VNET Group (VNET) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

VNET Group, Inc., an investment holding company, provides hosting and related services in China. It offers managed hosting services consisting of managed retail services, such as colocation services that dedicate data center space to house customers' servers and networking equipment, as well as allow customers to lease partial or entire cabinets for their servers; interconnectivity services that allow customers to connect their servers; value-added services, including hybrid IT, bare metal, firewall, server load balancing, data backup and recovery, data center management, server management, and backup server services; cloud services that allow customers to run applications over the internet using IT infrastructure; and VPN Services that extend customers' private networks by setting up connections through the public internet. The company also provides server administration services, such as operating system support and assistance with updates, server monitoring, server backup and restoration, server security evaluation, firewall services, and disaster recovery services. It serves information technology and cloud services, communications and social networking, gaming and entertainment, e-commerce, automobile, financial services, and blue-chip and small-to-mid-sized enterprises; government agencies; individuals; and telecommunication carriers. The company was formerly known as 21Vianet Group, Inc. and changed its name to VNET Group, Inc. in October 2021. VNET Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.24 to $6.60
• 50-Day Range: $4.74 to $13.55
• 52-Week Range: $1.71 to $16.13
• Volume: 5.24 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.16 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.61 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $9.30
• Consensus Rating: Buy

VNET Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

VNET Group scored higher than 61% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 351st out of 654 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

VNET Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.33, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

VNET Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for VNET Group are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.06) to $0.51 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of VNET Group is -2.82, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of VNET Group is -2.82, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

VNET Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.01. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

VNET Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.76. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.71% of the float of VNET Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

VNET Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in VNET Group has recently increased by 1.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

VNET Group does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

VNET Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.71% of the float of VNET Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

VNET Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in VNET Group has recently increased by 1.34%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.92

News Sentiment

VNET Group has a news sentiment score of 0.92. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.78 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for VNET Group this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 7 people have searched for VNET on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 4 people have added VNET Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -56% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, VNET Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

12.10% of the stock of VNET Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

72.83% of the stock of VNET Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

VNET Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have VNET shares performed this year?

VNET Group's stock was trading at $4.74 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, VNET shares have increased by 32.3% and is now trading at $6.27.
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How were VNET Group's earnings last quarter?

VNET Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNET) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March, 12th. The information technology services provider reported ($0.01) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.04. The information technology services provider earned $307.75 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $284.88 million. VNET Group had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.68% and a negative net margin of 28.54%.
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Who are VNET Group's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of VNET Group include GF Fund Management CO. LTD. (0.22%), China Universal Asset Management Co. Ltd. (0.12%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%) and Diversify Wealth Management LLC (0.06%).

How do I buy shares of VNET Group?

Shares of VNET stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of VNET Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that VNET Group investors own include Tesla (TSLA), Alibaba Group (BABA), PayPal (PYPL), NVIDIA (NVDA), JD.com (JD), Micron Technology (MU) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 3/12/2025
• Today: 5/02/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 5/27/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:VNET
• CIK: 1508475
• Web: www.21vianet.com
• Phone: 861084562121
• Fax: 86-10-8456-4234
• Employees: 3,220
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $9.30
• High Stock Price Target: $20.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $5.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +48.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.01)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 1.01
• Net Income: $-372,380,000.00
• Net Margins: -28.54%
• Pretax Margin: -25.33%
• Return on Equity: -5.68%
• Return on Assets: -1.27%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.46
• Current Ratio: 0.83
• Quick Ratio: 0.83

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $8.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.20
• Cash Flow: $0.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 25.94
• Book Value: $3.56 per share
• Price / Book: 1.76

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 257,398,000
• Free Float: 226,253,000
• Market Cap: $1.61 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.15