Ouster (OUST) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate DNOW or OUST?

DNOW currently has a consensus target price of $15.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.80%. Ouster has a consensus target price of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.31%. Given Ouster's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ouster is more favorable than DNOW.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DNOW	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ouster	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk and volatility, DNOW or OUST?

DNOW has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ouster has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is DNOW or OUST more profitable?

DNOW has a net margin of 8.70% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. DNOW's return on equity of 8.90% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DNOW	8.70%	8.90%	6.19%
Ouster	-106.50%	-65.17%	-37.02%

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

97.6% of DNOW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of DNOW shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Ouster 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNOW or OUST?

DNOW received 276 more outperform votes than Ouster when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.36% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote while only 52.66% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DNOW	Outperform Votes 307 52.66%	Underperform Votes 276 47.34%
Ouster	Outperform Votes 31 56.36%	Underperform Votes 24 43.64%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DNOW or OUST?

DNOW has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DNOW, 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
DNOW	$2.32B	0.67	$247M	$1.87	7.83
Ouster	$83.28M	5.31	-$374.11M	-$2.57	-3.46

Does the media refer more to DNOW or OUST?

In the previous week, Ouster had 19 more articles in the media than DNOW. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Ouster and 5 mentions for DNOW. DNOW's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Ouster's score of 0.16 indicating that DNOW is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

DNOW beats Ouster on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.