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GCTS

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.

Next earnings Aug 10, 2026 · consensus $-0.08 EPS, $3.37M rev

Last earnings +19.1% on 2026-06-18

Avoid
$2.62
▲ +2.34%
$2.62▲ +84.51%
over 1Y
L $0.99H $3.73
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+2.3%
1W+6.1%
1M-24.3%
3M+118.3%
YTD+114.8%
1Y+84.5%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
F
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 8 analysts
Buy

Insolvent balance sheet, collapsing revenue and a 66x P/S — a speculative 5G option priced like a business, not a stock to own.

Revenue $2.87M · FY2025

GCTS is not investable on the numbers as they stand. FY2025 revenue fell 68.6% to $2.87M — the third straight year of decline ($16.0M → $9.13M → $2.87M) — while the net loss widened 250% to -$43.4M. Gross profit is negative (-$1.82M, -63.4% margin), so the company loses money on the product itself before a dollar of the $14.0M R&D spend; operating margin is -1,275% and net margin -1,513%. This is a pre-commercial cost structure attached to a shrinking legacy 4G revenue base, and the accumulated deficit of -$605M underlines how long the cash burn has run.

The balance sheet is the disqualifier. Stockholders' equity is -$83.3M (negative and deepening), total liabilities of $98.9M dwarf $15.6M of assets, and cash is down to $590K against $56.6M of current (near-term) debt and $79.6M of current liabilities. Operating cash flow was -$30.7M. With well under $1M of cash to service tens of millions in obligations due within a year, GCTS is dependent on continuous external financing to remain a going concern — and it has been diluting aggressively to survive, with shares up 50.3% year-over-year to 72.5M. Any equity holder faces a real risk of further heavy dilution or restructuring that impairs the stock.

Is GCTS a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~90d expiry
  • Long put 2.5 @ ~0.93 est
  • Short put 2.5 @ ~0.93 est
debit $0max +$0max $0

AVOID means we wouldn't engage at all — if expressing the short side anyway, only with capped risk.

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Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue—$16.0M$9.13M$2.87M
Gross profit—$6.73M$5.08M-$1.82M
Operating income-$1.17M-$14.6M-$13.1M-$36.5M
Net income$24.3M-$22.5M-$12.4M-$43.4M
Diluted EPS—-$0.94-$0.30-$0.82
Net margin—-140.2%-135.6%-1513.3%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$300M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales104.8
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-18.2%
FCF yield-13.9%

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)—
Free cash flow-$33.1M
Total debt$62.6M
Net cash-$62.0M
Altman Z-Score-65.45 distress
Piotroski F-Score1/9

Capital returns

Buyback yield133.6%
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield133.6%
Shares Δ YoY+50.3%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Recent disclosure tone has skewed negative — read the flagged items.
  1. 8-K Earnings results2026-06-18

    Amended prior results 8-K (exhibit/data correction)

  2. 8-K/A Amended 8-K2026-06-18

    Amended prior results 8-K (exhibit/data correction)

  3. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-12

    Q1 2026: negative equity persists, going-concern liquidity strain

  4. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-12

    Q1 2026: negative equity persists, going-concern liquidity strain

  5. 8-K Earnings results2026-03-25

    FY2025: revenue -69%, -$83M equity, going-concern doubt flagged

  6. 10-K Annual report2026-03-25

    FY2025: revenue -69%, -$83M equity, going-concern doubt flagged

  7. 8-K Material agreement2026-02-25

    Entered new material agreement (likely financing/5G collaboration)

  8. 8-K Other event2026-01-29

    Disclosed other event; no change to financial obligations

  9. 8-K Material agreement2025-12-15

    New material financing agreement created direct debt obligation

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
4Period ending 2026-06-302026-07-02open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-302026-07-02open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-302026-07-02open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-302026-07-02open ↗4Period ending 2026-06-302026-07-02open ↗8-K/APeriod ending 2026-06-182026-06-18open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-06-182026-06-18open ↗424B5Filing2026-06-18open ↗SCHEDULE 13G/AFiling2026-05-15open ↗10-QPeriod ending 2026-03-312026-05-12open ↗8-KPeriod ending 2026-05-122026-05-12open ↗4Period ending 2026-03-312026-04-02open ↗

Quality score

F
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueF
GrowthF
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthF
MomentumC+
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
0.9952-week3.73
Revenue
$2.87M
-68.6% YoY
Net margin
-1513.3%
ROE
—
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

'22'23'24'25

■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$2.87M-68.6%
Net income-$43.4M-250.4%
Gross profit-$1.82M-135.8%
Operating income-$36.5M-178.5%
Diluted EPS-$0.82-173.3%
Cash & equivalents$590K-58.9%
Total assets$15.6M-21.4%
Total liabilities$98.9M+24.9%
Stockholders' equity-$83.3M-40.4%
Gross: -63.4%Op.: -1274.9%L/E: -1.19x

Frequently asked

Is GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. (GCTS) a buy?
GCTS currently carries a Avoid rating with 4/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Insolvent balance sheet, collapsing revenue and a 66x P/S — a speculative 5G option priced like a business, not a stock to own.
What is GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s quality score?
GCTS scores 25.697912864963506/100 (grade F) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001851961, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-12) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 7/3/2026, 10:50:48 AM.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jul 3, 2026, 6:50 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Research and education only — not financial advice. TENKis not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities TENK rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC
2026-06-30
Barker Robert
Director
Award9.26K
2026-06-30
Chun Kukjin
Director
Award9.26K
2026-06-30
Chan Nelson
Director
Award9.26K
2026-06-30
Lee Kyeongho
Director
Award9.26K
2026-06-30
Shin Hyunsoo
Director
Award9.26K
2026-03-31
TUDER JEFFREY
Director
Award24.1K
2026-03-31
Lee Kyeongho
Director
Award24.1K
2026-03-31
Chan Nelson
Director
Award24.1K

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-06-18Miss -0.3% est▼ -26.10%8-K ↗
2026-05-12Miss -0.3% est▲ +85.25%8-K ↗
2026-03-25Beat +29.8% est▲ +7.14%8-K ↗
2025-11-12Miss -29.0% est▼ -2.24%8-K ↗
2025-08-12Miss -82.1% est▼ -1.59%8-K ↗
2025-05-14—▼ -19.38%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Vs tracked universe

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1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score26 vs 67
Revenue growth-68.6% vs 7.5%
Net margin-1513.3% vs 10.0%
Return on equity— vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2