GDS Holdings (GDS) Share-based Compensation (2015 - 2026)
GDS Holdings (GDS) reported Share-based Compensation of $9.95 million for the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026, up 16.4% from $8.54 million a year earlier but down 18.2% from the prior quarter.
GDS Holdings (GDS) Share-based Compensation (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, GDS Holdings' Share-based Compensation came in at $44.81 million, up 20.6% year-over-year; for the year ended Dec 31, 2025, it came in at $40.52 million, down 0.2% from the prior year.
- Share-based Compensation has a five-year compound annual growth rate of -4.5% (years ended Dec 2020 to Dec 2025).
- By year, Share-based Compensation came in at $40.62 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2024 (-14.3%), $47.41 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2023 (+12.4%), $42.16 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2022 (-31.3%) and $61.4 million in the year ended Dec 31, 2021 (+20.1%).
- Five-year quarterly Share-based Compensation spans a low of $5.56 million in the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 and a high of $14.8 million in the quarter ended Sep 30, 2023.
- Year over year, Share-based Compensation has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 1.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Share-based Compensation in five years was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2023 (growth of 104.5%); the low point was the quarter ended Dec 31, 2022 (a decline of 61.0%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before the quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 came in at $12.15 million (quarter ended Mar 31, 2026), $12.23 million (quarter ended Dec 31, 2025) and $10.49 million (quarter ended Sep 30, 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Stock Comp. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft | 3,964.86 Bn | 3,888.01 Bn | 60.48 Bn | 3.12 Bn |
| 2 | International Business Machines | 222.38 Bn | 173.19 Bn | 9.91 Bn | 498.00 Mn |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 105.62 Bn | 89.15 Bn | 499.52 Mn | 159.87 Mn |
| 4 | Equinix | 96.25 Bn | 84.81 Bn | 1.40 Bn | 145.00 Mn |
| 5 | Nebius | 41.41 Bn | 14.84 Bn | 448.70 Mn | 102.50 Mn |
| 6 | CoreWeave | 33.73 Bn | 20.82 Bn | 1.70 Bn | 165.00 Mn |
| 7 | Verisign | 27.82 Bn | 25.04 Bn | 384.60 Mn | 19.40 Mn |
| 8 | Nutanix | 18.15 Bn | 9.84 Bn | 651.35 Mn | 94.53 Mn |
| 9 | GoDaddy | 13.94 Bn | 9.52 Bn | 828.20 Mn | 70.20 Mn |
| 10 | GDS Holdings | 4.27 Bn | -4.01 Bn | 97.55 Mn | 9.91 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 9.91 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.10 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.05 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.44 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.46 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.53 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.55 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 8.54 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 10.45 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.72 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.22 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.92 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.40 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.40 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 10.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 13.40 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.65 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.22 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.18 Mn |
GDS Holdings Share-based Compensation 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=share-based-compensation&ticker=GDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "share-based-compensation", "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=share-based-compensation&ticker=GDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();