GDS (GDS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops and operates data centers in the People's Republic of China. The company provides colocation services comprising critical facilities space, customer-available power, racks, and cooling; managed hosting services, including business continuity and disaster recovery, network management, data storage, system security, operating system, database, and server middleware services; managed cloud services; and consulting services. It serves cloud service providers, large Internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications and IT service providers, and large domestic private sector and multinational corporations. GDS Holdings Limited was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $35.84 to $37.29
• 50-Day Range: $23.64 to $38.12
• 52-Week Range: $9.88 to $52.50
• Volume: 1.70 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.15 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.01 billion
• P/E Ratio: 11.28
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $40.57
• Consensus Rating: Buy

GDS Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GDS scored higher than 26% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 242nd out of 315 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

GDS has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.09, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GDS has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for GDS are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.89) to ($0.55) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GDS is 11.28, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.03.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GDS is 11.28, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 29.60.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GDS has a P/B Ratio of 2.23. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.42% 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 4.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GDS has recently increased by 7.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing 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.

Sustainability and ESG

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.42% 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 4.8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GDS has recently increased by 7.63%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.68

News Sentiment

GDS has a news sentiment score of 0.68. 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 1.02 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for GDS this week, compared to 25 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for GDS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -17% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 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

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

Percentage Held by Institutions

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

GDS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GDS shares performed this year?

GDS's stock was trading at $23.76 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GDS shares have increased by 54.8% and is now trading at $36.78.

How were GDS's earnings last quarter?

GDS Holdings (NASDAQ:GDS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 20th. The company reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.22) by $0.70. The business's quarterly revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did GDS IPO?

GDS (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.

Who are GDS's major shareholders?

GDS's top institutional shareholders include Aberdeen Group plc (0.28%), Farther Finance Advisors LLC (0.01%), Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC (0.01%) and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.01%).

How do I buy shares of GDS?

Shares of GDS 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 GDS own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that GDS investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), JD.com (JD), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Meta Platforms (META) and Applied Materials (AMAT).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/20/2025
• Today: 7/26/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/20/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Technology Services
• Sub-Industry: Computer Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:GDS
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:GDS
• CIK: 1526125
• Web: www.gds-services.com
• Phone: 862120292200
• Fax: 86-21-2033-0202
• Employees: 2,276
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for GDS: $40.57
• High Price Target: $53.00
• Low Price Target: $22.40
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.09
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 11.28
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $476.47 million
• Net Margins: 39.90%
• Pretax Margin: 5.78%
• Return on Equity: 0.78%
• Return on Assets: 0.21%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.62
• Current Ratio: 1.47
• Quick Ratio: 1.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.96
• Cash Flow: $1.93 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.06
• Book Value: $16.49 per share
• Price / Book: 2.23

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 190,550,000
• Free Float: 175,329,000
• Market Cap: $7.01 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.31