GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, designs, builds, and operates data centers in the People's Republic of China. The company provides colocation, managed hosting, and managed cloud services. Its data centers service customers that primarily operate in the Internet and banking industries in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Chengdu. The company serves Internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications and IT service providers, and large domestic private sector and multinational corporations. GDS Holdings Limited was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
Industry, Sector and Symbol
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Industry Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related
Sub-IndustryN/A
SectorBusiness Services
SymbolNASDAQ:GDS
CUSIPN/A
Phone86-21-2033-0303
Debt
Debt-to-Equity Ratio1.78
Current Ratio1.51
Quick Ratio1.51
Price-To-Earnings
Trailing P/E Ratio-65.93
Forward P/E Ratio-93.22
P/E GrowthN/A
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$248.40 million
Price / Sales15.87
Cash Flow$0.1314 per share
Price / Cash255.32
Book Value$6.80 per share
Price / Book4.94
Profitability
EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)($0.51)
Net Income$-48,380,000.00
Net Margins-18.51%
Return on Equity-8.53%
Return on Assets-2.72%
Miscellaneous
Employees740
Outstanding Shares117,430,000
Market Cap$3.95 billion
GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) Frequently Asked Questions
What is GDS's stock symbol?
GDS trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GDS."
When is GDS's next earnings date?
What price target have analysts set for GDS?
8 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for GDS's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $53.00. On average, they expect GDS's share price to reach $38.8875 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for GDS.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for GDS?
8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for GDS in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for GDS.
Are investors shorting GDS?
GDS saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,270,101 shares, an increase of 39.5% from the July 31st total of 7,360,475 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,377,832 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. View GDS's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of GDS's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to GDS include Snap (SNAP), 58.com (WUBA), Yandex (YNDX), Line (LN), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Sabre (SABR), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Trade Desk (TTD), Wix.Com (WIX), Stars Group (TSG), HUYA (HUYA), InterXion (INXN), Pluralsight (PS), Switch (SWCH) and TrueCar (TRUE).
Who are GDS's key executives?
GDS's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. William Wei Huang, Chairman & CEO (Age 51)
- Mr. Daniel Newman, Chief Financial Officer (Age 57)
- Ms. Yan Liang, Sr. VP of Operation & Delivery (Age 43)
- Mr. Xu Wei, Sr. VP of Sales (Age 46)
- Ms. Yilin Chen, Sr. VP of Product & Service Bus. Unit (Age 47)
When did GDS IPO?
(GDS) raised $251 million in an IPO on Wednesday, November 2nd 2016. The company issued 19,300,000 shares at $12.00-$14.00 per share. Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Citi, RBC Capital Markets, China Renaissance and Credit Agricole CIB were co-managers.
Has GDS been receiving favorable news coverage?
Headlines about GDS stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. GDS earned a news impact score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for GDS.
Who are GDS's major shareholders?
GDS's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd (5.64%), Federated Investors Inc. PA (2.88%), FMR LLC (2.56%), FMR LLC (2.56%), BlackRock Inc. (2.19%) and Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (1.17%).
Which major investors are selling GDS stock?
GDS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, American Assets Capital Advisers LLC, Indus Capital Partners LLC, Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Schroder Investment Management Group, Schroder Investment Management Group, Castleark Management LLC and Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio.
Which major investors are buying GDS stock?
GDS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, American Century Companies Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Northern Trust Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA and Legal & General Group Plc.
How do I buy shares of GDS?
Shares of GDS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is GDS's stock price today?
One share of GDS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.34.
How big of a company is GDS?
GDS has a market capitalization of $3.95 billion and generates $248.40 million in revenue each year. The company earns $-48,380,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.51) on an earnings per share basis. GDS employs 740 workers across the globe.
How can I contact GDS?
GDS's mailing address is 2/F TOWER 2 YOUYOU CENTURY PLACE 428 SOUTH YANGGAO ROAD, SHANGHAI F4, 200127. The company can be reached via phone at 86-21-2033-0303 or via email at [email protected]
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