Stocks · Technology · Semiconductors
GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. GCTS
$2.09 -7.11% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $204.7M
Expensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 11, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to -852.0% from -471.1% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 59.7% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $4.1M, down 32.8% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 2%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 1%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 1%
- Gross marginBottom 2%
- Operating marginBottom 4%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 7%
- Interest coverBottom 18%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 8%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 6%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 7%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 41%
- 6-month returnTop 26%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 32%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 26%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 19%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 11%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 35%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 33%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -32.5% | -32.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 43.9% | -38.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -471.1% | -852.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -396.9% | -996.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -32.8% | -32.5% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Gross margin | -38.3% | 43.9% | ↓ | Bottom 2% |
| Operating margin | -852.0% | -471.1% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Net margin | -1302.0% | -536.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -996.8% | -396.9% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 527.1% | — | Top 1% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -44.4% | — | Bottom 1% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -30.2%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 149.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -12.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -28.07%
- Shareholder yield
- -28.07%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +59.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +23.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -62.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $3.00
- Target vs current price
- +43.5%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -233.3% | -3.9% | -22.7% | -30.6% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | -15.4% | +1.9% | +61.3% | +61.3% | +48.1% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | +31.8% | +0.8% | -11.6% | +2.3% | +146.5% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -31.6% | +6.6% | +0.0% | +4.4% | -7.4% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -85.7% | -2.2% | -8.8% | +5.1% | -1.5% |
| May 14, 2025 | -50.0% | +31.0% | -29.8% | -26.8% | -14.9% |
| Mar 25, 2025 | +26.7% | +1.5% | -20.4% | -31.1% | -32.0% |
| Nov 14, 2024 | +0.0% | +4.3% | -14.2% | -1.6% | -21.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.25 | -$0.08 | -233.3% | $971,000 |
| May 12, 2026 | -$0.15 | -$0.13 | -15.4% | $1.9M |
| Mar 25, 2026 | -$0.15 | -$0.22 | +31.8% | $756,000 |
| Nov 12, 2025 | -$0.25 | -$0.19 | -31.6% | $430,000 |
| Aug 12, 2025 | -$0.26 | -$0.14 | -85.7% | $1.2M |
| May 14, 2025 | -$0.15 | -$0.10 | -50.0% | $496,000 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | -$0.11 | -$0.15 | +26.7% | $1.8M |
| Nov 14, 2024 | -$0.16 | -$0.16 | +0.0% | $2.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / Sales | 42.85× | — | — | Bottom 6% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -19.87% | — | — | Bottom 6% |
| Earnings yield | -38.76% | — | — | Bottom 8% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 13
- Days above the 200-day average
- 109
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +17.5%
- RSI (14)
- 51.1
- Relative volume
- 0.85×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 79.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 68th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.69
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.26
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -44.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -97.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2024 | Jan 26, 2026 | -97.8% | 458 days | Not yet recovered |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | -50.7% | 11 days | 1 days (Mar 27, 2024) |
| Nov 6, 2023 | Feb 23, 2024 | -14.3% | 74 days | 11 days (Mar 11, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $204.7M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.81
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.1M
- 52-week range
- $0.96 – $3.93
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $25.5M | $16.7M | $16.0M | $9.1M | $2.9M |
| Gross profit | $8.2M | $5.1M | $6.7M | $5.1M | -$1.8M |
| Operating income | -$17.8M | -$22.8M | -$14.6M | -$13.1M | -$36.5M |
| Net income | -$26.8M | -$26.4M | -$22.5M | -$12.4M | -$43.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.82 | -$0.65 | -$0.51 | -$0.27 | -$0.82 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.6M | $1.8M | $496,000 | $1.2M | $430,000 | $758,000 | $1.9M | $971,000 |
| Net income | -$7.1M | -$5.0M | -$7.0M | -$13.5M | -$13.8M | -$9.0M | -$9.9M | -$20.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.16 | -$0.11 | -$0.15 | -$0.26 | -$0.25 | -$0.16 | -$0.15 | -$0.25 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$17.7M | -$18.1M | -$8.8M | -$31.0M | -$30.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$637,000 | -$903,000 | -$331,000 | -$542,000 | -$2.4M |
| Free cash flow | -$18.4M | -$19.0M | -$9.2M | -$31.5M | -$33.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10.8M | $12.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $30.2M
- Total assets
- $49.8M
- Total liabilities
- $101.8M
- Total debt
- $347,000
- Net debt
- -$29.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$52.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 11,034,821
- Days to cover
- 8.05
- Change vs previous report
- +6.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.