Head to Head Analysis: Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) vs. ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT)

ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) and Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

ChargePoint has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hesai Group has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

37.8% of ChargePoint shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.5% of Hesai Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of ChargePoint shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares ChargePoint and Hesai Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ChargePoint	-59.54%	-209.46%	-21.77%
Hesai Group	15.70%	8.04%	5.94%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for ChargePoint and Hesai Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ChargePoint	3	8	1	0	1.83
Hesai Group	0	1	5	2	3.13

ChargePoint currently has a consensus target price of $12.15, suggesting a potential upside of 82.93%. Hesai Group has a consensus target price of $30.80, suggesting a potential upside of 10.24%. Given ChargePoint’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ChargePoint is more favorable than Hesai Group.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ChargePoint and Hesai Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ChargePoint	$403.79 million	0.39	-$277.07 million	($10.28)	-0.65
Hesai Group	$284.57 million	12.88	-$14.02 million	$0.42	66.52

Hesai Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ChargePoint. ChargePoint 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 ChargePoint on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ChargePoint

ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and charging solutions in the North America and Europe. The company serves commercial, such as retail, workplace, hospitality, parking, recreation, municipal, education, and highway fast charge; fleet, which include delivery, take home, logistics, motor pool, transit, and shared mobility; and residential including single family homes and multi-family apartments and condominiums customers. ChargePoint Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Campbell, California.

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.