Company Analysis

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. (GCTS)

NYSE: GCTS · Semiconductors & Related Devices · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade2.4
◀ Past 0.9● Present 2.1▶ Future 4.3
3 est.

The grade of GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
2.4/10
◀ Past0.930% of the headline
● Present2.140% of the headline
▶ Future4.330% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 6 read as filed from the record and 3 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

0.9/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
1.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2021; the latest 2024-04-08.

weight 33% of this tense · 13th percentile among 99 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s filings since 2021 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2024-01-25); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2024-04-08) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
0.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-57.7% a year over 3 filed years; profitable in 0 of 3.

weight 45% of this tense · 5th percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s 3 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $16 million in fiscal 2023 to $3 million in fiscal 2025, down 57.7% a year; it rose in 0 of 2 years; the deepest fall was 82% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 0 of 3 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-57.7%bottom 1% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 1% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 10% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak82.1%bottom 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
1.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 1.1/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 11th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 11% of 94 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 94 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s shareholder treatment is put at 1.1 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 11% of 94 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

2.1/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
0.5/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 632%: owes 632¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 5th percentile among 95 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned less than nothing, about minus 12 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 632 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 30.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 1% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 1% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 14% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
0.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 5% of 97 in its family; net margin -1513.3%.

weight 33% of this tense · 5th percentile among 97 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s standing among 97 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 7% by size; a net margin of -1513.3% ranks in the bottom 5%; revenue growth of -57.7% a year over the last 2 filed years ranks in the bottom 3% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$2.9Mbottom 7% of its family
  • net margin-1513.3%bottom 5% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-57.7%bottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
8.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 8.0/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 80th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 20% of 79 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-03-26 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.6 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2024-03-26 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.6 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 79 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s leadership is put at 8.0 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 20% of 79 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2024-03-26 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 2.6 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.3/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
2.5/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 26% of 94 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 26th percentile among 94 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $590 thousand against debt of $63 million leaves -396.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 1% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -1154.4% of revenue (bottom 5%); a gross margin of -63.4% (bottom 3%); research spending of 488.7% of revenue (top 6%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-396.3%bottom 1% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue-1154.4%bottom 5% of its family
  • gross margin-63.4%bottom 3% of its family
  • research spending against revenue488.7%top 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 39% of 93 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 93 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -57.7% a year over the last three filed years against -57.7% over all 3, speeding up (top 28% of its family); the newest year grew -68.6% (bottom 1%); research spending grew 14.3% a year (top 24%); capital spending grew 169.7% a year (top 3%) (its annual reports). GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Service at $2 million (61%), Product at $1 million (40%); 0 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 28% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-68.6%bottom 1% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending14.3%top 24% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending169.7%top 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
5.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

SI estimate 5.2/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 88 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 88 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 88 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 5.2 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 88 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GCTS · research, not advice