SuperCom (SPCB) Competitors

SuperCom (NASDAQ:SPCB) and GCT Semiconductor (NYSE:GCTS) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts recommend SPCB or GCTS?

SuperCom presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 199.50%. GCT Semiconductor has a consensus target price of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 252.11%. Given GCT Semiconductor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GCT Semiconductor is more favorable than SuperCom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SuperCom	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
GCT Semiconductor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SPCB or GCTS more profitable?

SuperCom has a net margin of 3.49% compared to GCT Semiconductor's net margin of 0.00%. SuperCom's return on equity of 79.94% beat GCT Semiconductor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SuperCom	3.49%	79.94%	13.86%
GCT Semiconductor	N/A	N/A	-27.81%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SPCB or GCTS?

47.8% of SuperCom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of GCT Semiconductor shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.3% of SuperCom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GCT Semiconductor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SPCB or GCTS?

SuperCom received 344 more outperform votes than GCT Semiconductor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave GCT Semiconductor an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave SuperCom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SuperCom	Outperform Votes 346 57.10%	Underperform Votes 260 42.90%
GCT Semiconductor	Outperform Votes 2 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SPCB or GCTS?

GCT Semiconductor has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SuperCom. SuperCom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GCT Semiconductor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SuperCom	$26.84M	0.66	-$4.02M	-$0.22	-27.32
GCT Semiconductor	$9.13M	7.51	-$2M	-$0.26	-5.46

Does the media favor SPCB or GCTS?

In the previous week, GCT Semiconductor had 3 more articles in the media than SuperCom. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for GCT Semiconductor and 2 mentions for SuperCom. SuperCom's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat GCT Semiconductor's score of -0.18 indicating that SuperCom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SuperCom	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GCT Semiconductor	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, SPCB or GCTS?

SuperCom has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, GCT Semiconductor has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

SuperCom beats GCT Semiconductor on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.