Japan Display (OTCMKTS:JNNDF) vs. Ouster (NYSE:OUST) Critical Comparison

Japan Display (OTCMKTS:JNNDF) and Ouster (NYSE:OUST) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Japan Display and Ouster, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Japan Display	0	0	0	0	N/A
Ouster	0	2	3	0	2.60

Ouster has a consensus target price of $13.40, indicating a potential upside of 91.43%. Given Ouster’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ouster is more favorable than Japan Display.

Profitability

This table compares Japan Display and Ouster’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Japan Display	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ouster	-122.32%	-68.48%	-38.06%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

31.5% of Ouster shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.8% of Ouster shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Japan Display and Ouster”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Japan Display	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ouster	$83.28 million	4.06	-$374.11 million	($2.92)	-2.40

Japan Display has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ouster.

Summary

Ouster beats Japan Display on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Japan Display

Japan Display Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells displays in Japan and internationally. The company offers products for healthcare and medical fields, such as interfaces, display devices, high resolution display devices, and VR systems; industrial use LCD modules; LCD modules for automotive and mobile applications; color OLED display modules for wearables; and Landscape IPS LCD modules for single-lens reflex and high-end compact digital cameras. It also provides transparent interface devices that reduces the communication barrier; LumiFree lighting fixtures; metaverse ultra-high resolution related products; and sensors. In addition, the company is involved in the planning, research, development, design, manufacture, sale, maintenance, rental, leasing, and provision of related solution services of electrical and electronic equipment, and software; and provision of information collection and analysis services, as well as related services comprising biometric information measurement using electronic technology. Japan Display Inc. was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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.