Reviewing Guided Therapeutics (GTHP) & Its Rivals

Guided Therapeutics (OTCMKTS:GTHP) is one of 78 publicly-traded companies in the “Electromedical equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Guided Therapeutics to related companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Guided Therapeutics and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Guided Therapeutics	$100,000.00	-$3.49 million	-5.33
Guided Therapeutics Competitors	$990.04 million	$83.13 million	9.84

Guided Therapeutics’ peers have higher revenue and earnings than Guided Therapeutics. Guided Therapeutics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Guided Therapeutics and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Guided Therapeutics	0	0	0	0	N/A
Guided Therapeutics Competitors	287	826	2136	109	2.62

As a group, “Electromedical equipment” companies have a potential upside of 2,878.01%. Given Guided Therapeutics’ peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Guided Therapeutics has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Risk and Volatility

Guided Therapeutics has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guided Therapeutics’ peers have a beta of 0.92, meaning that their average share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of shares of all “Electromedical equipment” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Guided Therapeutics and its peers’ 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	-299.08%	-83.96%	-27.59%

Summary

Guided Therapeutics peers beat Guided Therapeutics on 7 of the 10 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.