GDS (GDS) Competitors

GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) and Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GDS or PINS?

Pinterest has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GDS. Pinterest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GDS	$10.32B	0.48	-$606.18M	$2.51	10.26
Pinterest	$3.65B	4.74	$1.86B	$2.69	9.48

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GDS or PINS?

GDS received 62 more outperform votes than Pinterest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.99% of users gave GDS an outperform vote while only 53.52% of users gave Pinterest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GDS	Outperform Votes 366 63.99%	Underperform Votes 206 36.01%
Pinterest	Outperform Votes 304 53.52%	Underperform Votes 264 46.48%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GDS or PINS?

33.7% of GDS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.8% of Pinterest shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of GDS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Pinterest shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer GDS or PINS?

GDS presently has a consensus price target of $39.48, suggesting a potential upside of 53.26%. Pinterest has a consensus price target of $40.93, suggesting a potential upside of 60.52%. Given Pinterest's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pinterest is more favorable than GDS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GDS	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.22
Pinterest	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has more volatility and risk, GDS or PINS?

GDS has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinterest has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GDS or PINS?

In the previous week, Pinterest had 6 more articles in the media than GDS. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Pinterest and 29 mentions for GDS. Pinterest's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat GDS's score of 0.58 indicating that Pinterest is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GDS	8 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pinterest	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GDS or PINS more profitable?

Pinterest has a net margin of 51.07% compared to GDS's net margin of -35.97%. Pinterest's return on equity of 8.10% beat GDS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GDS	-35.97%	-8.22%	-1.99%
Pinterest	51.07%	8.10%	6.97%

Summary

Pinterest beats GDS on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.