GDS vs Peers Stock Comparison

GDS Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GDS GDS Holdings Ltd
$22.81 -30.4% 1M -34.7% 1Y
Market cap
$4.33B
P/E
8.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.75B
Div. yield
–
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Percentile Scorecard

GDS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGDS
Valuation 95 #3 of 38
Growth 57 #16 of 36
Profitability 73 #10 of 34
Financial Health 51 #19 of 38
Shareholder Returns –
Overall 69
  • GDS ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGDSSPY
1 month -30.4% -0.8%
3 months -27.3% +3.5%
6 months -48.1% +7.0%
Year to date -34.6% +12.2%
1 year -34.7% +13.0%
3 years +137.9% +86.3%
3 years, per year +33.5% +23.1%
5 years -61.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year -17.5% +11.0%

Risk

MeasureGDSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 57.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 58.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.61 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -52.0% -1.8%
52-week high $47.52 $779.14
52-week low $22.14 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGDS
P/E now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 29.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 4.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 11.1xmedian 24.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.9xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 3.9x
PEG now vs peer median 0.12median 0.38

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGDS
Revenue $1.75B
Gross profit $436.56M
Operating income $82.93M
Net income $542.46M
Free cash flow $952.99M
R&D $4.66M
EPS (diluted) $2.57
Cash & equivalents $2.20B
Total debt $15.20B
Shares (diluted) 205.57M
Enterprise value -$3.95B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGDS
P/E 8.2x
P/FCF 4.9x
P/Operating cash flow 9.2x
P/S 2.7x
P/B 1.1x
P/Tangible book 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 11.1x
EV/EBIT 78.8x
EV/Revenue 3.7x
EV/FCF 6.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 12.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGDS
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 8.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 27.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -57.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -5.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -14.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 71.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -26.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 65.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 15.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 20.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -11.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGDS
Gross margin 24.9%
EBITDA margin 33.5%
Operating margin 4.7%
Pretax margin 14.8%
Net margin 30.1%
FCF margin 54.3%
Operating cash flow margin 29.3%
Return on equity 12.5%
Return on assets 4.4%
Return on invested capital 1.0%
Return on capital employed 0.8%
Asset turnover 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x
Stock comp / revenue 2.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGDS
Debt / assets 31.9%
Debt / equity 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.1x
Debt / FCF 4.2x
Liabilities / assets 64.8%
Equity / assets 35.2%
Interest coverage 0.4x
Current ratio 1.8x
Quick ratio 1.4x
Cash ratio 1.1x
Altman Z-score 0.62

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGDS
Dividend yield –
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield –
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGDS
Forward P/E 43.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.52FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +550.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -103.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.96BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +20.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGDS
Held by institutions 50.9%
Institutions holding 198
Change in shares held, QoQ +15.4%
Institutions buying 120
Institutions selling 61
Buyers to sellers 1.97

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