Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. OUST scored 21.4, BELFA scored 60.2 — BELFA leads.
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OUST
Ouster, Inc.
Electronic Components · Quality-Growth
21.4
$39.90 · $2.9B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
38.8
BELFA leads
BELFA
Bel Fuse Inc.
Electronic Components · Quality-Growth
60.2
$195.38 · $2.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthOUST+62.8%
Strongest balance sheetBELFA0.03
Highest qualityBELFA65 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
OUST
stronger →← stronger
BELFA
15
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
65
99
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
76
6
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
44
BELFA is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
OUST
BELFA
-$82mF
FCF
$73mC-
+62.8%A
Rev
+25.3%A-
0.04A-
D/E
0.03A-
14.0xC
P/S
—
—
PEG
1.36B
—
P/E
47.7xC+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
OUST
BELFA
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
208% above
—
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~36%/yr
—
1-yr DCF upside
-69%
—
5-yr DCF upside
-67%
—
10-yr DCF upside
-65%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
OUST
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
BELFA
No notable signals flagged.
The companies
OUSTOuster, Inc.
Electronic Components · $39.90 · beta 3.23
Why now
Electronic Components · market cap $2.9b. Down 37% from 52-week high of $63.79 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +63% — in hypergrowth territory. 5 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $59.40 (implying +49% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$82m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Currently unprofitable (margin -26.0%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk. Down 37% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
BELFABel Fuse Inc.
Electronic Components · $195.38 · beta 1.37
Why now
Electronic Components · market cap $2.8b. Down 33% from 52-week high of $293.51 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +25% — in hypergrowth territory.
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
Down 33% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Trailing P/E 48x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where OUST and BELFA diverge
On the headline score the gap is 38.8 points in favor of BELFA. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityOUST 15.3 · BELFA 64.9BELFA +49.6
ValueOUST 6.5 · BELFA 44.4BELFA +37.9
GrowthOUST 98.5 · BELFA 75.7OUST +22.8
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is BELFA or OUST the better stock?
BELFA scores higher: BELFA 60.2, OUST 21.4 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do BELFA and OUST differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where BELFA leads by 50 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are BELFA and OUST scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.