Critical Review: Integrated Environmental Technologies (OTCMKTS:IEVM) versus Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI)

Integrated Environmental Technologies (OTCMKTS:IEVM) and Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Integrated Environmental Technologies and Hesai Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Integrated Environmental Technologies	0	0	0	0	0.00
Hesai Group	0	1	1	0	2.50

Hesai Group has a consensus price target of $16.70, suggesting a potential downside of 7.22%. Given Hesai Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Hesai Group is more favorable than Integrated Environmental Technologies.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

48.5% of Hesai Group shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Integrated Environmental Technologies and Hesai Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Integrated Environmental Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hesai Group	$264.37 million	8.65	-$67.04 million	($0.44)	-40.91

Integrated Environmental Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Hesai Group.

Profitability

This table compares Integrated Environmental Technologies and Hesai Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Integrated Environmental Technologies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hesai Group	-20.31%	-6.79%	-4.58%

Summary

Hesai Group beats Integrated Environmental Technologies on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Integrated Environmental Technologies

Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd., through its subsidiary, I.E.T., Inc. produces and sells hypochlorous acid and anti-oxidizing alkaline solutions for use in cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting applications. The company offers anolyte that kills various pathogens including, Mycobacterium bovis, almonella enterica, pseudomonas aeruginosa, staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, h1n1 influenza virus, and respiratory syncytial virus; hospital-acquired, blood-borne, and food-borne pathogens; and yeast, as well as non-enveloped viruses, such as adenovirus, norovirus, rhinovirus, and rotavirus. Its anolyte is also used as hydrogen sulfide scavenger/eliminator and biocide in oil and gas applications; and as a disinfectant to prevent canine distemper virus, canine parvovirus, and bordetella bronchiseptica. In addition, the company offers catholyte, an anti-oxidizing and mild alkaline solution that is effective as an industrial degreaser and cleaner; and manufactures and leases EcaFlo equipment. It markets its anolyte under the Excelyte brand name; and catholyte under the Catholyte Zero brand name. The company sells its products to the oil and gas production, healthcare facilities, and food production markets primarily through independent sales representatives and distributors in the United States. Integrated Environmental Technologies, Ltd. was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Little River, South Carolina.

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.