High Tide (HITI) Competitors

GigaCloud Technology (NASDAQ:GCT) and High Tide (NASDAQ:HITI) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and risk.

Is GCT or HITI more profitable?

GigaCloud Technology has a net margin of 11.17% compared to High Tide's net margin of -1.66%. GigaCloud Technology's return on equity of 32.33% beat High Tide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GigaCloud Technology	11.17%	32.33%	12.35%
High Tide	-1.66%	-6.50%	-3.84%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GCT or HITI?

GigaCloud Technology has higher revenue and earnings than High Tide. High Tide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GigaCloud Technology, 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	$1.16B	0.97	$125.81M	$3.33	8.94
High Tide	$381.22M	0.88	-$3.19M	-$0.08	-48.38

Does the media prefer GCT or HITI?

In the previous week, High Tide had 30 more articles in the media than GigaCloud Technology. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for High Tide and 3 mentions for GigaCloud Technology. High Tide's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat GigaCloud Technology's score of 0.70 indicating that High Tide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GigaCloud Technology	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
High Tide	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate GCT or HITI?

GigaCloud Technology currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.41%. High Tide has a consensus target price of $6.13, indicating a potential upside of 58.27%. Given High Tide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe High Tide is more favorable than GigaCloud Technology.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GigaCloud Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
High Tide	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

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

34.9% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of High Tide shares are held by institutional investors. 24.7% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of High Tide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, GCT or HITI?

GigaCloud Technology has a beta of 2.37, indicating that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, High Tide has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GigaCloud Technology beats High Tide on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.