Home / Auditor changes / GigaCloud Technology Inc

3/5GigaCloud Technology Inc (GCT): Auditor change

Filed 2026-03-03 路 Form 8-K 路 Accession 0001857816-26-000021 small

Market data

Price before filing: $43.01 (2026-03-02 close, split/dividend-adjusted)
Market cap at flag: $1.56B (2026-03-03) 路 Latest: $2.10B (2026-10-16)

What happened next

WindowGCTSPYvs SPY
30 days+4.1%-4.2%+8.3%2026-04-02
90 days-17.7%+10.8%-28.6%2026-06-01
180 days+12.8%+12.3%+0.5%2026-08-31

Return from the last close before the filing date to the first close on/after the window end. Pending windows have not fully elapsed. Past performance says nothing certain about the future.

Insider trading around this filing

90 days before the flag: 2 insiders sold $16.7M (38 sales)
30 days after: 2 insiders sold $23.7M (36 sales)

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue10b5-1 planSource
2025-12-04Hao Xinyan (+1 joint filer)
Chief Operating Officer
Sale49,200$40.07$2.0MyesForm 4
2025-12-05Hao Xinyan (+1 joint filer)
Chief Operating Officer
Sale800$40.04$32KyesForm 4
2026-01-07Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale4,421$41.95$185KyesForm 4
2026-01-07Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale15,579$42.48$662KyesForm 4
2026-01-08Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale17,544$41.37$726KyesForm 4
2026-01-08Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale2,456$42.13$103KyesForm 4
2026-01-09Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale17,735$42.03$745KyesForm 4
2026-01-09Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale2,265$42.46$96KyesForm 4
2026-01-12Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale4,100$42.23$173KyesForm 4
2026-01-12Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale9,059$43.26$392KyesForm 4
2026-01-12Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale6,841$44.25$303KyesForm 4
2026-01-13Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale2,010$40.83$82KyesForm 4
2026-01-13Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale16,795$41.88$703KyesForm 4
2026-01-13Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale685$43.01$29KyesForm 4
2026-01-13Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale510$43.91$22KyesForm 4
2026-01-14Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale7,046$40.57$286KyesForm 4
2026-01-14Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale12,954$41.14$533KyesForm 4
2026-01-15Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale9,258$41.32$383KyesForm 4
2026-01-15Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale10,742$41.66$448KyesForm 4
2026-01-16Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale8,467$41.06$348KyesForm 4
2026-01-16Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale11,533$41.54$479KyesForm 4
2026-01-20Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale1,700$40.01$68KyesForm 4
2026-01-21Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale210$40.26$8KyesForm 4
2026-01-22Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale15,952$40.66$649KyesForm 4
2026-01-22Wu Lei (+2 joint filers)
Chief Executive Officer, Director, 10% owner
Sale4,048$41.27$167KyesForm 4
2026-03-03: red flag filed

Showing 25 of 74 transactions.

Open-market purchases and sales (Form 4 codes P and S) by officers, directors and 10% owners, by transaction date, from 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-02. Excludes option exercises, grants, gifts and tax withholding. Amended filings replace the originals; joint filings count once. Foreign private issuers do not file Form 4. Many insider sales are pre-scheduled (10b5-1 plans) and are not by themselves a sign of wrongdoing.

Verified excerpt

"On March 2, 2026, the Audit Committee approved the dismissal of KPMG Huazhen LLP (" KPMG ") as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm effective immediately."

Quoted from the filing. Source

What this means

The company changed its outside auditor (8-K Item 4.01). A dismissal or resignation, especially near an annual report or with reported disagreements, is a warning sign. Changes caused by audit firms merging are usually routine.

Type: dismissed
Disagreements reported: no
Former auditor: KPMG Huazhen LLP · New auditor: Grant Thornton LLP

Read the original filing on SEC.gov →

Not investment advice. Automated summary; verify against the filing.

Get the weekly "Red Flags" newsletter

The week's most serious auditor changes, restatements, late filings and going-concern warnings, in plain English. Free. Unsubscribe anytime.

Subscribe to the newsletter →
The signup form didn't load here (often an ad or privacy blocker). This opens beehiiv's secure signup page.

Form not showing? Subscribe on beehiiv →

Newsletter delivered by beehiiv. See our privacy policy.