GDS Holdings Limited (GDS)Technology | Information Technology Services | Shanghai, China | NasdaqGM
24.83 USD
-1.03
(-3.983%) ⇩
(Oct. 15, 2026, 3:10 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:37 a.m. EDT
The investment case for GDS is bifurcated by its role as a China AI infrastructure play versus its precarious financial reality. Fundamentally, the company sits in a difficult spot: while it boasts a strong MSCI ESG AAA rating and has boosted renewable energy use, its balance sheet is strained with debt-to-equity exceeding 140x and negative free cash flow. The market appears to be pricing in a turnaround, evidenced by the low forward P/E relative to the trailing P/E, though the forward earnings estimate is currently negligible, creating a valuation disconnect. Analyst consensus is strongly bullish, yet the statistical forecasting models show no directional edge, highlighting the tension between the narrative of AI demand and the lagging operational metrics. In the short term, the stock lacks a clear catalyst to break out, trading below both its 50-day and 200-day averages, which dampens immediate momentum. The options market reflects this uncertainty by placing heavy bets on downside protection at the $20-$25 level, suggesting investors fear a correction if the China regulatory environment tightens or if earnings miss expectations. Without a confirmed recovery in free cash flow or a de-leveraging of the balance sheet, the risk-reward profile remains skewed against the buyer, despite the attractive price-to-book ratio. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.038000 |
| AutoETS | 0.038018 |
| MSTL | 0.040271 |
| AutoTheta | 0.043201 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 38% |
| H-stat | 1.30 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.357 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.70 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 142.517 |
| Revenue per Share | 63.233 |
| Market Cap | 4,975,376,384 |
| Trailing P/E | 11.55 |
| Forward P/E | 3952.67 |
| Beta | 0.42 |
| Profit Margins | 30.52% |
| Website | https://www.gds-services.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:37 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a specific directional breakout. Call open interest is heavily skewed toward strikes 35 and 45 in the December 2026 expiration, suggesting a bullish bias if the stock rallies toward the upper end of its range. However, put open interest creates a massive 'wall' at strikes 20 and 25 for the same expiration, indicating a strong defensive floor where traders expect a potential drop to test lower support levels. This distribution suggests a range-bound scenario with high implied volatility, rather than a clear trend.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.22295672 |
| Address1 | Building C, Sunland International |
| Address2 | 4th and 5th Floor No. 999 Zhouhai Road Pudong |
| All Time High | 116.76 |
| All Time Low | 5.01 |
| Ask | 42.12 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.3 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 2,811,100 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,688,610 |
| Average Volume | 1,688,610 |
| Average Volume10Days | 2,811,100 |
| Beta | 0.42 |
| Bid | 24.14 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 22.500715 |
| City | Shanghai |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,577,750,400 |
| Country | China |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 24.83 |
| Current Ratio | 1.783 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 25.0 |
| Day Low | 23.6 |
| Debt To Equity | 142.517 |
| Display Name | GDS |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,622,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,622,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,624,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,795,005,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,795,005,000 |
| Ebitda | 5,501,655,040 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.44861 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.534 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.38 |
| Enterprise Value | 41,450,328,064 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.1139 |
| Eps Forward | 0.006281827 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 2.15 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 31.8104 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -6.9804 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.21943767 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -22.295671 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 48.61 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -23.78 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.48919976 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 23.6 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.2299995 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.052118625 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 23.6 - 48.61 |
| Financial Currency | CNY |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,478,093,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 132,607,148 |
| Forward Eps | 0.006281827 |
| Forward P E | 3,952.6716 |
| Free Cashflow | -4,602,513,408 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 2,434 |
| Fullday Change | -1.0300007 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -3.9829879 |
| Fullday Price | 24.83 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.24849 |
| Gross Profits | 3,047,390,976 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.01472 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.53848 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 200,377,613 |
| Industry | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Disp | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Key | information-technology-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | GDS Holdings Limited |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 4,975,376,384 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_403751487 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 3,658,700,032 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 6,675,140,559 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 24.82 |
| Operating Cashflow | 3,584,009,984 |
| Operating Margins | 0.14222 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.6 |
| Phone | 86 21 2029 2200 |
| Previous Close | 25.86 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 7.9739237 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.1035205 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.40569362 |
| Profit Margins | 0.30519 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.375 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.25 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.0300007 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.9829879 |
| Regular Market Day High | 25.0 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 23.6 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 23.6 - 25.0 |
| Regular Market Open | 24.82 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 25.86 |
| Regular Market Price | 24.83 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,091,456 |
| Regular Market Volume | 3,390,683 |
| Return On Assets | 0.015700001 |
| Return On Equity | 0.12767 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.065 |
| Revenue Per Share | 63.233 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16440773 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 194,928,821 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0571 |
| Shares Short | 11,449,800 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 13,262,982 |
| Short Name | GDS Holdings Limited |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1003 |
| Short Ratio | 10.02 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | GDS |
| Target High Price | 63.020515 |
| Target Low Price | 40.188583 |
| Target Mean Price | 50.343533 |
| Target Median Price | 50.47296 |
| Total Cash | 14,927,347,712 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 76.793 |
| Total Debt | 47,377,907,712 |
| Total Revenue | 12,263,876,608 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 2.15 |
| Trailing P E | 11.548837 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 7.6781 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 37.35585 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -12.52585 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.33531162 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 3,390,683 |
| Website | https://www.gds-services.com |
| Zip | 200,137 |