GigaCloud Technology (GCT) Competitors

GigaCloud Technology (NASDAQ:GCT) and Sendas Distribuidora (NYSE:ASAI) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GCT or ASAI?

34.9% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.8% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate GCT or ASAI?

GigaCloud Technology presently has a consensus target price of $51.33, suggesting a potential upside of 177.03%. Sendas Distribuidora has a consensus target price of $9.80, suggesting a potential upside of 35.73%. Given GigaCloud Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GigaCloud Technology is more favorable than Sendas Distribuidora.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GigaCloud Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Sendas Distribuidora	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GCT or ASAI?

Sendas Distribuidora has higher revenue and earnings than GigaCloud Technology. GigaCloud Technology is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sendas Distribuidora, 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
GigaCloud Technology	$984.85M	0.76	$94.11M	$2.57	7.10
Sendas Distribuidora	$70.52B	0.03	$142.21M	$0.53	13.42

Does the media favor GCT or ASAI?

In the previous week, GigaCloud Technology had 1 more articles in the media than Sendas Distribuidora. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for GigaCloud Technology and 3 mentions for Sendas Distribuidora. GigaCloud Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Sendas Distribuidora's score of -0.19 indicating that GigaCloud Technology is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GigaCloud Technology	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sendas Distribuidora	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GCT or ASAI?

Sendas Distribuidora received 1 more outperform votes than GigaCloud Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave GigaCloud Technology an outperform vote while only 42.31% of users gave Sendas Distribuidora an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GigaCloud Technology	Outperform Votes 10 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Sendas Distribuidora	Outperform Votes 11 42.31%	Underperform Votes 15 57.69%

Is GCT or ASAI more profitable?

GigaCloud Technology has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Sendas Distribuidora's net margin of 0.95%. GigaCloud Technology's return on equity of 39.75% beat Sendas Distribuidora's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GigaCloud Technology	11.57%	39.75%	14.23%
Sendas Distribuidora	0.95%	14.49%	1.57%

Which has more risk & volatility, GCT or ASAI?

GigaCloud Technology has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sendas Distribuidora has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GigaCloud Technology beats Sendas Distribuidora on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.