Daktronics, Inc. (DAKT) vs Ouster, Inc. (OUST)

Daktronics, Inc. and Ouster, Inc. are both Electronic Components companies. Ouster, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $2.3B against $878.7M — 2.6× the size. Ouster, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Daktronics, Inc. trades at 18.4×. Ouster, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 62.8% against 14.0%. Daktronics, Inc. has the higher net margin (5.66% vs −26.0%) and the higher return on invested capital (17.9% vs −35.6%). Across the 19 metrics below, Daktronics, Inc. leads on 14 and Ouster, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric DAKT OUST Electronic Components median
P/E 18.39 n/m 30.82
P/S 1.03 9.16 2.84
P/B 2.76 5.05 2.93
Price to free cash flow 21.71 n/m 28.42
EV/EBITDA 9.52 n/m 16.22
EV/Sales 0.91 8.09 2.94
Earnings yield 5.44% (2.99%) 1.67%
Free cash flow yield 4.61% (4.40%) 0.58%

Profitability

Metric DAKT OUST Electronic Components median
Gross margin 27.57% 49.60% 33.21%
Operating margin 7.32% (30.55%) 3.90%
Net margin 5.66% (26.02%) 2.90%
Free cash flow margin 4.73% (40.25%) 0.20%
Return on equity 16.18% (18.01%) 2.60%
Return on assets 8.38% (13.39%) 2.50%
Return on invested capital 17.88% (35.61%) 2.28%

Growth

Metric DAKT OUST Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 14.00% 62.82% 12.21%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 538.10% 48.56% 42.31%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 11.71% 55.05% 7.19%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 32.95% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric DAKT OUST Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.17 0.00 0.13
Current ratio 2.17 4.16 2.41
Net debt to EBITDA (0.95) 3.26 0.34

Dividend

Metric DAKT OUST Electronic Components median
Dividend yield — — 0.91%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric DAKT OUST Electronic Components median
Market cap 878.65m 2.26b 707.24m

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