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Hesai Group

$HSAI·$2.5B·Auto - Parts·Consumer Cyclical
$16.90+2.1%YTD-28.4%1Y-11.1%
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HSHSAI
$HSAIHesai Group
$16.90+2.11%21 posts+29%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $HSAI, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-07-31

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Hesai is the volume king of automotive lidar — the real question is whether US buyers can keep buying it.

Hesai makes the laser-based 'eyes' that self-driving cars and robots use to see the road, and it ships more of them than anyone else — mostly for Chinese EV makers, with a growing NVIDIA-linked robotics tie-in. The technology story is genuinely working; the geopolitics around it is what keeps a lid on the multiple.

The operating trend:

  • Recent quarterly revenue of about $99M came with EPS of about 1.6 cents — profitable, but well below the ~3.5 cent estimate, so operating leverage is still uneven.
  • The prior quarter's numbers looked much better (~$143M revenue, 13 cents EPS), which points to lumpy shipment timing rather than a broken model — automotive design wins ship on customer schedules, not Hesai's.
  • Q2 earnings on August 18 will show whether the March-quarter dip was one-off or the start of a mix shift toward lower-priced units.

The risk that dominates conversation isn't fundamental:

  • US regulators and think-tanks have been publicly floating Hesai as a national-security concern tied to its NVIDIA relationships and Chinese ownership. This is the same category of pressure that has previously cost Chinese-listed hardware names access to Western customers.
  • The direct competitor callouts (versus Ouster) are relevant but secondary — the delisting/export-controls tail is the one that would rewrite the story overnight.

So the frame is a leading operator whose valuation is compressed by risks that live outside its income statement. Q2 tells you about the business; policy headlines tell you about the multiple.

Differs from X sentimentX sentiment sample was empty on Hesai directly — this take is built off news flow and filings, not crowd view.

What to watch: Q2 revenue and gross-margin trajectory, any concrete US export-control or investment-restriction moves, and whether the NVIDIA/robotics revenue mix expands as a % of total.

On the calendar: Q2 2026 earnings scheduled 2026-08-18.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Shanghai-based LiDAR maker producing 3D sensors for automotive ADAS, autonomous vehicles, and logistics and delivery robots.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Auto - Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $HSAI.

Auto - Parts · Consumer Cyclical

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What this means for $HSAI

Partial — Shanghai-based LiDAR maker producing 3D sensors for automotive ADAS, autonomous vehicles, and logistics and delivery robots; partial earnings exposure to auto - parts demand dynamics through its product portfolio.

Industry benchmark

8-name peer basket
+1.8%YTD
+14.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
35.5How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
1.4%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
4.7%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
0.0%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
4.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
6.1%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
41.2%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 19, 2026$0.02$0.03-54.3%
Q4 2025Mar 24, 2026$0.13$0.15-15.3%
Q3 2025Nov 11, 2025$0.25$0.22+15.6%
Q2 2025Aug 14, 2025$0.04$0.06-30.1%
Next earningsTue, Aug 18·consensus EPS $0.08

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$680.6M+29.6%39.1%-1.3%$0.12$0
Q4 FY25$1.0B+39.0%41.0%5.7%$0.98$0
Q3 FY25$795.4M+47.5%42.1%9.7%$1.85$0
Q2 FY25$706.4M+53.9%42.5%3.2%$0.33$0

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 20 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$4.4B$4.3B – $4.5B$3.49$2.54 – $4.4413
FY27$6.1B$6.0B – $6.2B$6.11$4.73 – $7.4316
FY28$7.9B$6.7B – $10.0B$8.74$5.56 – $13.4620
FY29$8.5B$7.7B – $9.8B$10.29$8.96 – $12.3811
FY30$9.9B$8.9B – $11.4B$12.19$10.61 – $14.6711

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.16%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-2.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-21.8%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 125.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.365-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

No open-market buys or sells in the last 180 days.

+ 4 other (4 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Top Stocks Set to Benefit From Rising EV and AV Adoptionzacks.com·3d agoCYD vs. HSAI: Which Stock Should Value Investors Buy Now?zacks.com·3d agoHesai Group to Hold 2026 Second Extraordinary General Meeting on August 28, 2026globenewswire.com·3d ago3 Automotive Equipment Stocks to Buy as Vehicle Tech Evolveszacks.com·6d agoHesai Group to Report Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results on Tuesday, August 18, 2026globenewswire.com·7d ago

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