Ouster (NASDAQ:OUST – Get Free Report) and Rogers (NYSE:ROG – Get Free Report) are both mid-cap technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Rogers shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.7% of Ouster shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Rogers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Ouster and Rogers”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ouster | $204.91 million | 13.12 | -$60.38 million | ($0.86) | -43.35 |
| Rogers | $834.80 million | 3.13 | -$61.80 million | $1.75 | 83.50 |
Ouster has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rogers. Ouster is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rogers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ouster and Rogers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ouster | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.56 |
| Rogers | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2.75 |
Ouster currently has a consensus target price of $54.67, indicating a potential upside of 46.65%. Rogers has a consensus target price of $225.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.98%. Given Rogers’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rogers is more favorable than Ouster.
Volatility and Risk
Ouster has a beta of 3.23, indicating that its share price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rogers has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Ouster and Rogers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Ouster | -26.02% | -17.49% | -12.97% |
| Rogers | 3.75% | 5.17% | 4.31% |
Summary
Rogers beats Ouster on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Ouster
Ouster, Inc. provides lidar sensors for the automotive, industrial, robotics, and smart infrastructure industries in Americas, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Its products include high-resolution scanning and solid-state digital lidar sensors, analog lidar sensors, and software solutions. The company offers Ouster Sensor, a scanning sensor; and Digital Flash, a solid-state flash sensor. It also provides surround-view lidar sensors, which include Ouster Gemini, a perception platform for smart infrastructure deployments; and Blue City, a Gemini-powered solution for traffic operations, planning, and safety. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
About Rogers
Rogers Corporation engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of engineered materials and components worldwide. It operates through Advanced Electronics Solutions (AES), Elastomeric Material Solutions (EMS), and Other segments. The AES segment offers circuit materials, ceramic substrate materials, busbars, and cooling solutions for applications in electric and hybrid electric vehicles (EV/HEV), wireless infrastructure, automotive, renewable energy, aerospace and defense, mass transit, industrial, connected devices, and wired infrastructure. This segment sells its products under the curamik, ROLINX, RO4000, RO3000, RT/duroid, CLTE Series, TMM, AD Series, DiClad, CuClad Series, Kappa, COOLSPAN, TC Series, IsoClad, MAGTREX, IM, 2929 Bondply, SpeedWave Prepreg, RO4400/RO4400T, and Radix names. The EMS segment provides engineered material solutions, including polyurethane and silicone materials used in cushioning, gasketing, sealing, and vibration management applications; customized silicones used in flex heater and semiconductor thermal applications; and polytetrafluoroethylene and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene materials used in wire and cable protection, electrical insulation, conduction and shielding, hose and belt protection, vibration management, cushioning, gasketing and sealing, and venting applications. This segment sells its products under the PORON, BISCO, DeWAL, ARLON, eSorba, XRD, Silicone Engineering, and R/bak names. The Other segment provides elastomer components; and elastomer floats for level sensing in fuel tanks, motors, and storage tanks for applications in the general industrial and automotive markets under the ENDUR and NITROPHYL names. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.
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