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Knowles Corporation (KN) vs Ouster, Inc. (OUST)

Knowles Corporation and Ouster, Inc. are both Electronic Components companies. Knowles Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $2.6B against $2.2B — 1.2× the size. Ouster, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Knowles Corporation trades at 36.3×. Ouster, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 63.7% against 16.2%. Knowles Corporation has the higher net margin (10.8% vs −20.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.99% vs −25.5%). Across the 19 metrics below, Knowles Corporation leads on 14 and Ouster, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric KN OUST Electronic Components median
P/E 36.33 n/m 24.82
P/S 3.91 9.78 2.28
P/B 3.26 3.92 2.86
Price to free cash flow 32.79 n/m 22.99
EV/EBITDA 20.17 n/m 14.69
EV/Sales 4.12 8.11 2.38
Earnings yield 2.75% (2.20%) 2.68%
Free cash flow yield 3.05% (4.43%) 1.70%

Profitability

Metric KN OUST Electronic Components median
Gross margin 44.36% 49.06% 32.78%
Operating margin 14.58% (25.64%) 4.90%
Net margin 10.76% (20.36%) 3.46%
Free cash flow margin 11.92% (43.34%) 1.66%
Return on equity 9.25% (11.31%) 5.59%
Return on assets 6.63% (9.08%) 4.13%
Return on invested capital 6.99% (25.51%) 4.66%

Growth

Metric KN OUST Electronic Components median
Revenue growth (TTM) 16.15% 63.66% 13.94%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 118.94% 48.56% 35.44%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (4.94%) 55.05% 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 46.28% 0.00% 7.53%

Health

Metric KN OUST Electronic Components median
Debt to equity 0.15 0.00 0.11
Current ratio 2.94 7.13 2.50
Net debt to EBITDA 0.54 3.26 0.41

Dividend

Metric KN OUST Electronic Components median
Dividend yield — — 1.10%
Payout ratio — — 0.28

Size

Metric KN OUST Electronic Components median
Market cap 2.57b 2.23b 1.16b

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