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 | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.176533 |
| AutoETS | 0.179452 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.181450 |
| AutoTheta | 0.223092 |
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.
| 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 |