Stocks · Technology · Semiconductors
Ouster, Inc. OUST
$44.39 +8.61% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.20B
Strong growthExpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to -30.6% from -82.4% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 23.4% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $204.9M, up 62.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from 57.3% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 5%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 19%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 14%
- Gross marginBottom 49%
- Operating marginBottom 17%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 15%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 29%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 23%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 16%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 34%
- 6-month returnTop 8%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 24%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 49%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 13%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 29%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 39%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 44%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 7%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 57.3% | 62.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 42.3% | 49.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -82.4% | -30.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -12.7% | -40.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 62.8% | 57.3% | ↑ | Top 8% |
| Gross margin | 49.6% | 42.3% | ↑ | Bottom 49% |
| Operating margin | -30.6% | -82.4% | ↑ | Bottom 17% |
| Net margin | -26.0% | -73.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -40.2% | -12.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -15.8% | — | Bottom 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 60.4% | — | Top 5% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 0.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 18.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +11.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -4.34%
- Shareholder yield
- -4.34%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +23.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +19.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -46.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $61.25
- Target vs current price
- +38.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -108.5% | +1.0% | +2.2% | -22.8% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | -117.4% | +1.6% | -4.8% | +63.5% | +26.2% |
| Mar 2, 2026 | +144.6% | +6.9% | +7.0% | -6.8% | +125.3% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -102.7% | -12.7% | -19.1% | -30.5% | -34.3% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -85.4% | +0.6% | +44.1% | +23.4% | +40.7% |
| May 8, 2025 | -65.5% | +4.7% | +37.7% | +66.6% | +189.2% |
| Mar 20, 2025 | -108.7% | +1.0% | +28.0% | -16.7% | +117.7% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -103.8% | +0.5% | +16.3% | +14.2% | +31.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -$0.26 | -$0.12 | -108.5% | $54.6M |
| May 5, 2026 | -$0.25 | -$0.12 | -117.4% | $48.6M |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.06 | -$0.13 | +144.6% | $62.2M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | -$0.37 | -$0.18 | -102.7% | $39.5M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.38 | -$0.21 | -85.4% | $35.0M |
| May 8, 2025 | -$0.42 | -$0.25 | -65.5% | $32.6M |
| Mar 20, 2025 | -$0.48 | -$0.23 | -108.7% | $30.1M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -$0.54 | -$0.27 | -103.8% | $28.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 15.25× | — | — | Bottom 16% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.58% | — | — | Bottom 19% |
| Earnings yield | -1.94% | — | — | Bottom 29% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 9
- Days above the 200-day average
- 101
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +14.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +41.3%
- RSI (14)
- 63.0
- Relative volume
- 1.39×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 97.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 55th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 2.81
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -29.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -64.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2020 | Apr 25, 2023 | -98.0% | 585 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.20B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.86
- Revenue (TTM)
- $204.9M
- 52-week range
- $16.40 – $63.79
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $33.6M | $41.0M | $83.3M | $111.1M | $169.4M |
| Gross profit | $9.1M | $10.9M | $9.7M | $40.5M | $83.4M |
| Operating income | -$99.7M | -$145.4M | -$373.2M | -$104.2M | -$74.0M |
| Net income | -$94.0M | -$138.6M | -$374.1M | -$97.0M | -$60.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$7.02 | -$7.79 | -$10.10 | -$2.08 | -$1.07 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $28.1M | $30.1M | $32.6M | $35.0M | $39.5M | $62.2M | $48.6M | $54.6M |
| Net income | -$25.6M | -$23.7M | -$22.0M | -$20.6M | -$21.7M | $4.0M | -$17.5M | -$18.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.54 | -$0.48 | -$0.42 | -$0.38 | -$0.37 | $0.06 | -$0.28 | -$0.27 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$70.6M | -$110.7M | -$137.9M | -$33.7M | -$40.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4.3M | -$5.4M | -$3.0M | -$3.8M | -$24.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$74.8M | -$116.1M | -$140.9M | -$37.5M | -$64.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$45,000 | $16.3M | $14.6M | $57.8M | $97.2M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $261.1M
- Total assets
- $474.8M
- Total liabilities
- $103.5M
- Total debt
- $16.4M
- Net debt
- -$75.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $371.3M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,781,618
- Days to cover
- 3.69
- Change vs previous report
- -1.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 21, 2023
- 1-for-10