Ouster (OUST) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

Ouster, Inc. designs and manufactures high-resolution digital lidar sensors and enabling software that offers 3D vision to machinery, vehicles, robots, and fixed infrastructure assets. Its product portfolio includes OS, a scanning sensor and DF, a true solid-state flash sensor. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+48.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+33.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

Insider Activity

5.9%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Runway

~2 years

$79M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Adequate runway but may need to raise capital within 2 years

Revenue accelerating

Ouster grew revenue 49% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

42.9%

Healthy — 42.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

-39.5%

Losing money on operations — -39.5%

ROCE

-6.9%

Weak — -6.9% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+57.3%

Fast-growing sales (57.3% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

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Data not available

EPS Consistency

2/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

FCF Margin

-37.4%

Burning cash (-37.4%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.02

Conservative — low debt load (0.02)

Interest Cover

N/A

Data not available

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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