GDS (GDS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. Through its international operations, the company has also expanded its data center platform into selected markets in Southeast Asia. William Huang is the company’s founder, chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $23.60 to $25.38
• 50-Day Range: $25.86 to $35.38
• 52-Week Range: $23.60 to $48.61
• Volume: 4.47 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.11 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $5.07 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.78
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $48.12
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

GDS Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GDS scored higher than 67% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 269th out of 589 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

GDS has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

GDS has a consensus price target of $48.12, representing about 89.7% upside from its current price of $25.36.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GDS has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -15.70%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for GDS are expected to decrease by -15.70% in the coming year, from $2.23 to $1.88 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GDS is 11.80, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.86.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GDS is 11.80, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 78.54.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GDS has a P/B Ratio of 1.37. 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

6.21% of the float of GDS has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GDS has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 10.09, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GDS has recently decreased by 7.69%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

GDS does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

GDS does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.59

News Sentiment

GDS has a news sentiment score of 0.59. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for GDS this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for GDS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added GDS to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

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

Percentage Held by Insiders

7.99% of the stock of GDS is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

33.71% of the stock of GDS is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 6/30/2026
• Today: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/18/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: IT Services
• Sub-Industry: Internet Services & Infrastructure
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:GDS
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:GDS
• CIK: 1526125
• Web: www.gds-services.com
• Phone: 862120292200
• Fax: 86-21-2033-0202
• Employees: 2,434
• Year Founded: 2001

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for GDS: $48.12
• High Price Target: $64.00
• Low Price Target: $36.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +90.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.15
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.78
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.35
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $132.10 million
• Net Margins: 30.70%
• Pretax Margin: 3.63%
• Return on Equity: 17.94%
• Return on Assets: 6.11%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.22
• Current Ratio: 1.78
• Quick Ratio: 1.78

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.41
• Cash Flow: $3.44 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.35
• Book Value: $18.52 per share
• Price / Book: 1.37

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 200,378,000
• Free Float: 184,368,000
• Market Cap: $5.07 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.42