Ouster (OUST) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Ouster, Inc. is a technology company that develops lidar sensors and software for machine perception. Its digital lidar products use laser light to create three-dimensional representations of surrounding environments, helping machines detect objects, measure distances, and operate with greater situational awareness.

The company’s product portfolio includes lidar sensors for industrial automation, robotics, autonomous vehicles, transportation, mapping, and smart-infrastructure applications. Ouster also develops software and perception tools designed to process lidar data and support applications such as asset tracking, traffic monitoring, security, and autonomous navigation.

Ouster was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. In 2023, it completed a merger with Velodyne Lidar, bringing together two lidar businesses under the Ouster name. The company serves customers and partners across automotive, industrial, robotics, mapping, and infrastructure markets in North America and international markets. Angus Pacala, one of Ouster’s founders, serves as chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $40.67 to $43.49
• 50-Day Range: $31.30 to $48.71
• 52-Week Range: $16.40 to $63.79
• Volume: 2.79 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.11 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $54.67
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Ouster Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Ouster scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 340th out of 598 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Ouster has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Ouster has a consensus price target of $54.67, representing about 31.7% upside from its current price of $41.52.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Ouster has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

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 ($1.07) to ($0.51) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Ouster is -48.24, 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 -48.24, 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 9.68. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

9.97% 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 3.69, 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 1.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

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.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.20

News Sentiment

Ouster has a news sentiment score of 0.20. 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 0.44 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Ouster this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 37 people have searched for OUST on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -24% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

20 people have added Ouster to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 122% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Ouster insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $6,720,238.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.72% of the stock of Ouster is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

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

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2026
• Today: 10/07/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components
• Sub-Industry: Electronic Equipment & Instruments
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:OUST
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:OUST
• CIK: 1816581
• Web: www.ouster.com
• Phone: 415-949-0108
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 320
• Year Founded: 2015

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Ouster: $54.67
• High Price Target: $75.00
• Low Price Target: $33.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +31.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.56
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.86)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$60.38 million
• Net Margins: -26.02%
• Pretax Margin: -25.46%
• Return on Equity: -17.49%
• Return on Assets: -12.97%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 4.16
• Quick Ratio: 3.79

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $169.38 million
• Price / Sales: 17.74
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $4.29 per share
• Price / Book: 9.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 72,110,000
• Free Float: 67,987,000
• Market Cap: $3.00 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 3.23