BARK (BARK) Competitors

GigaCloud Technology (NASDAQ:GCT) and BARK (NYSE:BARK) 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 analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Does the media prefer GCT or BARK?

In the previous week, BARK had 1 more articles in the media than GigaCloud Technology. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BARK and 8 mentions for GigaCloud Technology. GigaCloud Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat BARK's score of 0.06 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BARK	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, GCT or BARK?

GigaCloud Technology has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BARK has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GCT or BARK?

34.9% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of BARK shares are held by institutional investors. 43.0% of GigaCloud Technology shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of BARK shares are held by company 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 prefer GCT or BARK?

GigaCloud Technology currently has a consensus price target of $51.33, indicating a potential upside of 95.85%. BARK has a consensus price target of $1.63, indicating a potential upside of 3.38%. Given GigaCloud Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GigaCloud Technology is more favorable than BARK.

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
BARK	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GCT or BARK?

BARK received 5 more outperform votes than GigaCloud Technology when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave GigaCloud Technology an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave BARK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GigaCloud Technology	Outperform Votes 10 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
BARK	Outperform Votes 15 36.59%	Underperform Votes 26 63.41%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GCT or BARK?

GigaCloud Technology has higher revenue and earnings than BARK. BARK 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	$984.85M	1.09	$94.11M	$2.57	10.20
BARK	$485.81M	0.57	-$37.01M	-$0.22	-7.18

Is GCT or BARK more profitable?

GigaCloud Technology has a net margin of 11.57% compared to BARK's net margin of -7.28%. GigaCloud Technology's return on equity of 39.75% beat BARK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GigaCloud Technology	11.57%	39.75%	14.23%
BARK	-7.28%	-19.27%	-8.50%

Summary

GigaCloud Technology beats BARK on 17 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.