GDS Holdings (NASDAQ:GDS) Stock Has Consensus Target Price of $48.12

Key Points

• Analysts maintain a Moderate Buy consensus on GDS Holdings, with three buy ratings, one strong-buy rating, and two holds. The average 12-month price target is $48.12, well above the stock’s $29.60 opening price.
• GDS shares have declined 2.6% and trade near the lower end of their 12-month range of $26.97 to $48.61. The company most recently reported quarterly EPS of $0.52 on revenue of $454.51 million.
• Institutional investors own 33.71% of GDS, with several firms—including Carrhae Capital, Bank of America, and HSBC—recently increasing their positions.

GDS Holdings (NASDAQ:GDS - Get Free Report) has earned a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the six brokerages that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $48.12.

GDS has been the topic of a number of research reports. Zacks Research cut GDS from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Raymond James Financial reissued a "strong-buy" rating and set a $51.00 target price on shares of GDS in a report on Tuesday, September 1st. Wall Street Zen cut shares of GDS from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of GDS in a research note on Thursday, August 13th.

GDS Trading Down 2.6%

Shares of GDS stock opened at $29.60 on Wednesday. GDS has a 12-month low of $26.97 and a 12-month high of $48.61. The company has a market capitalization of $5.93 billion, a PE ratio of 13.77 and a beta of 0.42. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $31.92 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $34.99. The company has a quick ratio of 1.78, a current ratio of 1.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.22.

GDS (NASDAQ:GDS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, June 30th. The company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $454.51 million for the quarter. GDS had a return on equity of 17.94% and a net margin of 30.70%. As a group, analysts predict that GDS will post 2.23 earnings per share for the current year.

Trending Headlines about GDS

Here are the key news stories impacting GDS this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: India Post released its 2026 first merit list for 23,757 Gramin Dak Sevak positions, with coverage focused on state- and zone-wise result downloads, qualifying cutoffs, and next steps for selected candidates. These reports are unrelated to GDS Holdings’ data-center business. India Post GDS 2026 First Merit List Released
• Neutral Sentiment: Additional reports highlight substantial differences in India Post GDS cutoff scores, including thresholds ranging from 100% to 83.5%. The information has no apparent financial or operational connection to GDS Holdings. Stark disparities in first GDS merit list
• Neutral Sentiment: GDS Associates appointed Gary Cooley as chief financial officer. This is a separate organization and should not be interpreted as management news for publicly traded GDS Holdings. GDS Associates Appoints Gary Cooley as Chief Financial Officer

Institutional Trading of GDS

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Carrhae Capital LLP grew its position in GDS by 51.1% during the second quarter. Carrhae Capital LLP now owns 3,300,419 shares of the company's stock worth $99,112,000 after buying an additional 1,115,757 shares in the last quarter. Triata Capital Ltd increased its stake in GDS by 23.5% during the 4th quarter. Triata Capital Ltd now owns 2,974,298 shares of the company's stock worth $103,803,000 after acquiring an additional 566,345 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in GDS by 25.5% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,177,301 shares of the company's stock worth $87,723,000 after acquiring an additional 442,414 shares during the period. WCM Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in GDS in the 1st quarter valued at $68,092,000. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC raised its holdings in GDS by 294.4% in the 1st quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 1,220,693 shares of the company's stock valued at $48,746,000 after acquiring an additional 911,191 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 33.71% of the company's stock.

About GDS

GDS Holdings Limited NASDAQ: GDS is a developer and operator of data centers. The company provides data center infrastructure and related services to cloud service providers, internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications carriers and multinational corporations.

Its services include wholesale and retail colocation, managed data center services, interconnection and cloud connectivity. GDS designs, builds and operates facilities intended to support customers' critical information technology infrastructure, including cloud computing, data storage and other high-performance computing requirements.

Founded in 2001, GDS has historically focused on serving customers in China through data centers in major economic and technology centers.

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