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Ouster, Inc. OUST
Ouster, Inc. (OUST) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $169.4M at a -35.6% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.28 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | Rosenblatt | Buy (main) |
| 2026-05-11 | Amerx | Buy (init) |
| 2026-05-07 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Neutral (down) |
| 2026-03-03 | Rosenblatt | Buy (main) |
| 2025-11-07 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight (up) |
| 2025-11-06 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight (up) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.595 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -2.785 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.212 |
| Equity / liabilities | 2.982 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OUST | Ouster, Inc. | 5/9 | -3.47 | — | +52.5% |
| TAYD | TAYLOR DEVICES, INC. | 3/9 | 14.74 | 21.3 | +3.8% |
| HLP | Hongli Group Inc. | 6/9 | 5.23 | 20.8 | +39% |
| INLF | INLIF Ltd | 2/9 | 2.63 | — | +16.5% |
| CHRN | ChronoScale Corp | 2/9 | — | — | -28.6% |
| KITT | Nauticus Robotics, Inc. | 4/9 | — | — | — |
| RR | RICHTECH ROBOTICS INC. | 3/9 | 16.42 | — | — |
About Ouster, Inc.
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.
FAQ
Is OUST financially healthy?
Ouster, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does OUST pay a dividend?
No, Ouster, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is OUST?
In FY2025, Ouster, Inc. had a net margin of -35.6% and a return on equity of -23.1%.
What is the analyst price target for OUST?
The average Wall-Street price target for Ouster, Inc. is $46.86, about 1.6% above the recent price, from 7 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is OUST a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Ouster, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.