SCTH vs SYM vs OUST Stock Comparison

Securetech Innovations, Symbotic and Ouster Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SYM Symbotic Inc.
$37.40 -9.9% 1M -51.9% 1Y
Market cap
$4.82B
P/E
587.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.65B
Div. yield
0.00%
Industrial Machinery Industrials
5 wins
OUST Ouster, Inc.
$32.14 -19.7% 1M -7.2% 1Y
Market cap
$1.95B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$204.91M
Div. yield
–
Electronic Components Technology
1 win

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Symbotic leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Symbotic 5, Ouster 1, Securetech Innovations 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSCTHSYMOUSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $276.72M $4.82B $1.95B SYM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 587.7x -36.6x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 196.8x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +20.6% +62.8% OUST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 0.3% -26.0% SYM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +278.8% -51.9% -7.2% SCTH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +30.2%/yr -12.2%/yr SYM
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 147.9% 77.6% 101.9% SYM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 46/100 44/100 SYM

Percentile Scorecard

SCTHSYMOUST

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisSCTHSYMOUST
Valuation – 12 #179 of 203 10 #101 of 112
Growth – 98 #4 of 188 83 #19 of 108
Profitability – 39 #112 of 183 14 #90 of 104
Financial Health – 42 #126 of 216 87 #16 of 116
Shareholder Returns – 38 #95 of 152 25 #59 of 78
Overall – 46 44
  • SCTH ranked among 14 companies in Robotics and Automation
  • SYM ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • OUST ranked among 121 companies in Computer Hardware

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodSCTHSYMOUSTSPY
1 month -12.9%-9.9%-19.7% +0.7%
3 months -23.6%-12.9%-9.5% +3.7%
6 months +251.4%-36.7%+19.2% +7.1%
Year to date +240.2%-37.1%+48.5% +12.8%
1 year +278.8%-51.9%-7.2% +11.9%
3 years +2,330.0%+4.9%+745.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +189.9%+1.6%+103.8% +22.8%
5 years —+274.4%-47.8% +67.6%
5 years, per year —+30.2%-12.2% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureSCTHSYMOUSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 147.9%77.6%101.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 212.9%80.4%99.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.282.924.63 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.88-0.67-0.07 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.6%-72.5%-95.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.6%-57.2%-48.6% -1.2%
52-week high $23.49$87.30$62.52 $779.14
52-week low $2.50$37.40$16.63 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleSCTHSYMOUST
P/E now vs peer median — 583.5xmedian 25.8x -39.8xmedian 32.9x
P/S now vs peer median —median 17.1x 8.5xmedian 1.9x 10.7xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median — 538.8xmedian 14.6x -36.9xmedian 20.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 16.7x 28.4xmedian 22.2x -26.7xmedian 30.2x
P/B now vs peer median —median 1.0x 19.9xmedian 2.2x 5.9xmedian 2.9x
PEG now vs peer median — 20.00median 1.45 -0.70median 1.08

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsSCTHSYMOUST
Revenue – $2.65B $204.91M
Gross profit – $563.25M $101.63M
Operating income – -$250.00K -$62.60M
Net income – $34.64M -$53.33M
Free cash flow – $795.43M -$82.47M
R&D – $203.12M $68.46M
EPS (diluted) – $0.06 $-0.81
Cash & equivalents – $1.75B $91.76M
Total debt $1.33M – –
Shares (diluted) 17.09M 133.25M 65.99M
Enterprise value $276.72M -$2.00B $1.06B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricSCTHSYMOUST
P/E – 583.5x -39.8x
P/FCF – 28.4x -26.7x
P/Operating cash flow – 25.3x -40.9x
P/S – 8.5x 10.7x
P/B – 19.9x 5.9x
P/Tangible book – 21.5x 6.5x
EV/EBITDA – 538.8x -36.9x
EV/EBIT – -83,352x -31.0x
EV/Revenue – 7.9x 9.5x
EV/FCF – 26.2x -23.5x
EV/Operating cash flow – 23.3x -36.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 20.00 -0.70

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSCTHSYMOUST
Revenue growth (1Y) – 20.6% 62.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 40.2% 51.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 40.8% 90.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 51.3% 166.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 99.6% 39.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 89.3% 45.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – 208.5% 42.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 29.1% 48.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 210.9% 52.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 29.2% 56.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 400.5% -329.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 27.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 594.4% -416.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 17.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSCTHSYMOUST
Gross margin – 21.3% 49.6%
EBITDA margin – 1.5% -25.6%
Operating margin – 0.0% -30.6%
Pretax margin – 2.4% -25.5%
Net margin – 0.3% -26.0%
FCF margin – 30.1% -40.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 33.8% -26.3%
Return on equity – 3.2% -16.5%
Return on assets – 1.0% -12.5%
Return on invested capital – – –
Return on capital employed – 0.0% -18.1%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 25.8x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 8.9% 18.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSCTHSYMOUST
Debt / assets – – –
Debt / equity – – –
Net debt / EBITDA – – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets – 67.8% 21.8%
Equity / assets – 32.2% 78.2%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio – 1.3x 4.2x
Quick ratio – 1.2x 3.5x
Cash ratio – 0.8x 3.1x
Altman Z-score – 6.14 10.44

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSCTHSYMOUST
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – -1.9% -6.3%
Shareholder yield – -1.9% -6.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 3.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 0.2% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -30.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusSCTHSYMOUST
Forward P/E – 196.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year – $0.19FY2026 $-0.27FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -17.4%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – +131.6% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $2.86BFY2026 $229.51MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +27.0%FY2026 +35.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +18.7% +36.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSCTHSYMOUST
Held by institutions – 90.6% 53.9%
Institutions holding – 413 331
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.6% +19.0%
Institutions buying – 260 233
Institutions selling – 86 66
Buyers to sellers – 3.02 3.53

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

SCTHSYMOUST
SCTH 1.00 -0.07 -0.01
SYM -0.07 1.00 0.39
OUST -0.01 0.39 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SCTH, SYM and OUST?

Symbotic (SYM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Securetech Innovations (SCTH) $276.72M, Symbotic (SYM) $4.82B, Ouster (OUST) $1.95B.

Which company is growing faster?

Ouster (OUST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Symbotic (SYM) +20.6%, Ouster (OUST) +62.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Symbotic (SYM) has the highest net margin (Symbotic (SYM) 0.3%, Ouster (OUST) -26.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Securetech Innovations (SCTH) returned the most: Securetech Innovations (SCTH) +278.8%, Symbotic (SYM) -51.9%, Ouster (OUST) -7.2%. Over five years, Symbotic (SYM) compounded fastest (Symbotic (SYM) +30.2%/yr, Ouster (OUST) -12.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Securetech Innovations (SCTH) 0.00%, Symbotic (SYM) 0.00%, Ouster (OUST) 0.00%. Securetech Innovations (SCTH) and Ouster (OUST) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Symbotic (SYM) has been the steadiest (Securetech Innovations (SCTH) 147.9%, Symbotic (SYM) 77.6%, Ouster (OUST) 101.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SCTH, SYM and OUST?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Symbotic (SYM) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.