GDS Holdings Ltd (GDS)
GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of data centers in the People's Republic of China. It provides colocation services comprising critical facilities space, customer-available power, racks, and cooling; managed hosting services, including business continuity and disaster recovery, network management, data storage, system security, operating system, database, and server middleware services; managed cloud services; and consulting services. The company serves cloud service providers, large Internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications carriers and IT service providers, large domestic private sector, and multinational corporations. GDS Holdings Limited was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
- Ticker
- GDS
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Information Technology Services
- 52-week range
- $20.57 - $48.61
Valuation
- Share price
- $22.35 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.96x
- Price to book
- 1.06x
- Price to free cash flow
- -21.35x
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|---|
| 1 day | +1.68% |
| 5 days | +1.96% |
| 1 month | -27.97% |
| 3 months | -29.81% |
| 6 months | -51.42% |
| Year to date | -35.96% |
| 1 year | -34.09% |
| 3 years | +99.73% |
| 5 years | -61.66% |
| 10 years | +123.50% |
| All time | +114.70% |
Short interest
- As of
- Oct 15, 2026
- Short % of float
- 12.04%
- Shares short
- 13.74M
- Days to cover
- 4.75
- Change since prior report
- +20.04%
- Source
- FINRA consolidated short interest
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 3.56%
- Return on invested capital
- -0.08%
- Return on assets
- 1.19%
- Return on capital employed
- -0.08%
- Gross margin
- 22.62%
- Net margin
- 8.31%
- EBITDA margin
- 29.77%
- Revenue growth
- 10.76%
- Net income growth
- -72.28%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- -4.68%
- Current ratio
- 1.78x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 5.75x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- Dec 31, 2025
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Shares outstanding
- 190.07M
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 22.62% | 8.31% | 3.56% | -0.08% |
| 2024-12-31 | 21.53% | 33.19% | 15.16% | 1.49% |
| 2023-12-31 | 19.95% | -43.85% | -22.51% | -3.47% |
| 2022-12-31 | 21.06% | -13.69% | -5.48% | 0.64% |
| 2021-12-31 | 22.76% | -15.18% | -4.84% | 0.64% |
| 2020-12-31 | 27.02% | -11.61% | -2.61% | 1.19% |
| 2019-12-31 | 25.29% | -10.72% | -4.29% | 1.86% |
| 2018-12-31 | 22.29% | -15.41% | -7.79% | 1.35% |
| 2017-12-31 | 25.27% | -20.23% | -7.30% | 0.94% |
| 2016-12-31 | 25.16% | -26.18% | -9.26% | -0.66% |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- Nov 18, 2026
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | Jun 2026 | - |
| 2026-05-20 | Mar 2026 | - |
| 2026-03-17 | Dec 2025 | - |
| 2025-11-19 | Sep 2025 | - |
| 2025-08-20 | Jun 2025 | - |
| 2025-05-20 | Mar 2025 | - |
| 2025-03-19 | Dec 2024 | - |
| 2024-11-19 | Sep 2024 | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- gds-services.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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