Taylor Devices (TAYD) Competitors

Ouster (NYSE:OUST) and Taylor Devices (NASDAQ:TAYD) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Is OUST or TAYD more profitable?

Taylor Devices has a net margin of 19.99% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. Taylor Devices' return on equity of 17.04% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ouster	-106.50%	-65.17%	-37.02%
Taylor Devices	19.99%	17.04%	14.66%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in OUST or TAYD?

31.5% of Ouster shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.6% of Taylor Devices shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Ouster shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Taylor Devices shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend OUST or TAYD?

Ouster presently has a consensus price target of $14.57, suggesting a potential upside of 92.24%. Given Ouster's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ouster is more favorable than Taylor Devices.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ouster	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Taylor Devices	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OUST or TAYD?

Taylor Devices received 78 more outperform votes than Ouster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.94% of users gave Taylor Devices an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ouster	Outperform Votes 36 58.06%	Underperform Votes 26 41.94%
Taylor Devices	Outperform Votes 114 69.94%	Underperform Votes 49 30.06%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, OUST or TAYD?

Taylor Devices has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Taylor Devices, 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
Ouster	$111.10M	3.40	-$374.11M	-$2.10	-3.61
Taylor Devices	$42.80M	2.36	$9M	$2.50	12.87

Does the media prefer OUST or TAYD?

In the previous week, Ouster had 18 more articles in the media than Taylor Devices. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ouster and 2 mentions for Taylor Devices. Taylor Devices' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Ouster's score of 0.03 indicating that Taylor Devices is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ouster	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Taylor Devices	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, OUST or TAYD?

Ouster has a beta of 2.23, suggesting that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Taylor Devices has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ouster beats Taylor Devices on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.