GCT Semiconductor (GCTS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc., operates as a fabless semiconductor company, designs, develops, and markets integrated circuits for the wireless semiconductor industry. The company provides RF and modem chipsets based on 4G LTE technology, including 4G LTE, 4.5G LTE Advanced, and 4.75G LTE Advanced-Pro. It also develops and sells cellular IoT chipsets for low-speed mobile networks such as eMTC/NB-IOT/Sigfox, and other network protocols; and 5G solutions. Its products and solutions are used in smartphones, tablets, hotspots, CPEs, USB dongles, routers, and M2M applications. The company sells its products directly or indirectly through distributors to original equipment manufacturers and original design manufacturers primarily in Taiwan, China, Korea and Japan, Europe, North America and South America. The company was formerly known as Global Communication Technology, Inc. GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1.83 to $1.89
• 50-Day Range: $1.75 to $3.20
• 52-Week Range: $0.96 to $3.93
• Volume: 1.23 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.56 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $169.68 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $3.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

GCT Semiconductor Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GCT Semiconductor scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 421st out of 599 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

GCT Semiconductor has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

GCT Semiconductor has a consensus price target of $3.50, representing about 89.7% upside from its current price of $1.85.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GCT Semiconductor has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for GCT Semiconductor are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.69) to ($0.35) per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.74% of the float of GCT Semiconductor has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GCT Semiconductor has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.19, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GCT Semiconductor has recently increased by 30.12%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

GCT Semiconductor does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

GCT Semiconductor does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.81

News Sentiment

GCT Semiconductor has a news sentiment score of 1.81. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.74 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for GCT Semiconductor this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

12 people have searched for GCTS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added GCT Semiconductor to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, GCT Semiconductor insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.80% of the stock of GCT Semiconductor is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

28.06% of the stock of GCT Semiconductor is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/10/2026
• Today: 8/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/11/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Semiconductors
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GCTS
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:GCTS
• CIK: 1851961
• Web: www.gctsemi.com
• Phone: 408-434-6040
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: 1998

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for GCT Semiconductor: $3.50
• High Price Target: $4.00
• Low Price Target: $3.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +89.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.80)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$43.37 million
• Net Margins: -1,301.99%
• Pretax Margin: -1,277.62%
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: -189.45%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.82
• Quick Ratio: 0.80

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.87 million
• Price / Sales: 59.12
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: ($0.57) per share
• Price / Book: -3.24

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 91,970,000
• Free Float: 88,475,000
• Market Cap: $169.68 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 1.81