GCTS vs. PXLW, MOBX, GSIT, LPTH, KOPN, SQNS, POET, LAES, NA, and ATOM
Should you be buying GCT Semiconductor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GCT Semiconductor include Pixelworks (PXLW), Mobix Labs (MOBX), GSI Technology (GSIT), LightPath Technologies (LPTH), Kopin (KOPN), Sequans Communications (SQNS), POET Technologies (POET), SEALSQ (LAES), Nano Labs (NA), and Atomera (ATOM). These companies are all part of the "semiconductors & related devices" industry.
GCT Semiconductor (NYSE:GCTS) and Pixelworks (NASDAQ:PXLW) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
Pixelworks has a consensus target price of $2.50, indicating a potential upside of 121.24%. Given Pixelworks' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pixelworks is more favorable than GCT Semiconductor.
GCT Semiconductor has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Pixelworks.
28.1% of GCT Semiconductor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.4% of Pixelworks shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of GCT Semiconductor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of Pixelworks shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
GCT Semiconductor has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Pixelworks' net margin of -33.22%. GCT Semiconductor's return on equity of -35.62% beat Pixelworks' return on equity.
In the previous week, Pixelworks had 14 more articles in the media than GCT Semiconductor. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Pixelworks and 5 mentions for GCT Semiconductor. GCT Semiconductor's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Pixelworks' score of -0.04 indicating that GCT Semiconductor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GCT Semiconductor has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pixelworks has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pixelworks received 250 more outperform votes than GCT Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Pixelworks beats GCT Semiconductor on 8 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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