HSAI vs. PLOW, HLLY, LAZR, EVGO, MLR, CHPT, SHYF, SMP, CPS, and HYLN
Should you be buying Hesai Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hesai Group include Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Holley (HLLY), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), EVgo (EVGO), Miller Industries (MLR), ChargePoint (CHPT), The Shyft Group (SHYF), Standard Motor Products (SMP), Cooper-Standard (CPS), and Hyliion (HYLN). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) and Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.
Douglas Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Hesai Group. Hesai Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Douglas Dynamics had 14 more articles in the media than Hesai Group. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Douglas Dynamics and 3 mentions for Hesai Group. Douglas Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Hesai Group's score of 0.32 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 4.18% compared to Hesai Group's net margin of -25.38%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 10.18% beat Hesai Group's return on equity.
Douglas Dynamics received 276 more outperform votes than Hesai Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Hesai Group an outperform vote while only 55.12% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
Hesai Group has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Douglas Dynamics has a consensus target price of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.51%. Given Douglas Dynamics' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than Hesai Group.
48.5% of Hesai Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Douglas Dynamics beats Hesai Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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