CleanTech Acquisition (CLAQ) Competitors

CleanTech Acquisition (NASDAQ:CLAQ) and Ouster (NYSE:OUST) are both small-cap general industrial machinery, industry companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CLAQ or OUST?

71.7% of CleanTech Acquisition shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Ouster shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CLAQ or OUST?

Ouster has a consensus price target of $15.95, indicating a potential downside of 48.10%. Given Ouster's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ouster is more favorable than CleanTech Acquisition.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CleanTech Acquisition	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ouster	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CLAQ or OUST more profitable?

CleanTech Acquisition has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. CleanTech Acquisition's return on equity of -7.24% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CleanTech Acquisition	N/A	-7.24%	0.33%
Ouster	-106.50%	-65.17%	-37.02%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CLAQ or OUST?

CleanTech Acquisition has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ouster.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CleanTech Acquisition	N/A	N/A	-$600K	N/A	N/A
Ouster	$125.85M	13.13	-$374.11M	-$1.82	-16.88

Does the media prefer CLAQ or OUST?

In the previous week, Ouster had 15 more articles in the media than CleanTech Acquisition. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ouster and 0 mentions for CleanTech Acquisition. Ouster's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat CleanTech Acquisition's score of 0.00 indicating that Ouster is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CleanTech Acquisition	Neutral
Ouster	Neutral

Summary

Ouster beats CleanTech Acquisition on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.