Head-To-Head Review: Sense Technologies (OTCMKTS:SNSGF) & Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI)

Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) and Sense Technologies (OTCMKTS:SNSGF) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

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

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hesai Group	0	1	6	2	3.11
Sense Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00

Hesai Group presently has a consensus target price of $30.80, suggesting a potential upside of 64.44%. Given Hesai Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hesai Group is more favorable than Sense Technologies.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Hesai Group and Sense Technologies”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hesai Group	$284.57 million	8.63	-$14.02 million	$0.42	44.60
Sense Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Sense Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hesai Group.

Profitability

This table compares Hesai Group and Sense Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hesai Group	15.70%	8.04%	5.94%
Sense Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.5% of Hesai Group shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Hesai Group beats Sense Technologies on 9 of the 9 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 Sense Technologies

Sense Technologies, Inc. develops and markets automotive safety devices that enhance driver awareness of people or obstacles located in vehicle blind spots in the United States. It offers Guardian Alert Doppler awareness system, which warns vehicle drivers of the presence of people or obstacles in blind spots that exist behind their vehicles when backing up. The company markets its Guardian Alert product primarily to automobile and truck dealers, fleet operators, and other after-market automotive industry participants. It also offers ScopeOut, a system of specially designed mirrors that are placed at specific points on automobiles, trucks, sport utility vehicles, or commercial vehicles to provide drivers a complete view behind the vehicle. The company markets its ScopeOut product to department stores and other retailers as an after-market automotive safety product, as well as sells online at sensetech.com. The company was formerly known as Graham Gold Mining Corporation and changed its name to Sense Technologies, Inc. in October 1997. Sense Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Grand Island, Nebraska.