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Ouster, Inc.

Information TechnologyIndustrial Machinery
Ticker OUSTSAN FRANCISCO, CAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $5.84Diluted shares 63.6M

Ouster, Inc. (Nasdaq: OUST) develops lidar, camera, AI compute and perception software for machines and infrastructure. Its products support sensing, navigation, safety and automation for customers in industrial automation, smart infrastructure, robotics and automotive markets, including equipment manufacturers,… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2025, Ouster, Inc. reported revenue of $169.38M, up 52.5% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $60.38M. Its operating margin was −43.7%, and operations used $39.96M in cash. Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, revenue was $204.91M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-06-30
Sales & profitability
$169.38MFY2025
+52.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $204.91M
-43.69%FY2025
+50.1 percentage points
Last 12 mo -30.55%
$-60.38MFY2025
+37.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $-53.33M
-23.07%FY2025
+30.6 percentage points
Last 12 mo -14.36%
Cash & financing
$-39.96MFY2025
−18.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $-53.81M
$-64.85MFY2025
−73.2% year over year
Last 12 mo $-82.47M
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Was 0.00× a year earlier
56.3MFY2025
+20.9% year over year
Last 12 mo 63.6M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What Ouster, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Ouster, Inc. (Nasdaq: OUST) develops lidar, camera, AI compute and perception software for machines and infrastructure. Its products support sensing, navigation, safety and automation for customers in industrial automation, smart infrastructure, robotics and automotive markets, including equipment manufacturers, governments, commercial businesses, robotics developers and automotive suppliers and OEMs. The portfolio includes OS digital lidar sensors, Velodyne scanning lidar products, the developing DF solid-state lidar series, Ouster Gemini and BlueCity software, and ZED cameras and AI compute. The company sells directly and through distributors, while manufacturing some sensors at its San Francisco facility and outsourcing higher-volume production to manufacturing partners. It reports one business focused on sensing and perception products and solutions. Ouster Technologies, its operating predecessor, was founded in 2015; the company completed a merger with Velodyne in 2023 and acquired camera and perception company Stereolabs in February 2026. At December 31, 2025, Ouster had 320 full-time employees. Its website is https://investors.ouster.com.

Company details
Sector
Information Technology
Industry (SIC)
Industrial Machinery
Headquarters
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1816581
SIC
3569

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2021–2025 · USD
$-432.01M$-258.31M$-84.60M$89.10M$262.81M20212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Ouster, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

191
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$792.31M
held by funds, at market
20.5%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Ouster, Inc.’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.01%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.12%of fund net assets
0.03%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.05%of fund net assets
T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, Inc.
PRNHX · T. ROWE PRICE NEW HORIZONS FUND, INC.
0.26%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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