Institutional & Insider Ownership
9.7% of Guided Therapeutics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.3% of shares of all “Electromedical equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 66.8% of Guided Therapeutics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of shares of all “Electromedical equipment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Volatility and Risk
Guided Therapeutics has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guided Therapeutics’ competitors have a beta of 16.35, indicating that their average share price is 1,535% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares Guided Therapeutics and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Guided Therapeutics | N/A | N/A | -138.23% |
Guided Therapeutics Competitors | -299.04% | -83.97% | -27.59% |
Earnings and Valuation
Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Guided Therapeutics | $100,000.00 | -$3.49 million | -5.43 |
Guided Therapeutics Competitors | $989.81 million | $83.13 million | 10.51 |
Guided Therapeutics’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Guided Therapeutics. Guided Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Summary
Guided Therapeutics competitors beat Guided Therapeutics on 6 of the 9 factors compared.
About Guided Therapeutics
Guided Therapeutics, Inc., a medical technology company, focuses on developing medical devices. It focuses on the commercialization of LuViva, a non-invasive cervical cancer detection device that identifies cervical cancers and precancers painlessly, non-invasively, and at the point-of-care by scanning the cervix with light, then analyzing the light reflected and fluorescent light. The company was formerly known as SpectRx, Inc. and changed its name to Guided Therapeutics, Inc. in February 2008. Guided Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 1992 and is based in Norcross, Georgia.
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