GDS Holdings (GDS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2016 - 2026)
GDS Holdings (GDS) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 4.38% for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, down 1.54 percentage points from 5.92% a year earlier but up 0.88 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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GDS Holdings (GDS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2016 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, GDS Holdings posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 1.24%, down 3.19 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of +2.76 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 4.43% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+10.01 pp), -5.58% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-3.97 pp), -1.61% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (+0.25 pp) and -1.86% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-0.34 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] spans a low of -5.42% in the quarter ended Mar 31, 2024 and a high of 6.89% in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.10 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025 (a gain of 11.77 percentage points); the low point was the quarter ended Jun 30, 2024 (a drop of 4.62 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 came in at 3.49% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), 1.19% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 6.89% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,964.86 Bn | 3,888.01 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 18.42% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 222.38 Bn | 173.19 Bn | 9.91 Bn | 6.96% |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 105.62 Bn | 89.15 Bn | 499.52 Mn | -3.26% |
| 4 | Equinix | 96.25 Bn | 84.81 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 3.73% |
| 5 | Nebius | 41.41 Bn | 14.84 Bn | 448.70 Mn | 0.25% |
| 6 | CoreWeave | 33.73 Bn | 20.82 Bn | 1.70 Bn | -2.91% |
| 7 | Verisign | 27.82 Bn | 25.04 Bn | 384.60 Mn | 54.84% |
| 8 | Nutanix | 18.15 Bn | 9.84 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 35.49% |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 13.94 Bn | 9.52 Bn | 828.20 Mn | 11.27% |
| 10 | GDS Holdings | 4.27 Bn | -4.01 Bn | 97.55 Mn | 4.37% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.37% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 3.47% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.17% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.97% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.01% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.07% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -4.88% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -5.38% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -5.92% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -6.04% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.90% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -2.07% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -2.08% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -2.15% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -2.61% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.12% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.00% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -1.98% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -2.45% |
API Access
GDS Holdings Return on Assets [ROA] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=GDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "GDS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=GDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();