Hesai Group (HSAI)Consumer Cyclical | Auto Parts | Shanghai, China | NasdaqGS
17.42 USD
-0.07
(-0.400%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 17.50 +0.08 (0.459%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:37 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:44 a.m. EDT
The investment thesis here is a classic tale of a company caught between explosive growth and precarious execution. Fundamentally, the business is showing signs of life with revenue growing 22% and earnings jumping 60%, while the stock has rallied nearly 135% over the last two years. The forward P/E of roughly 21x suggests the market has priced in a successful transition to profitability, yet the negative free cash flow and razor-thin operating margins reveal that the bottom line is still fragile. The balance sheet is surprisingly robust with a current ratio above 5.0, providing a cushion against the cash burn. However, the short-term outlook is murky. The stock is trading below its 200-day average, and the statistical forecast models see almost no edge for the next month. More telling is the options activity: traders are buying insurance (puts) at levels significantly below the current price, implying a fear of a sharp drop if the next earnings report misses expectations. Conversely, the call side is betting on a jump to $25+, which would require the company to prove its margins can sustain the growth. Until the company demonstrates consistent positive free cash flow, this remains a high-risk, high-reward speculative play rather than a core holding. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.094332 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.136258 |
| AutoETS | 0.138990 |
| AutoTheta | 0.181877 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 3.89 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.339 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.58 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 7.884 |
| Revenue per Share | 22.047 |
| Market Cap | 21,899,337,728 |
| Trailing P/E | 34.84 |
| Forward P/E | 18.94 |
| Beta | 1.38 |
| Profit Margins | 14.93% |
| Website | https://www.hesaitech.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:44 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a specific directional breakout. Call open interest is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (25.0 and 35.0), suggesting a bullish bias for a rally to $25-$40. However, put volume and open interest are exploding at lower strikes (10.0, 12.5, 17.5), with massive new flow into deep OTM puts for late 2027 and early 2028. This 'straddle' style positioning indicates the market expects a binary event—either a massive surge or a sharp correction—rather than a steady grind higher.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.30095923 |
| Address1 | Building A |
| Address2 | 10th Floor No. 658 Zhaohua Road Changning District |
| All Time High | 30.85 |
| All Time Low | 3.28 |
| Ask | 22.33 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.3 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,020,350 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,809,930 |
| Average Volume | 1,809,930 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,020,350 |
| Beta | 1.381 |
| Bid | 17.0 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Book Value | 8.50597 |
| City | Shanghai |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | China |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 17.42 |
| Current Ratio | 5.366 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 17.91 |
| Day Low | 17.3 |
| Debt To Equity | 7.884 |
| Display Name | Hesai |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,787,054,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,787,054,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.25 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.6 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,787,056,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,313,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,313,800 |
| Ebitda | 90,504,496 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.02712 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -35.545 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | -0.964 |
| Enterprise Value | -3,216,958,208 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.67906 |
| Eps Forward | 0.9197122 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.5 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 16.8768 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.54319954 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.03218617 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -30.095922 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 30.85 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -13.43 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.43533227 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 14.29 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.13 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.2190343 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 14.29 - 30.85 |
| Financial Currency | CNY |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,675,953,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 126,263,564 |
| Forward Eps | 0.9197122 |
| Forward P E | 18.940708 |
| Free Cashflow | -328,202,368 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,249 |
| Fullday Change | -0.0699997 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.400227 |
| Fullday Price | 17.5 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.40652 |
| Gross Profits | 1,356,652,032 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.043470003 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.33095002 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 1,257,137,688 |
| Industry | Auto Parts |
| Industry Disp | Auto Parts |
| Industry Key | auto-parts |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,023-02-09 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Hesai Group, through with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, manufacturing, and sale of three-dimensional light detection and ranging solutions (LiDAR) in Mainland China, Europe, North America, and internationally. The company provides gas sensor products, validation services, solution service, and other services, as well as designs and develops engineering products. Its LiDAR products are used in passenger and commercial vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems; autonomous vehicle fleets providing passenger and freight mobility services; and other applications, such as last-mile delivery robots, street sweeping robots, and logistics robots in restricted areas. Hesai Group was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. |
| Long Name | Hesai Group |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 21,899,337,728 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1822052880 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 498,208,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,966,759,051 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 19 |
| Open | 17.5 |
| Operating Cashflow | 279,857,984 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0025499999 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.51 |
| Phone | 86 21 3158 8240 |
| Post Market Change | 0.07999992 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.4592418 |
| Post Market Price | 17.5 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,960,222 |
| Previous Close | 17.49 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 4.7349052 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.0479734 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 6.562062 |
| Profit Margins | 0.14929 |
| Quick Ratio | 4.631 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.25 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0699997 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -0.400227 |
| Regular Market Day High | 17.91 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 17.3 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 17.3 - 17.91 |
| Regular Market Open | 17.5 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 17.49 |
| Regular Market Price | 17.42 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,173,125 |
| Return On Assets | -0.0012800001 |
| Return On Equity | 0.074889995 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.219 |
| Revenue Per Share | 22.047 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Shares Outstanding | 1,041,146,800 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0574 |
| Shares Short | 9,023,157 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 9,024,552 |
| Short Name | Hesai Group |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.072 |
| Short Ratio | 6.15 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | HSAI |
| Target High Price | 36.12219 |
| Target Low Price | 21.605164 |
| Target Mean Price | 28.30294 |
| Target Median Price | 28.69703 |
| Total Cash | 6,649,803,776 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 42.476 |
| Total Debt | 705,683,008 |
| Total Revenue | 3,337,264,896 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.5 |
| Trailing P E | 34.84 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.5149 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 21.173824 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -3.7538242 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.17728607 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,173,125 |
| Website | https://www.hesaitech.com |
| Zip | 200,050 |