Ouster, Inc.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $1.90B
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- –
About Ouster
General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, NEC, SIC 3569
Ouster, Inc. provides sensing and perception solutions for physical artificial intelligence and autonomous machines. Its core offering is a unified platform integrating digital lidar sensors, camera vision solutions, edge artificial intelligence compute hardware, and perception software. The company's hardware portfolio includes scanning lidar sensors, solid-state flash lidar, and high-performance camera vision systems. It also provides dedicated perception and analytics software suites for smart infrastructure monitoring and traffic operations. Ouster serves commercial enterprises, research institutions, and government entities across four primary markets: industrial automation, smart infrastructure, robotics, and the automotive sector.
The company maintains a global commercial presence across the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Research and development activities take place in San Francisco, California; Ottawa, Canada; and Edinburgh, Scotland. Ouster conducts domestic sensor manufacturing and new product introductions at its facility in San Francisco, California, while outsourcing large-scale production to manufacturing partners operating in Thailand. Ouster's corporate headquarters and primary manufacturing facility are located in San Francisco, California.
Summary of the business section of Ouster's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Ouster, Inc.
- Founded
- 2015
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Address
- 350 Treat Avenue 94110
- Phone
- (415) 987-6972
- Employees
- 204, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, NEC
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, San Jose, California
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- OUST
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- IPO date
- Aug 21, 2020
- Shares outstanding
- 72M, Jul 31, 2026
- Public float
- $1.31B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Non-accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 1-for-10 reverse, Apr 21, 2023; 1-for-10 reverse, Apr 6, 2023; 15-for-4, May 14, 2021
- SEC CIK
- 1816581
- CUSIP
- 68989M202
- ISIN
- US68989M2026
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Angus Pacala | President and CEO, Director | 1,041,816 |
| Darien Spencer | Chief Operating Officer | 286,999 |
| Mark Frichtl | Chief Technology Officer | 318,987 |
| Megan Chung | General Counsel and Secretary | 189,291 |
| Kenneth P. Gianella | Chief Financial Officer | 245,328 |
| Cyrille Jacquemet | Chief Revenue Officer | 105,539 |
| Chen Geng | Interim CFO | 68,090 |
| Mark Weinswig | Chief Financial Officer | 173,960 |
| Stephen A. Skaggs | Director | 61,415 |
| Susan Heystee | Director | 214,495 |
| Ted L. Tewksbury III | Director | 124,999 |
| Phillip Eyler | Director | 20,383 |
| Christina Correia | Director | 76,415 |
| Ernest E. Maddock | Director | 88,902 |
| Virginia Boulet | Director | 228,950 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Mr.Pacala | $3.36M | $8.34M | $2.99M | $251 | – |
| FY2024 Mr.Pacala | $1.91M | $2.30M | $1.24M | $142 | – |
| FY2023 Mr.Pacala | $1.06M | $598.84K | $2.49M | $89 | – |
| FY2022 Mr.Pacala | $166.40K | -$21.36M | $2.22M | $17 | – |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we employed 204 people on a full-time basis in the United States and 116 people on a full-time basis internationally, either directly through our international subsidiaries or through a professional employer organization.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings