GCT vs. STER, IAS, ZKH, NVEE, SCS, VVX, AVPT, HURN, BBU, and MEG
Should you be buying GigaCloud Technology stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GigaCloud Technology include Sterling Check (STER), Integral Ad Science (IAS), ZKH Group (ZKH), NV5 Global (NVEE), Steelcase (SCS), V2X (VVX), AvePoint (AVPT), Huron Consulting Group (HURN), Brookfield Business Partners (BBU), and Montrose Environmental Group (MEG). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
GigaCloud Technology (NASDAQ:GCT) and Sterling Check (NASDAQ:STER) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
GigaCloud Technology has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sterling Check. Sterling Check is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GigaCloud Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GigaCloud Technology has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Check has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
GigaCloud Technology currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.20%. Sterling Check has a consensus target price of $15.30, indicating a potential downside of 1.10%. Given GigaCloud Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe GigaCloud Technology is more favorable than Sterling Check.
Sterling Check received 16 more outperform votes than GigaCloud Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave GigaCloud Technology an outperform vote while only 43.40% of users gave Sterling Check an outperform vote.
GigaCloud Technology has a net margin of 12.74% compared to Sterling Check's net margin of -1.19%. GigaCloud Technology's return on equity of 41.24% beat Sterling Check's return on equity.
34.9% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Sterling Check shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.9% of Sterling Check shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, GigaCloud Technology had 32 more articles in the media than Sterling Check. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for GigaCloud Technology and 6 mentions for Sterling Check. Sterling Check's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat GigaCloud Technology's score of 0.44 indicating that Sterling Check is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
GigaCloud Technology beats Sterling Check on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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