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GDS vs. DOCU, TWLO, GEN, CYBR, RBRK, DT, MDB, PAYC, MNDY, and SNAP

Should you be buying GDS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GDS include DocuSign (DOCU), Twilio (TWLO), Gen Digital (GEN), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Rubrik (RBRK), Dynatrace (DT), MongoDB (MDB), Paycom Software (PAYC), monday.com (MNDY), and Snap (SNAP). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

GDS vs.

DocuSign (NASDAQ:DOCU) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

77.6% of DocuSign shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of GDS shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of DocuSign shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of GDS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

DocuSign received 61 more outperform votes than GDS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.94% of users gave GDS an outperform vote while only 57.60% of users gave DocuSign an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DocuSignOutperform Votes
428
57.60%
Underperform Votes
315
42.40%
GDSOutperform Votes
367
63.94%
Underperform Votes
207
36.06%

DocuSign presently has a consensus price target of $92.46, indicating a potential upside of 6.85%. GDS has a consensus price target of $39.48, indicating a potential upside of 40.20%. Given GDS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GDS is more favorable than DocuSign.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DocuSign
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.19
GDS
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.22

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
DocuSign$2.98B5.89$73.98M$5.1116.93
GDS$10.32B0.52-$606.18M$2.5111.22

In the previous week, DocuSign had 9 more articles in the media than GDS. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for DocuSign and 24 mentions for GDS. DocuSign's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat GDS's score of 0.59 indicating that DocuSign is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DocuSign
27 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
GDS
8 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DocuSign has a net margin of 34.73% compared to GDS's net margin of -35.97%. DocuSign's return on equity of 14.90% beat GDS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DocuSign34.73% 14.90% 6.90%
GDS -35.97%-8.22%-1.99%

DocuSign has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DocuSign beats GDS on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GDS vs. The Competition

MetricGDSComputer & Data IndustryBusiness SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.37B$78.36B$24.37B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A1.96%2.48%4.11%
P/E Ratio-9.2359.3633.3419.71
Price / Sales0.52182.84283.71120.59
Price / Cash36.9830.1930.9334.62
Price / Book1.995.005.414.50
Net Income-$606.18M$3.40B$196.34M$248.22M
7 Day Performance6.51%-2.32%-0.22%0.56%
1 Month Performance25.71%12.59%16.42%13.17%
1 Year Performance251.56%34.56%17.91%7.30%

GDS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GDS
GDS
2.3834 of 5 stars
$28.16
-5.0%
$39.48
+40.2%
+218.8%$5.37B$10.32B-9.231,880Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
DOCU
DocuSign
4.2494 of 5 stars
$91.31
-1.2%
$92.46
+1.3%
+42.6%$18.49B$2.98B18.837,460Positive News
Gap Up
TWLO
Twilio
4.3939 of 5 stars
$116.07
-0.2%
$124.41
+7.2%
+89.7%$17.72B$4.58B-181.368,160Positive News
Insider Trade
Gap Up
GEN
Gen Digital
2.405 of 5 stars
$28.49
-0.7%
$27.50
-3.5%
+10.2%$17.56B$3.94B27.932,700Ex-Dividend
Insider Trade
CYBR
CyberArk Software
3.1249 of 5 stars
$349.29
-1.6%
$415.71
+19.0%
+44.0%$17.26B$1.10B-179.122,140Positive News
Gap Up
RBRK
Rubrik
2.4209 of 5 stars
$86.62
+1.5%
$71.05
-18.0%
+147.8%$16.44B$886.54M-6.293,100
DT
Dynatrace
4.6814 of 5 stars
$53.24
-0.2%
$61.43
+15.4%
+11.0%$15.94B$1.70B33.283,600
MDB
MongoDB
4.452 of 5 stars
$189.01
-1.2%
$293.91
+55.5%
-49.3%$15.35B$2.01B-68.983,540Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
PAYC
Paycom Software
4.3436 of 5 stars
$259.89
-0.2%
$226.90
-12.7%
+43.3%$15.04B$1.91B29.207,306News Coverage
Positive News
MNDY
monday.com
3.729 of 5 stars
$290.10
-1.0%
$346.50
+19.4%
+20.9%$14.73B$1.04B483.501,060Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
SNAP
Snap
3.1866 of 5 stars
$8.69
-0.7%
$35.62
+309.9%
-47.0%$14.52B$5.53B-20.695,290Insider Trade
Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:GDS) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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