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Hesai

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Winston Score
34
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

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.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+37.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

-13.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

17.0%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.7B cash & investments

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Hesai grew revenue 37% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin
41.0%
Healthy — 41.0% gross margin
Operating Margin
4.2%
Thin — 4.2% operating margin
ROCE
0.4%
Weak — 0.4% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+44.9%
Fast-growing sales (44.9% YoY)
EPS YoY
N/A
Data not available
EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
0%
Weak — only 0% of profit becomes cash
FCF Margin
0.0%
Thin free cash flow (0.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.10
Conservative — low debt load (0.10)
Interest Cover
3.08x
Tight — interest eats into profit (3.1x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
32.2x
no trend
Pricey — P/E 32.2

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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