GCTS vs. NVTS, LASR, SPWR, ICG, AAOI, NVEC, SKYT, AIP, TGAN, and VLN
Should you be buying GCT Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GCT Semiconductor include Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS), nLIGHT (LASR), SunPower (SPWR), Intchains Group (ICG), Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI), NVE (NVEC), SkyWater Technology (SKYT), Arteris (AIP), Transphorm (TGAN), and Valens Semiconductor (VLN). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
GCT Semiconductor (NYSE:GCTS) and Navitas Semiconductor (NASDAQ:NVTS) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
GCT Semiconductor has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Navitas Semiconductor's net margin of -97.75%. GCT Semiconductor's return on equity of -16.90% beat Navitas Semiconductor's return on equity.
Navitas Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $7.41, indicating a potential upside of 89.62%. Given Navitas Semiconductor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Navitas Semiconductor is more favorable than GCT Semiconductor.
28.1% of GCT Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.1% of Navitas Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of GCT Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 31.8% of Navitas Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
GCT Semiconductor has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Navitas Semiconductor has a beta of 2.52, indicating that its share price is 152% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Navitas Semiconductor had 3 more articles in the media than GCT Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Navitas Semiconductor and 1 mentions for GCT Semiconductor. Navitas Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat GCT Semiconductor's score of 0.00 indicating that Navitas Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Navitas Semiconductor received 22 more outperform votes than GCT Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users.
GCT Semiconductor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Navitas Semiconductor.
Summary
Navitas Semiconductor beats GCT Semiconductor on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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