Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI – Get Free Report) and Cemtrex (NASDAQ:CETX – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares Hesai Group and Cemtrex’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Hesai Group | 14.77% | 5.52% | 4.47% |
| Cemtrex | -38.59% | -129.15% | -45.98% |
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Hesai Group and Cemtrex, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Hesai Group | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 |
| Cemtrex | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Hesai Group currently has a consensus price target of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 92.94%. Given Hesai Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hesai Group is more favorable than Cemtrex.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
48.5% of Hesai Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Cemtrex shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Risk and Volatility
Hesai Group has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cemtrex has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Hesai Group and Cemtrex”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Hesai Group | $432.94 million | 4.42 | $62.33 million | $0.41 | 29.71 |
| Cemtrex | $76.49 million | 0.03 | -$28.11 million | ($81.19) | -0.02 |
Hesai Group has higher revenue and earnings than Cemtrex. Cemtrex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hesai Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Hesai Group beats Cemtrex on 13 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Hesai Group
Hesai Group, through with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of three-dimensional light detection and ranging solutions (LiDAR). Its LiDAR products are used in passenger and commercial vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems; autonomous passenger and freight mobility services; and other applications, such as delivery robots, street sweeping robots, and logistics robots in restricted areas. Hesai Group was founded in 2014 and is based in Shanghai, China.
About Cemtrex
Cemtrex, Inc. engages in the provision of solutions in the technology industry. It operates through the following segments: Security, Industrial Services, and Cemtrex Corporate. The Security segment provides end-to-end security solutions to meet corporate, industrial, and governmental security challenges. The Industrial Services segment offers single-source expertise and services for rigging, millwrighting, in plant maintenance, equipment erection, relocation, and disassembly to diversified customers. The Cemtrex Corporate segment refers to the holding company of the other two segments. The company was founded on April 27, 1998 and is headquartered in Hauppauge, NY.
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