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Ouster, Inc. (OUST)

Technology | Electronic Components | San Francisco, United States | NasdaqGS
27.14 USD +27.14 (0.000%) ⇧ (April 20, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:35 a.m. EDT

Ouster is a high-volatility, high-risk speculative vehicle with a 'strong buy' analyst rating driven entirely by growth expectations that currently clash with negative earnings reality. Short-term momentum is bullish (rating 4) supported by specific call flow at distant strikes, but the massive put OI at current price levels acts as a heavy drag, making volatility trading the primary strategy rather than directional accumulation. Long-term investors should view this as a 'catch-up' prop bet (rating 1) where the stock is fundamentally unproven regarding profitability despite impressive revenue growth, making it unsuitable for standard portfolios.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.176533
AutoETS0.179452
AutoARIMA0.181450
AutoTheta0.223092

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.79
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.702
Excess Kurtosis -0.39
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Debt to Equity Ratio 6.526
Revenue per Share 3.007
Market Cap 1,704,500,352
Forward P/E -581.53
Beta 2.98
Profit Margins -35.64%
Website https://ouster.com

As of April 19, 2026, 12:35 a.m. EDT: Options data exhibits a complex double-sided structure. Long-term calls (Nov 2026) show aggressive volume at the $35 strike relative to open interest, suggesting speculative positioning for significant upside, contradicting the heavy put positioning. However, near-term expirations (Apr/May 2026) are dominated by Put Open Interest (OI) walls at $22.00, $17.50, and $20.00, indicating strong hedging activity from existing shareholders or dealer protection against a potential pullback. The IV environment is elevated ( Atletico ~105-120% vs historical), signaling uncertainty. The put drought at the $24.50-$25.00 strikes in near months suggests a lack of fresh capital betting on an immediate breakback through current resistance, while the bullish sentiment is deferred to later expirations.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 2.9219654
Address1 350 Treat Avenue
All Time High 177.3
All Time Low 3.21
Ask 27.68
Ask Size 13
Audit Risk 10
Average Analyst Rating 1.0 - Strong Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,643,100
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,860,162
Average Volume 1,860,162
Average Volume10Days 1,643,100
Beta 2.981
Bid 26.49
Bid Size 13
Board Risk 9
Book Value 4.294
City San Francisco
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,735,603,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 27.14
Current Ratio 3.926
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 27.27
Day Low 24.59
Debt To Equity 6.526
Display Name Ouster
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,014,800
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,014,800
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,011,200
Ebitda -73,118,000
Ebitda Margins -0.43167
Enterprise To Ebitda -20.693
Enterprise To Revenue 8.932
Enterprise Value 1,512,995,328
Eps Current Year -0.305
Eps Forward -0.04667
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -1.07
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 20.5074
Fifty Day Average Change 6.632599
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.32342464
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 292.19653
Fifty Two Week High 41.65
Fifty Two Week High Change -14.510002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.3483794
Fifty Two Week Low 6.81
Fifty Two Week Low Change 20.33
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 2.9853158
Fifty Two Week Range 6.81 - 41.65
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,602,250,200,000
Float Shares 59,926,940
Forward Eps -0.04667
Forward P E -581.52985
Free Cashflow -48,555,876
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 320
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.47842
Gross Profits 81,036,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04867
Held Percent Institutions 0.49691
Implied Shares Outstanding 62,803,991
Industry Electronic Components
Industry Disp Electronic Components
Industry Key electronic-components
Ipo Expected Date 2,024-12-23
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,682,035,200
Last Split Factor 1:10
Long Business Summary 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.
Long Name Ouster, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 1,704,500,352
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_543805915
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common -60,377,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 1,704,814,335
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 24.6
Operating Cashflow -39,956,000
Operating Margins -0.00959
Overall Risk 9
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 415 949 0108
Pre Market Change 0.8299999
Pre Market Change Percent 3.0582163
Pre Market Price 27.97
Pre Market Time 1,776,764,794
Previous Close 0.0
Price Eps Current Year -88.983604
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 6.320447
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 10.062936
Profit Margins -0.35645
Quick Ratio 3.419
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key strong_buy
Recommendation Mean 1.0
Region US
Regular Market Change 27.14
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0
Regular Market Day High 27.27
Regular Market Day Low 24.59
Regular Market Day Range 24.59 - 27.27
Regular Market Open 24.6
Regular Market Previous Close 0.0
Regular Market Price 27.14
Regular Market Time 1,776,715,200
Regular Market Volume 3,392,210
Return On Assets -0.16163
Return On Equity -0.2728
Revenue Growth 1.066
Revenue Per Share 3.007
Sand P52 Week Change 0.34445214
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 62,803,991
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.087
Shares Short 5,464,340
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 5,695,368
Short Name Ouster, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.090100005
Short Ratio 2.36
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol OUST
Target High Price 50.0
Target Low Price 33.0
Target Mean Price 39.66667
Target Median Price 39.0
Total Cash 208,584,992
Total Cash Per Share 3.321
Total Debt 17,080,000
Total Revenue 169,384,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield NaN
Trailing Eps -1.07
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 25.223326
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.9166737
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.07598814
Type Disp Equity
Volume 3,392,210
Website https://ouster.com
Zip 94,110