Ouster (OUST) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ouster, Inc. provides lidar sensors for the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries in Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its products include high-resolution scanning and solid-state digital lidar sensors, analog lidar sensors, and software solutions. The company offers Ouster Sensor, a scanning sensor; and Digital Flash, a solid-state flash sensor. It also provides surround-view lidar sensors, which include Ouster Gemini, a perception platform for smart infrastructure deployments; and Blue City, a Gemini-powered solution for traffic operations, planning, and safety. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $31.23 to $36.25
• 50-Day Range: $15.19 to $35.05
• 52-Week Range: $5.84 to $36.25
• Volume: 3.58 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.19 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.70 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $15.95
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Ouster Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ouster scored higher than 18% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 1227th out of 1,336 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Ouster has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Ouster has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Ouster are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($2.20) to ($1.17) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Ouster is -12.31, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Ouster is -12.31, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Ouster has a P/B Ratio of 7.62. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.79% of the float of Ouster has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ouster has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ouster has recently decreased by 6.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Ouster does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Ouster does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.79% of the float of Ouster has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Ouster has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Ouster has recently decreased by 6.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.49

News Sentiment

Ouster has a news sentiment score of 0.49. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.74 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 19 news articles for Ouster this week, compared to 17 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 30 people have searched for OUST on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -3% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 12 people have added Ouster to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Ouster insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 6.63% of the stock of Ouster is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 31.45% of the stock of Ouster is held by institutions.

OUST Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have OUST shares performed this year?

Ouster's stock was trading at $12.22 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, OUST stock has increased by 158.9% and is now trading at $31.64.

How were Ouster's earnings last quarter?

Ouster, Inc. (NYSE:OUST) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The company reported ($0.54) earnings per share for the quarter. The company earned $28.08 million during the quarter. Ouster had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 65.17% and a negative net margin of 106.50%.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Ouster's stock split?

Ouster's stock reverse split on Friday, April 21st 2023.The 1-10 reverse split was announced on Friday, April 21st 2023. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Friday, April 21st 2023. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 10 shares after the split.

Who are Ouster's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Ouster include Geode Capital Management LLC (2.21%), Marshall Wace LLP (1.28%), Invesco Ltd. (1.06%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.86%). Insiders that own company stock include Krishna Kantheti, Charles Angus Pacala, Mark Frichtl, Darien Spencer, Anna Brunelle, Megan Chung, Mark Weinswig, Virginia Boulet, Nathan Dickerman, Ernest E Maddock and Chen Geng.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of Ouster?

Shares of OUST stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Ouster own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Ouster investors own include Cuisine Solutions (CUSI), Zomedica (ZOM), InnerScope Hearing Technologies (INND), Enovix (ENVX), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/07/2024
• Today: 8/18/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/06/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: General industrial machinery,
• Sub-Industry: Machinery
• Current Symbol: NYSE:OUST
• CIK: 1816581
• Web: ouster.io
• Phone: 415-949-0108
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 280
• Year Founded: 2015

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Ouster: $15.95
• High Price Target: $19.00
• Low Price Target: $13.68
• Potential Upside/Downside: -49.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($1.82)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$374.11 million
• Net Margins: -106.50%
• Pretax Margin: -106.12%
• Return on Equity: -65.17%
• Return on Assets: -37.02%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 3.12
• Quick Ratio: 2.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $125.85 million
• Price / Sales: 13.56
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.15 per share
• Price / Book: 7.65

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 53,766,000
• Free Float: 45,884,000
• Market Cap: $1.71 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.74