OUST vs. KE, PL, RBBN, PERI, SCWX, NNDM, BAND, CGNT, MGIC, and MITK
Should you be buying Ouster stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ouster include Kimball Electronics (KE), Planet Labs PBC (PL), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), Perion Network (PERI), SecureWorks (SCWX), Nano Dimension (NNDM), Bandwidth (BAND), Cognyte Software (CGNT), Magic Software Enterprises (MGIC), and Mitek Systems (MITK). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ouster (NYSE:OUST) and Kimball Electronics (NASDAQ:KE) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Ouster had 25 more articles in the media than Kimball Electronics. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Ouster and 2 mentions for Kimball Electronics. Kimball Electronics' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Ouster's score of 0.12 indicating that Kimball Electronics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kimball Electronics has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kimball Electronics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kimball Electronics received 258 more outperform votes than Ouster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.99% of users gave Kimball Electronics an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote.
Kimball Electronics has a net margin of 1.81% compared to Ouster's net margin of -239.89%. Kimball Electronics' return on equity of 8.70% beat Ouster's return on equity.
Ouster presently has a consensus target price of $12.10, suggesting a potential downside of 0.25%. Kimball Electronics has a consensus target price of $33.33, suggesting a potential upside of 45.50%. Given Kimball Electronics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kimball Electronics is more favorable than Ouster.
Ouster has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kimball Electronics has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
31.5% of Ouster shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.0% of Kimball Electronics shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Ouster shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Kimball Electronics shares are held 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.
Summary
Kimball Electronics beats Ouster on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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