Company Overview
Ouster, Inc. engages in the production and sale of lidar sensor kits for the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries in the Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers the Outer Sensor (OS) product line, including OSDome that provides a hemispheric field of view; OS0 for wide view; OS1, for mid-range view; and OS2 for long-range view. It also provides the DF series, a suite of short, mid, and long-range solid-state digital lidar sensors for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving systems; Velodyne that offers surround-view lidar sensors comprising VLP-16, VLP-16 Lite, VLP-16 Hi-Res, VLP-32, and VLS-128; Ouster Gemini, a perception platform designed for smart infrastructure deployments; and BlueCity, a Gemini-powered solution for traffic operations, planning, and safety. In addition, the company offers ZED, a high-performance camera that provides 2D and 3D color data, as well as AI Compute. Further, it is developing solid-state digital flash sensors, a suite of short, mid, and long-range solid-state digital lidar sensors that provide uniform precision imaging without motion blur across an entire field of view. Ouster, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Why Investors Should Care
Revenue has grown at a 56.8% CAGR over the past five years.
Carries low leverage with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.
Recent Developments
- Dec 2025 Revenue of $169.38M (+52.5% YoY); net profit $-60.38M.
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +48.9%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 56.8%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | 56.76% |
| 1 Year: | 48.90% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | +69.78% |
| 6 Months: | +50.59% |
| 3 Months: | +91.82% |
| 1 Month: | +5.96% |
Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.
Ouster develops digital LiDAR sensors and perception software for automotive, robotics, industrial and smart-infrastructure applications.
Digital LiDAR and software for autonomy, robotics, industrial and smart-infrastructure perception.
- Digital LiDAR Ouster's digital LiDAR provides 3D perception across automotive, robotics and infrastructure.
- Perception software Software (Gemini/BlueCity) turns LiDAR data into actionable insights.
- Multi-market scale Diversified end-markets spread demand across verticals.
- Diversified LiDAR maker — perception hardware for autonomy/physical AI.
- Improving revenue (~30%) across multiple verticals.
- Loss-making and cash-consuming — still speculative.
- Autonomous-adoption timing, competition and funding are risks.
Curated from public filings and analyst commentary; figures are illustrative.
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Technical Trend
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PROS
- Compounding revenue at 56.8% over 5 years.
- In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).
CONS
- Trading 32.9% below its 52-week high.
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.
Valuation
Growth (CAGR)
Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ownership
Financial Snapshot
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).
| # | Name | CMP $ | P/E | Mkt Cap | Div Yld % | ROCE % | ROE % | Rev CAGR 5Y % | Profit CAGR 5Y % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OUST Ouster, Inc. R2KAI | 41.97 | -45.13 | $2.67B | 0.00% | -26.57% | -25.17% | 56.76% | - |
| 2 | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXAI | 211.80 | 32.43 | $5.13T | 0.49% | 74.66% | 114.29% | 24.64% | 32.12% |
| 3 | AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPX | 314.86 | 38.07 | $4.62T | 0.37% | 68.72% | 141.47% | 1.81% | 3.92% |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXAI | 384.93 | 22.91 | $2.86T | 0.93% | 26.90% | 34.01% | 9.48% | 10.85% |
| 5 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AI | 420.39 | 36.18 | $2.18T | 0.90% | 30.20% | 36.21% | 18.94% | 19.57% |
| 6 | AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXAI | 389.11 | 64.85 | $1.85T | 0.68% | 16.70% | 37.28% | 24.38% | 26.24% |
| 7 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 983.12 | 46.37 | $1.11T | 0.06% | 13.69% | 39.82% | 13.68% | 26.02% |
| 8 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXAI | 548.13 | 181.50 | $893.78B | 0.00% | 6.33% | 8.06% | 13.64% | 48.64% |
| 9 | ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAI | 1,775.64 | 59.55 | $684.36B | 0.47% | 42.97% | 52.24% | 15.55% | 19.55% |
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.30M | 4.28M | 5.95M | 6.61M | 7.36M | 7.75M | 8.56M | 10.33M | 11.20M | 17.23M | 19.40M | 22.21M | 25.94M | 26.99M | 28.07M | 32.63M | 35.05M | 39.52M | 48.58M |
| Gross Profit | -1.92M | 393.00K | 1.06M | 1.74M | 1.90M | 1.88M | 2.59M | 2.78M | 3.72M | -376.00K | 186.00K | 3.09M | 7.42M | 9.10M | 10.75M | 13.48M | 15.84M | 16.66M | 20.84M |
| Operating Income | -12.28M | -10.65M | -14.72M | -16.30M | -21.39M | -27.32M | -34.19M | -33.19M | -36.05M | -177.10M | -123.03M | -35.74M | -25.82M | -25.25M | -27.51M | -23.83M | -26.82M | -24.25M | -19.21M |
| Net Income | -18.69M | -11.31M | -19.61M | -20.96M | -32.01M | -12.67M | -32.40M | -28.00M | -35.99M | -177.28M | -122.73M | -35.10M | -23.85M | -23.87M | -25.59M | -22.02M | -20.61M | -21.73M | -17.46M |
| Diluted EPS | -2.41 | -0.59 | -0.97 | -0.38 | -0.21 | -0.08 | -1.90 | -1.60 | -1.98 | -6.03 | -3.19 | -0.89 | -0.55 | -0.53 | -0.54 | -0.42 | -0.38 | -0.37 | -0.28 |
| R&D Expense | 4.47M | 5.68M | 8.88M | 4.71M | 6.47M | 8.39M | 15.91M | 15.89M | 17.21M | 32.46M | 26.45M | 16.68M | 13.81M | 14.43M | 15.13M | 14.98M | 17.15M | 17.78M | 16.08M |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 11.41M | 18.90M | 33.58M | 41.03M | 83.28M | 111.10M | 169.38M |
| Gross Profit | -6.01M | 1.51M | 9.09M | 10.93M | 8.31M | 40.46M | 83.44M |
| Operating Income | -48.36M | -51.76M | -99.71M | -145.42M | -373.19M | -104.18M | -74.00M |
| Net Income | -51.66M | -106.78M | -93.98M | -138.56M | -374.11M | -97.05M | -60.38M |
| Diluted EPS | -6.99 | -5.98 | -0.70 | -7.79 | -10.10 | -2.08 | -1.07 |
| R&D Expense | 23.30M | 23.32M | 34.58M | 64.32M | 91.21M | 58.08M | 65.17M |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 46.41M | 307.70M | 256.14M | 330.74M | 276.15M | 349.52M |
| Total Equity | -50.24M | -100.32M | -75.91M | 260.70M | 171.62M | 179.67M | 180.91M | 261.74M |
| Cash & Equivalents | - | 16.85M | 11.36M | 182.64M | 122.93M | 50.99M | 45.54M | 67.41M |
| Long Term Debt | - | - | - | 0 | 39.57M | 43.98M | 0 | - |
| Total Liabilities | - | - | 83.10M | 47.00M | 84.52M | 151.07M | 95.24M | 87.78M |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 20.92M | 22.10M | 29.49M | 81.69M | 78.43M | 71.03M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | -40.19M | -42.12M | -71.06M | -110.69M | -137.89M | -33.69M | -39.96M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -7.49M | -3.51M | -15.23M | -5.15M | 50.60M | 14.65M | -36.25M |
| Financing Cash Flow | 50.51M | 39.86M | 258.30M | 55.60M | 15.66M | 15.39M | 97.61M |
| Capital Expenditure | -7.49M | -3.51M | -4.28M | -5.42M | -3.01M | -3.76M | -24.89M |
| Free Cash Flow | -47.68M | -45.63M | -75.34M | -116.11M | -140.90M | -37.45M | -64.85M |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 45.00K | 45.00K | 0 | - | - |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | -52.7% | 8.0% | 27.1% | 26.6% | 10.0% | 36.4% | 49.3% |
| Operating Margin % | -423.8% | -273.8% | -297.0% | -354.4% | -448.1% | -93.8% | -43.7% |
| Net Margin % | -452.7% | -564.9% | -279.9% | -337.7% | -449.2% | -87.3% | -35.6% |
| ROE % | 51.5% | 140.7% | -36.0% | -80.7% | -208.2% | -53.6% | -23.1% |
| ROCE % | - | -203.0% | -34.9% | -64.2% | -149.8% | -52.7% | -26.6% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackrock Inc. | 10.63% | 5.29M | $286.79M |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 5.35% | 2.66M | $144.44M |
| 3 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 3.56% | 1.77M | $95.97M |
| 4 | State Street Corporation | 3.28% | 1.63M | $88.51M |
| 5 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.91% | 1.45M | $78.61M |
| 6 | Penn Capital Management Company LLC | 1.95% | 969.61K | $52.56M |
| 7 | Tao Capital Management, LP | 1.70% | 845.32K | $45.82M |
| 8 | Shaw D.E. & Co., Inc. | 1.69% | 842.09K | $45.65M |
| 9 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 1.66% | 826.23K | $44.79M |
| 10 | Morgan Stanley | 1.47% | 732.98K | $39.73M |
Analyst View
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OUST — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current share price of Ouster, Inc. (OUST)?
As of 2026-07-14 21:23 PDT, Ouster, Inc. (OUST) trades at $41.97 on NasdaqGS. Its 52-week range is $16.63 to $62.52.
What is the market capitalisation of OUST?
Ouster, Inc. (OUST) has a market capitalisation of $2.67B on NasdaqGS.
What is the P/E ratio of OUST?
OUST trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -45.13. The industry average P/E is 36.02. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 9.16.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of OUST?
OUST has a return on equity (ROE) of -25.17%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is -26.57%.
Is OUST a good stock to buy?
This page provides a data-driven analysis of Ouster, Inc. (OUST), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.