Research Frontiers (NASDAQ:REFR – Get Free Report) and Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI – Get Free Report) are both technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Research Frontiers and Hesai Group, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Research Frontiers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Hesai Group | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 |
Hesai Group has a consensus target price of $23.50, indicating a potential upside of 78.98%. Given Hesai Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Hesai Group is more favorable than Research Frontiers.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
11.9% of Research Frontiers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.5% of Hesai Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Research Frontiers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Research Frontiers and Hesai Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Research Frontiers | -344.56% | -168.54% | -85.08% |
| Hesai Group | 14.77% | 5.52% | 4.47% |
Risk and Volatility
Research Frontiers has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hesai Group has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Research Frontiers and Hesai Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Research Frontiers | $1.12 million | 14.35 | -$2.05 million | ($0.07) | -6.59 |
| Hesai Group | $432.94 million | 4.77 | $62.33 million | $0.41 | 32.02 |
Hesai Group has higher revenue and earnings than Research Frontiers. Research Frontiers 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 Research Frontiers on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Research Frontiers
Research Frontiers Incorporated engages in the development and marketing of technology and devices to control the flow of light worldwide. It develops and licenses suspended particle device (SPD-Smart) light-control technology to companies that manufacture and market the SPD-Smart chemical emulsion, light-control film made from the chemical emulsion, the light-control panels made by laminating the film, and electronics to power end-products incorporating the film, as well as lamination services for and the end-products, such as windows, skylights, and sunroofs. The company's SPD-Smart light-control technology is used in various product applications, including windows, sunshades, skylights, and interior partitions for homes and buildings; automotive windows, sunroofs, sun-visors, sunshades, rear-view mirrors, instrument panels, and navigation systems; aircraft windows; museum display panels, and eyewear products; and flat panel displays for electronic products. It serves architectural, automotive, marine, and aerospace and appliance applications. The company was incorporated in 1965 and is headquartered in Woodbury, New York.
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.
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