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GDS Holdings Limited

$GDS·$6.4B·Information Technology Services·Technology
$31.28-1.2%YTD-14.3%1Y-21.7%
Price updated 10h ago·X counts updated 2d ago
GDGDS
$GDSGDS Holdings Limited
$31.28-1.20%17 posts
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On X

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17X posts · last 7 days
Sep 12Sep 27

AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $GDS — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-09-29

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

GDS Holdings is down 13% year-to-date but Q1 revenue grew 24% — the Chinese data-center leader is compounding operationally even as the ADR tape lags.

GDS Holdings is a $6.4B-cap Chinese data-center operator whose earnings growth has held up despite the broader China-tech drawdown.

  • Down 13% year to date and 21% over the last twelve months, at 22% of its 52-week range and 16% below the 200-day moving average.
  • Q1 revenue $3.37B (local currency) grew 24% year over year at 34% gross margin and 27% operating margin, EPS $13.44.
  • Q4 revenue $2.92B grew 9% year over year — Q1 acceleration was material.
  • Trailing P/E 15, ROE 10%, and free-cash-flow yield -3.3% — reasonable multiples with capex-driven negative FCF.
  • Debt-to-equity 1.50 and beta 0.43 — moderate leverage with lower correlation to the US tape.
  • Three earnings surprises of -11 to 4689% magnitude — the beat cadence is very large but variable.
  • Analyst-covered next-year consensus is $5.04 EPS on $12.78B revenue — implying continued mid-teens growth.
  • Baron Real Estate Fund and Baron Global Opportunity Fund both reported positions in the Q2 activity reports.

November 18 earnings will test whether the operational trajectory holds and whether the ADR reflects the fundamentals catching up.

What to watch: November 18 print — revenue growth staying above 20%, EBITDA margin trajectory, and any updated commentary on hyperscaler contracts or capacity expansion.

On the calendar: 2026-11-18 — Q2 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 — AI infrastructure build-out continues to split the sector: GPU-compute/data-center operators (IREN, KEEL, APLD, SHAZ) accelerate on AI workload demand and power-deal momentum, while legacy IT outsourc.

What this means for $GDS

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

Top industry ETF

$IGViShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF
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-9.1%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$0.52$0.01+4618.7%
Q1 2026May 20, 2026$1.53$-0.03+4689.1%
Q4 2025Mar 17, 2026$-0.04$-0.04-10.8%
Q3 2025Nov 19, 2025$0.45$-0.06+850.0%
Next earningsWed, Nov 18·consensus EPS $-0.04

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$12.8B$12.6B – $13.0B$5.04$1.36 – $8.7312
FY27$14.0B$13.7B – $14.4B$0.22$0.09 – $0.3712
FY28$17.3B$15.1B – $19.8B$1.28$0.43 – $2.6914
FY29$21.0B$19.6B – $22.6B$0.58$0.53 – $0.648
FY30$24.5B$22.9B – $26.4B$1.35$1.23 – $1.4812

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.1.0×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.20%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.-3.1%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.-16.9%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 today1.0% 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.

+ 14 other (11 6-Ks · 1 13G · 1 S-8 · 1 20-F) in window

Recent news

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

GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) and Mogo (NASDAQ:MOGO) Head-To-Head Contrastdefenseworld.net·2d agoCritical Analysis: GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM)defenseworld.net·9d agoBaron Real Estate Fund Q2 2026 Portfolio Activityseekingalpha.com·14d agoHere's Why You Should Hold on to GDS Holdings Stock for Nowzacks.com·15d agoBaron Global Opportunity Fund Q2 2026 Portfolio Activityseekingalpha.com·16d ago

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