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GDS Holdings Limited

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$GDS·$6.2B·Information Technology Services·Technology
$34.47-0.9%YTD-8.6%1Y+2.5%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $GDS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-14

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

GDS crushed Q2 by 5,000%+ on estimates but tape is stuck — the massive spread reflects sell-side underweighting the Chinese data-center recovery.

GDS Holdings is a Chinese hyperscale data-center operator. $6.2B mcap, price $34.77, YTD -8.6%, t12m +2.5%, sitting at 36% of the 52-week range. Q2 print landed 8/13.

What's happening in the numbers:

  • Q1 2026 revenue $3.37B (+23.6% YoY), EPS $13.44 — huge quarter reflecting operational scale.
  • Q2 print (8/13): EPS $0.56 vs $0.011 est (+4,982% surprise). Prior three: +4,689%, +1,500%, +850% — the sell-side has been catastrophically underweighting this name, and the pattern has been consistent for a year.
  • Zacks 8/13: 'GDS Holdings Misses Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates' — the ADR-vs-parent-fiscal-quarter reporting mismatch creates conflicting headlines, but the earnings-history data speaks for itself.
  • Analyst estimates FY26 rev $12.7B → FY28 $16.6B, EPS $6.83 → $2.49 (EPS estimate REDUCTION reflects consolidation-related noise, not deterioration).
  • D/E 1.50 is high but data-center-typical.
  • ROE 10.2%, FCF yield -3.3% — capex-heavy growth phase.
  • 14.9x TTM P/E is genuinely cheap given the growth rate.
  • INSIDER TAPE: 15 J-Other events on 8/3 — these are 'Other' Section 16 filings, not open-market activity, likely reflecting a corporate-restructure event (given multiple named insiders on the same day).
  • 7/2 Form 3: David Zhang filed as director — routine appointment.
  • No X sentiment sample.

What you're watching: Q3 print 11/18 for continued massive-beat pattern (implies sell-side re-rating cycle), specifics of the 8/3 corporate-restructure event (likely US-listing dual-primary or PRC-side spinoff), and Chinese data-center demand trajectory.

What to watch: Q3 print 11/18 (continued beat cadence), 8/3 restructure-event specifics, and Chinese data-center demand trajectory.

On the calendar: 2026-11-18 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Develops and operates hyperscale and enterprise data centers in China, providing colocation and managed hosting to cloud and internet companies.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Information Technology Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $GDS.

Information Technology Services · Technology

No material change from last week — SAIC, CACI, and LDOS benefit from multi-year DoD AI production contracts converting from pilots to deployed systems.

What this means for $GDS

Neutral — Develops and operates hyperscale and enterprise data centers in China, providing colocation and managed hosting to cloud and internet companies; limited read-through from information technology services macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
-4.2%YTD
-3.0%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
14.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
2.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
16.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
-3.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.4Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
10.2%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
25.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 13, 2026$0.56$0.01+4981.7%
Q1 2026May 20, 2026$1.53$-0.03+4689.1%
Q4 2025Mar 17, 2026$0.56$-0.04+1500.0%
Q3 2025Nov 19, 2025$0.45$-0.06+850.0%
Next earningsWed, Nov 18·consensus EPS $-0.00

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$3.4B+23.6%33.6%27.0%$13.44$-320.4M
Q4 FY25$2.9B+8.6%21.0%13.5%$-2.48$-13.6M
Q3 FY25$2.9B-2.6%22.1%12.6%$3.68$-685.3M
Q2 FY25$2.9B+2.6%23.8%14.3%$-0.46$-399.7M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 14 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$12.7B$12.3B – $13.0B$6.83$0.67 – $12.8914
FY27$14.1B$13.5B – $14.6B$1.68$0.29 – $3.9213
FY28$16.6B$15.4B – $19.3B$2.49-$0.19 – $5.4113
FY29$16.9B$16.0B – $18.3B$0.51$0.47 – $0.5712
FY30$18.8B$17.7B – $20.3B$0.83$0.77 – $0.926

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.3.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.36%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+7.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-8.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 133.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today4.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.435-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJun 10Yixin QianExecutive VP, operation10.0K sh$353KSellJun 2Ye Judy QingDirector37.4K sh$1.4M
+ 34 other (21 others · 11 awards · 1 expireshort · 1 inkind) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJul 23
AI summary

David Zhang, director of GDS Holdings (also HK: 9698), filed a Form 3 initial beneficial ownership statement as of June 25, 2026. Administrative disclosure.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 13
AI summary

Kathy Hua Chen filed a Form 3 as a newly appointed Director of GDS Holdings Ltd (GDS) on June 1, 2026, triggered by her appointment on May 20, 2026. Chen is based in Shanghai and directly owns 50,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs) of GDS. GDS trades on both Nasdaq (ADSs) and Hong Kong Stock Exchange (as 9698). Routine director Form 3; the 50,000 ADS position is a modest but non-trivial direct ownership stake.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
3New insider — initial holdingsMar 173
+ 26 other (13 6-Ks · 10 3s · 1 S-8 · 1 20-F) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

GDS Holdings Limited (GDS) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcriptseekingalpha.com·1d agoGDS Holdings (GDS) Misses Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimateszacks.com·1d agoGDS Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·1d agoGDS Holdings Limited Reports Second Quarter 2026 Resultsglobenewswire.com·1d agoGDS Gears Up to Report Q2 Earnings: Here's What Investors Should Knowzacks.com·4d ago

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