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Is Ouster (OUST) Evolving From LiDAR Hardware Vendor To Core Autonomy Platform Enabler?

Simply Wall St · 1d ago
  • Recent coverage of Ouster highlighted its role as a pure-play LiDAR provider serving autonomous vehicles, industrial automation, robotics, defense, and smart infrastructure, in a market expected to expand rapidly over the next several years.
  • The company’s growing exposure to multiple advanced technology themes, combined with projections for strong year-over-year revenue growth, has intensified investor attention on LiDAR as a foundational enabling technology rather than a niche hardware component.
  • We’ll now explore how Ouster’s expanding presence across high-growth LiDAR end-markets could reshape its existing investment narrative.

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Ouster Investment Narrative Recap

To own Ouster, you have to believe LiDAR becomes a core sensing layer across vehicles, infrastructure, and automation, and that Ouster can translate that position into sustained revenue growth despite ongoing losses. The recent coverage spotlighting its multi-theme exposure and projected 35% year-over-year revenue growth reinforces the near term growth catalyst, but does not materially change the key risk that intense competition and pricing pressure could still weigh on margins and financial progress.

The news ties most clearly to Ouster’s push into Intelligent Transportation Systems via its BlueCity traffic solution, including the US$2 million Chattanooga contract that scales deployments across 120 intersections. This kind of real world smart infrastructure rollout directly supports the growth narrative around LiDAR as foundational technology, while also testing whether Ouster can convert early wins into repeatable, higher margin software and services revenue across cities in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Yet, while enthusiasm has risen sharply, investors should be aware that competition from Chinese LiDAR makers and legacy infrastructure technologies could still...

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Ouster's narrative projects $335.6 million revenue and $30.3 million earnings by 2028.

Uncover how Ouster's forecasts yield a $39.50 fair value, a 59% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

OUST Community Fair Values as at Dec 2025
OUST Community Fair Values as at Dec 2025

Twelve fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span roughly US$5.77 to US$64.46 per share, underscoring how far apart individual views can be. Against that backdrop, Ouster’s growing smart infrastructure footprint through BlueCity contracts could matter a lot for how you think about its future revenue potential and competitive position, so it is worth weighing several of these perspectives before forming your own view.

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