ESAB had 1 more articles in the media than Ouster. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for ESAB and 14 mentions for Ouster. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ouster's score of 0.13 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ouster	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ESAB	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ESAB beats Ouster on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.