GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. (GCTS)Technology | Semiconductors | San Jose, United States | NYSE
1.86 USD
-0.05
(-2.618%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.90 +0.04 (2.151%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:33 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is a stark contradiction between a dying business and a speculative mania. Fundamentally, this is a catastrophic failure: the company is burning cash, generating negative gross margins, and has suffered an 88% collapse in share price over the last three years. The balance sheet is impaired with negative book value and debt exceeding cash, making survival uncertain without further dilution. Despite these fatal flaws, the options market is screaming 'bullish,' with heavy positioning in far-out calls that implies a belief in a miraculous turnaround or a massive catalyst event. However, this optimism is entirely disconnected from reality; the statistical forecast model is useless, and the price action shows the stock is simply oscillating near its lows. The 'strong buy' analyst ratings are likely based on outdated models or pure hype rather than the current financial reality. For a serious investor, this is a value trap with no safety margin. The only play here is a high-risk, lottery-ticket style bet on a sudden, unproven corporate resurrection, which warrants avoiding the stock entirely. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.826040 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.850518 |
| AutoTheta | 0.853836 |
| AutoETS | 0.906389 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 28% |
| H-stat | 11.31 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.212 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.29 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Revenue per Share | 0.063 |
| Market Cap | 171,063,696 |
| Forward P/E | -5.39 |
| Beta | 1.81 |
| Website | https://www.gctsemi.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:33 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish on the upside, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money calls (strikes $3.00 and $5.00) compared to negligible put volume. This 'call skew' suggests traders are positioning for a significant rally driven by the reported 5G revenue jump and satellite deal, while ignoring the deep fundamental deterioration. Put activity is minimal and concentrated only at very low strikes, indicating a lack of hedging against downside risk.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.41481483 |
| Address1 | 2,290 North 1st Street |
| Address2 | Suite 201 |
| All Time High | 56.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.9 |
| Ask | 1.87 |
| Ask Size | 7,200 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,112,600 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 3,045,937 |
| Average Volume | 3,045,937 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,112,600 |
| Beta | 1.813 |
| Bid | 1.85 |
| Bid Size | 7,500 |
| Book Value | -0.566 |
| City | San Jose |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.86 |
| Current Ratio | 0.822 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 1.9196 |
| Day Low | 1.85 |
| Display Name | GCT Semiconductor Holding |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,393,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,393,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,392,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,427,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,427,200 |
| Ebitda | -33,792,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -5.813 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 48.161 |
| Enterprise Value | 196,447,696 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.565 |
| Eps Forward | -0.345 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.8 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 408 434 6050 |
| Fifty Day Average | 2.261 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.4009999 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.17735511 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 41.481483 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.93 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.0700002 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5267176 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.955 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.90500003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.94764405 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.955 - 3.93 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,640,615,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 81,567,950 |
| Forward Eps | -0.345 |
| Forward P E | -5.3913045 |
| Free Cashflow | -26,898,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 126 |
| Fullday Change | -0.05 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.6178 |
| Fullday Price | 1.9 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | -0.38294 |
| Gross Profits | -1,562,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.121029995 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.14146 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 91,969,726 |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Industry Disp | Semiconductors |
| Industry Key | semiconductors |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, designs, manufactures, and sells communication semiconductors for industrial, business-to-business, and consumer applications in the United States, Taiwan, China, Germany, and South Korea. The company offers wireless communication technologies, such as 5G/5.75G/4.5G/4G transceivers and modems; RF and modem chipsets based on fourth-generation (4G) long term evolution (LTE) technology, including 4G LTE, 4.5G LTE Advanced, and 4.75G LTE Advanced-Pro; baseband modem solutions, RF transceivers, and system-on-chip (SoC) solutions; and product design and support, warranty development, customer support, and technical support services. It also develops and sells cellular Internet of Things (IoT) chipsets for low-speed mobile networks, such as eMTC/NB-IOT/Sigfox, and other network protocols; and 5G NR chipsets and other 5G NR solutions. The company's products and solutions are used in portable wireless routers, indoor and outdoor fixed wireless routers, industrial machine-to-machine applications, smartphones, fixed wireless subscriber terminals, various communication modules and devices, and industrial products. It sells its products directly or indirectly through distributors to wireless operators, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and original design manufacturers (ODMs) in Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, Europe, North America, and South America. GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. has strategic partnership with MaxLinear, Inc. to develop 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) gateways and converged gateways for consumer and enterprise applications. GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. |
| Long Name | GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 171,063,696 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_655493 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -53,108,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 175,662,176 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 1.9 |
| Operating Cashflow | -38,071,000 |
| Operating Margins | -7.63646 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 408 434 6040 |
| Post Market Change | 0.03999996 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 2.1505356 |
| Post Market Price | 1.9 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,410 |
| Previous Close | 1.91 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -3.2920353 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -3.2862191 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 41.937656 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.645 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.05 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.6178 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.9196 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.85 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.85 - 1.9196 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.9 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.91 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.86 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,202 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,405,511 |
| Return On Assets | -0.64408 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.179 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.063 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 91,969,726 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1129 |
| Shares Short | 10,383,715 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 7,528,239 |
| Short Name | GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1302 |
| Short Ratio | 4.43 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | GCTS |
| Target High Price | 3.4 |
| Target Low Price | 3.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 3.2 |
| Target Median Price | 3.2 |
| Total Cash | 30,228,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.329 |
| Total Debt | 55,612,000 |
| Total Revenue | 4,079,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.8 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.69898 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.16102004 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.09477454 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,405,511 |
| Website | https://www.gctsemi.com |
| Zip | 95,131 |