OUST vs. AVNW, SOHU, CRNC, NVEC, MEI, ZH, FORR, BLZE, UIS, and JFIN
Should you be buying Ouster stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ouster include Aviat Networks (AVNW), Sohu.com (SOHU), Cerence (CRNC), NVE (NVEC), Methode Electronics (MEI), Zhihu (ZH), Forrester Research (FORR), Backblaze (BLZE), Unisys (UIS), and Jiayin Group (JFIN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Ouster (NYSE:OUST) and Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Ouster has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aviat Networks has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ouster currently has a consensus target price of $11.10, suggesting a potential downside of 17.35%. Aviat Networks has a consensus target price of $53.75, suggesting a potential upside of 72.50%. Given Aviat Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aviat Networks is more favorable than Ouster.
Aviat Networks has a net margin of 3.54% compared to Ouster's net margin of -239.89%. Aviat Networks' return on equity of 14.54% beat Ouster's return on equity.
31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.6% of Aviat Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Ouster shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Aviat Networks shares are owned 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.
Aviat Networks has higher revenue and earnings than Ouster. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aviat Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ouster had 31 more articles in the media than Aviat Networks. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Ouster and 7 mentions for Aviat Networks. Aviat Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Ouster's score of 0.04 indicating that Aviat Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aviat Networks received 226 more outperform votes than Ouster when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.12% of users gave Aviat Networks an outperform vote while only 65.00% of users gave Ouster an outperform vote.
Summary
Aviat Networks beats Ouster on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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