GDS Holdings (GDS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2015 - 2026)
GDS Holdings' Return on Sales [ROS] was 14.17% in the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 0.01 percentage points from 14.16% a year earlier but down 12.79 percentage points from the prior quarter.
GDS Holdings (GDS) Return on Sales [ROS] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, GDS Holdings' Return on Sales [ROS] was 8.51% through Jun 30, 2026, down 3.87 percentage points year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it was -0.47%, down 11.75 percentage points from the prior year.
- Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -12.20 percentage points (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] was 11.27% in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (+35.97 pp), -24.69% in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (-30.61 pp), 5.92% in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-1.37 pp) and 7.28% in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (-4.44 pp).
- Quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] has moved between -114.93% (the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023) and 30.34% (the quarter ended Sep 30, 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Sales [ROS] was higher in seven of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +15.41 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] over five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2024 (a gain of 126.14 percentage points); the worst was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 (a drop of 120.60 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, GDS's Return on Sales [ROS] in the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 was 26.97% (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), -40.43% (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and 30.34% (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,870.06 Bn | 3,793.22 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 45.11% |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 237.60 Bn | 188.50 Bn | 9.91 Bn | 15.24% |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 97.89 Bn | 81.42 Bn | 499.52 Mn | -29.55% |
| 4 | Equinix | 94.00 Bn | 82.55 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 25.33% |
| 5 | Nebius | 40.27 Bn | 13.71 Bn | 448.70 Mn | -30.21% |
| 6 | CoreWeave | 30.64 Bn | 17.73 Bn | 1.70 Bn | -1.90% |
| 7 | Verisign | 27.35 Bn | 24.71 Bn | 393.20 Mn | 66.93% |
| 8 | Nutanix | 18.82 Bn | 10.50 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 9.24% |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 14.55 Bn | 10.13 Bn | 828.20 Mn | 26.39% |
| 10 | GDS Holdings | 4.57 Bn | -3.57 Bn | 97.55 Mn | 14.22% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 14.22% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 26.97% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -41.00% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 30.34% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 14.29% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 13.41% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.03% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.23% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 12.24% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 9.01% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -119.18% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.20% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.88% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.42% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.67% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.21% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.76% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 6.03% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.95% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.27% |
GDS Holdings Return on Sales [ROS] 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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=GDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "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-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=GDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();