Ouster Inc (NASDAQ: OUST) is -9.57% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $4.91 and a high of $16.88 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The OUST stock was last observed hovering at around $8.38 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.67%.
Currently trading at $11.05, the stock is 34.96% and 16.65% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.92 million and changing 31.86% at the moment leaves the stock 16.77% off its SMA200. OUST registered 123.23% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 83.55%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $9.4725 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $9.463075.
The stock witnessed a 12.18% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 0.45%, and is 38.64% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 11.06% over the week and 8.75% over the month.
Ouster Inc (OUST) has around 192 employees, a market worth around $549.97M and $111.10M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -87.35%. Distance from 52-week low is 125.05% and -34.53% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-50.03%).
with sales reaching $30.78M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 13.66% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 30.40% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 18.64% in year-over-year returns.
Ouster Inc (OUST) Top Institutional Holders
198.0 institutions hold shares in Ouster Inc (OUST), with institutional investors hold 49.73% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 52.56M, and float is at 45.58M with Short Float at 10.89%. Institutions hold 47.37% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. with over 1.41 million shares valued at $13.82 million. The investor’s holdings represent 3.1416% of the OUST Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is TAO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP with 1.13 million shares valued at $11.06 million to account for 2.5154 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PENN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC which holds 0.81 million shares representing 1.8035% and valued at over $7.94 million, while MARSHALL WACE, LLP holds 1.4608 of the shares totaling 0.65 million with a market value of $6.42 million.
Ouster Inc (OUST) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by SPENCER DARIEN, the company’s Chief Operating Officer. SEC filings show that SPENCER DARIEN sold 249 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 17 ’25 at a price of $8.02 per share for a total of $1997.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.29 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 12 ’25, Geng Chen (Interim CFO) disposed off 3,050 shares at an average price of $7.63 for $23269.0. The insider now directly holds 38,090 shares of Ouster Inc (OUST).
