Ouster (OUST) Competitors

Enerpac Tool Group (NYSE:EPAC) and Ouster (NYSE:OUST) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Do analysts recommend EPAC or OUST?

Enerpac Tool Group presently has a consensus target price of $53.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.08%. Ouster has a consensus target price of $14.10, indicating a potential upside of 42.54%. Given Ouster's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ouster is more favorable than Enerpac Tool Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Enerpac Tool Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ouster	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EPAC or OUST?

97.7% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.5% of Ouster shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Enerpac Tool Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Ouster shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, EPAC or OUST?

Enerpac Tool Group has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ouster has a beta of 2.25, indicating that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EPAC or OUST?

Ouster received 31 more outperform votes than Enerpac Tool Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.73% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Enerpac Tool Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Enerpac Tool Group	Outperform Votes 6 28.57%	Underperform Votes 15 71.43%
Ouster	Outperform Votes 37 58.73%	Underperform Votes 26 41.27%

Does the media prefer EPAC or OUST?

In the previous week, Ouster had 9 more articles in the media than Enerpac Tool Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ouster and 4 mentions for Enerpac Tool Group. Enerpac Tool Group's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Ouster's score of 0.58 indicating that Enerpac Tool Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Enerpac Tool Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ouster	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is EPAC or OUST more profitable?

Enerpac Tool Group has a net margin of 15.14% compared to Ouster's net margin of -106.50%. Enerpac Tool Group's return on equity of 25.39% beat Ouster's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Enerpac Tool Group	15.14%	25.39%	12.34%
Ouster	-106.50%	-65.17%	-37.02%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, EPAC or OUST?

Enerpac Tool Group has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerpac Tool Group, 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
Enerpac Tool Group	$599.83M	3.95	$85.75M	$1.69	25.90
Ouster	$117.79M	4.51	-$374.11M	-$1.97	-5.02

Summary

Ouster beats Enerpac Tool Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.