HSAI vs. ESAB, SPXC, ZWS, JBTM, MOG.B, CHX, WHD, WFRD, HAYW, and ATS
Should you be buying Hesai Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hesai Group include ESAB (ESAB), SPX Technologies (SPXC), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), JBT Marel (JBTM), Moog (MOG.B), ChampionX (CHX), Cactus (WHD), Weatherford International (WFRD), Hayward (HAYW), and ATS (ATS). These companies are all part of the "machinery" industry.
Hesai Group vs. Its Competitors
Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) and ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
ESAB received 16 more outperform votes than Hesai Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Hesai Group an outperform vote while only 43.64% of users gave ESAB an outperform vote.
48.5% of Hesai Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of ESAB shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.3% of ESAB shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ESAB has a net margin of 9.66% compared to Hesai Group's net margin of -20.31%. ESAB's return on equity of 17.43% beat Hesai Group's return on equity.
ESAB has higher revenue and earnings than Hesai Group. Hesai Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ESAB, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hesai Group currently has a consensus price target of $24.43, indicating a potential upside of 21.70%. ESAB has a consensus price target of $137.22, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. Given Hesai Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Hesai Group is more favorable than ESAB.
Hesai Group has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ESAB has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ESAB had 1 more articles in the media than Hesai Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for ESAB and 9 mentions for Hesai Group. ESAB's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Hesai Group's score of 0.53 indicating that ESAB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ESAB beats Hesai Group on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HSAI) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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