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$21.98 -1.40 (-5.99%)
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OUST vs. GTES, ZWS, CHX, WFRD, WHD, HAYW, ATS, HSAI, PSIX, and EPAC

Should you be buying Ouster stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ouster include Gates Industrial (GTES), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor (ZWS), ChampionX (CHX), Weatherford International (WFRD), Cactus (WHD), Hayward (HAYW), ATS (ATS), Hesai Group (HSAI), Power Solutions International (PSIX), and Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.

Ouster vs. Its Competitors

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

Gates Industrial currently has a consensus price target of $26.44, suggesting a potential upside of 8.74%. Ouster has a consensus price target of $15.24, suggesting a potential downside of 30.66%. Given Gates Industrial's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gates Industrial is more favorable than Ouster.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gates Industrial
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Ouster
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gates Industrial$3.41B1.84$194.90M$0.7831.18
Ouster$117.79M10.03-$374.11M-$1.97-11.16

Gates Industrial has a net margin of 5.98% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. Gates Industrial's return on equity of 10.17% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gates Industrial5.98% 10.17% 5.02%
Ouster -106.50%-65.17%-37.02%

98.5% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Gates Industrial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Ouster shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ouster had 1 more articles in the media than Gates Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Ouster and 21 mentions for Gates Industrial. Gates Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Ouster's score of -0.04 indicating that Gates Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Gates Industrial
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ouster
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Gates Industrial has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ouster has a beta of 2.75, indicating that its stock price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gates Industrial beats Ouster on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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OUST vs. The Competition

MetricOusterGeneral industrial machinery, IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.18B$1.18B$29.13B$20.65B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.08%3.67%
P/E Ratio-8.55N/A48.1329.03
Price / Sales10.0310.031,544.8266.13
Price / CashN/AN/A38.0722.84
Price / Book5.305.307.414.43
Net Income-$374.11M-$374.11M$782.10M$994.22M
7 Day Performance-16.49%-16.49%-3.69%-3.39%
1 Month Performance2.71%2.71%-0.16%-2.09%
1 Year Performance86.90%86.90%52,681.95%10.09%

Ouster Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OUST
Ouster
0.4474 of 5 stars
$21.98
-6.0%
$15.24
-30.7%
+76.7%$1.18B$117.79M-8.55280Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
GTES
Gates Industrial
3.7624 of 5 stars
$24.25
-1.9%
$24.44
+0.8%
+37.1%$6.25B$3.41B29.5714,100Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
ZWS
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Cor
1.6066 of 5 stars
$37.02
-1.4%
$36.86
-0.4%
+43.3%$6.23B$1.57B37.392,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
CHX
ChampionX
3.1651 of 5 stars
$25.81
flat
$40.00
+55.0%
-22.0%$4.94B$3.63B17.097,100
WFRD
Weatherford International
4.2676 of 5 stars
$53.45
-0.2%
$96.63
+80.8%
-51.1%$3.88B$5.51B8.5519,000Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
WHD
Cactus
4.0522 of 5 stars
$43.46
-0.2%
$52.00
+19.7%
-36.0%$3.47B$1.13B15.471,600News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
HAYW
Hayward
3.5158 of 5 stars
$14.38
-2.0%
$17.13
+19.1%
+5.9%$3.11B$1.05B26.142,080Trending News
Earnings Report
Insider Trade
ATS
ATS
1.2214 of 5 stars
$30.96
-1.3%
$30.50
-1.5%
+3.2%$3.02B$1.82B-162.937,500Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
HSAI
Hesai Group
3.0358 of 5 stars
$20.86
-4.1%
$24.43
+17.1%
+334.6%$2.74B$284.57M-695.331,142Positive News
Gap Up
PSIX
Power Solutions International
0.8159 of 5 stars
$87.84
-2.4%
$37.00
-57.9%
N/A$2.02B$516.17M24.88700Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EPAC
Enerpac Tool Group
4.0438 of 5 stars
$37.09
-3.3%
$53.00
+42.9%
-4.6%$2.01B$589.51M22.752,000Dividend Announcement
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:OUST) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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