Magna International (NYSE:MGA) & Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) Head to Head Survey

Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) and Magna International (NYSE:MGA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, dividends and profitability.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hesai Group	14.75%	6.03%	4.77%
Magna International	1.80%	15.04%	5.93%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Hesai Group and Magna International”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hesai Group	$432.94 million	6.22	$62.33 million	$0.44	43.68
Magna International	$42.01 billion	0.45	$829.00 million	$2.76	25.49

Magna International has higher revenue and earnings than Hesai Group. Magna International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hesai Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Hesai Group and Magna International, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hesai Group	0	1	4	1	3.00
Magna International	1	9	8	1	2.47

Hesai Group presently has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 63.89%. Magna International has a consensus target price of $67.47, suggesting a potential downside of 4.10%. Given Hesai Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Hesai Group is more favorable than Magna International.

Risk and Volatility

Hesai Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Magna International has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.5% of Hesai Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.5% of Magna International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Magna International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Magna International beats Hesai Group on 9 of the 14 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 Magna International

Magna International Inc. designs, engineers, and manufactures components, assemblies, systems, subsystems, and modules for original equipment manufacturers of vehicles and light trucks worldwide. It operates through four segments: Body Exteriors & Structures, Power & Vision, Seating Systems, and Complete Vehicles. The Body Exteriors & Structures segment provides body and chassis system, battery enclosures, and engineering and testing; and exteriors, including fascia and trims, front end modules, integration panels, liftgate modules, active aerodynamics, engineered glass, running boards, truck bed access products, breakthrough lightings, side doors, and greenhouse products. The Power & Vision segment offers electric drive systems and components, such as emotors, inverters, onboard chargers, gearboxes, and e-clutch; dedicated hybrid drives, dual and hybrid dual clutch, and manual transmissions; AWD/4WD products and rear drive modules; transmission, driveline components, and ICE; far camera module, remote camera heads, interior sensing camera, radars, thermal sensing, and domain controllers; interior and exterior mirrors, camera monitoring system driver/occupant monitoring systems, and smart actuators; forward and rear lighting, and lit grilles/panels/displays; latching system, door modules, charge port doors, power system, hinges, and door handles; and modular and textile folding roofs, and hard and soft tops. The Seating Systems segment provides seat structures, mechanism and hardware solutions, and foam and trim products. The Complete Vehicles segment offers vehicle engineering and manufacturing services. Magna International Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Aurora, Canada.