Ouster (OUST) Competitors

Solaris Energy Infrastructure (NASDAQ:SEI) and Ouster (NYSE:OUST) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SEI or OUST?

Ouster received 25 more outperform votes than Solaris Energy Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Solaris Energy Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 8 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Ouster	Outperform Votes 33 57.89%	Underperform Votes 24 42.11%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SEI or OUST?

67.4% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.7% of Solaris Energy Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Ouster shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SEI or OUST?

Solaris Energy Infrastructure has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Solaris Energy Infrastructure, 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
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	$292.95M	8.29	$24.34M	$0.44	82.24
Ouster	$83.28M	5.30	-$374.11M	-$2.57	-3.45

Is SEI or OUST more profitable?

Solaris Energy Infrastructure has a net margin of 4.80% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. Solaris Energy Infrastructure's return on equity of 6.66% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	4.80%	6.66%	4.12%
Ouster	-106.50%	-65.17%	-37.02%

Which has more volatility & risk, SEI or OUST?

Solaris Energy Infrastructure has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ouster has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SEI or OUST?

Solaris Energy Infrastructure currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.54%. Ouster has a consensus price target of $13.17, suggesting a potential upside of 48.44%. Given Ouster's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ouster is more favorable than Solaris Energy Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
Ouster	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor SEI or OUST?

In the previous week, Ouster had 4 more articles in the media than Solaris Energy Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Ouster and 6 mentions for Solaris Energy Infrastructure. Solaris Energy Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Ouster's score of 0.05 indicating that Solaris Energy Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Solaris Energy Infrastructure	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ouster	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Solaris Energy Infrastructure beats Ouster on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.