VNET Group, Inc. (VNET)Technology | Information Technology Services | Beijing, China | NasdaqGS
6.55 USD
-0.09
(-1.355%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 6.54 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:50 a.m. EDT
The long-term investment case is severely compromised by deteriorating fundamentals and a broken capital structure. The company is burning cash with negative free cash flow and negative operating cash flow, while carrying debt nearly five times its equity. Return on equity is negative, and the stock trades at a forward P/E of 44 despite having no earnings, reflecting the market's pricing of extreme risk rather than value. While revenue growth is positive at 14%, it is insufficient to offset the massive leverage and operational bleed. The balance sheet is fragile, with a current ratio below 1.0, making the company vulnerable to any credit tightening. In the short term, the outlook remains murky. Although the stock recently rallied significantly (a +327% year-over-year jump), the technical setup shows heavy selling pressure, with the price trading well below both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The statistical forecast model offers no help, showing a weak bearish lean with very low confidence. Options data confirms this pessimism, with traders buying substantial put protection at strikes below the current price. There is no dividend to provide any income cushion. The combination of a distressed balance sheet, negative cash generation, and lack of analyst consensus on a sustainable turnaround path makes this a high-risk speculative vehicle rather than an investment opportunity. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.265613 |
| MSTL | 0.293888 |
| AutoTheta | 0.297846 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.347792 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 33% |
| H-stat | 5.65 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.526 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.15 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 309.206 |
| Revenue per Share | 39.187 |
| Market Cap | 1,864,730,368 |
| Forward P/E | 43.10 |
| Beta | 0.30 |
| Profit Margins | -6.24% |
| Previous Name | 21Vianet Group, Inc. |
| Website | https://www.vnet.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:50 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with significant open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 5.0, 8.0, 12.0) across multiple expirations. Call activity is concentrated near the money and slightly out-of-the-money, suggesting a hedged stance rather than a pure bullish bet. The skew in implied volatility favors downside moves, indicating fear of further weakness.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.17617863 |
| Address1 | Guanjie Building |
| Address2 | Southeast 1st Floor 10# Jiuxianqiao East Road Chaoyang District |
| All Time High | 44.45 |
| All Time Low | 1.39 |
| Ask | 6.98 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.5 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 6,759,370 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 5,113,487 |
| Average Volume | 5,113,487 |
| Average Volume10Days | 6,759,370 |
| Beta | 0.297 |
| Bid | 6.5 |
| Bid Size | 3 |
| Book Value | 2.1311576 |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 6.55 |
| Current Ratio | 0.973 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 6.78 |
| Day Low | 6.48 |
| Debt To Equity | 309.206 |
| Display Name | VNET |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,787,054,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,787,054,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,787,056,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,795,091,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,795,091,400 |
| Ebitda | 3,281,273,088 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.30556 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 9.772 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.986 |
| Enterprise Value | 32,065,753,088 |
| Eps Current Year | -6.11499 |
| Eps Forward | 0.15198411 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.27 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 86 10 8456 4234 |
| Fifty Day Average | 7.532 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.9819999 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.13037704 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -17.617863 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 14.48 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -7.9299994 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5476519 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.17 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.3800001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.061588347 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.17 - 14.48 |
| Financial Currency | CNY |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,303,392,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 64,057,761 |
| Forward Eps | 0.15198411 |
| Forward P E | 43.09661 |
| Free Cashflow | -3,814,723,584 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 2,784 |
| Fullday Change | -0.0899997 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.35542 |
| Fullday Price | 6.54 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.20491 |
| Gross Profits | 2,200,460,032 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.61974996 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 284,691,643 |
| Industry | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Disp | Information Technology Services |
| Industry Key | information-technology-services |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | VNET Group, Inc., an investment holding company, provides data center hosting and related services in China. The company offers managed hosting services comprising managed retail services, such as colocation services that dedicate data center space to house customers' servers and networking equipment, as well as allow customers to lease partial or entire cabinets for their servers; interconnectivity services that allow customers to connect their servers; and value-added services, including hybrid IT, bare metal, firewall, server load balancing, data backup and recovery, data center management, server management, and standby server services. It also provides cloud services that allow customers to run applications over the internet using IT infrastructure; and VPN services that extend customers' private networks by setting up connections through the public internet. In addition, the company offers server administration services, including operating system support and assistance with updates, server monitoring, server backup and restoration, server security evaluation, firewall services, and disaster recovery services. It serves information technology and cloud services, communications and social networking, gaming and entertainment, e-commerce, automobile, financial services, and blue-chip and small-to-mid-sized enterprises; government agencies; individuals; and telecommunication carriers. The company was formerly known as 21Vianet Group, Inc. and changed its name to VNET Group, Inc. in October 2021. VNET Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Beijing, China. |
| Long Name | VNET Group, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,864,730,368 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_129459462 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-08-28 |
| Net Income To Common | -2,381,378,048 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,890,352,508 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 14 |
| Open | 6.67 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,747,992,960 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0825 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.45 |
| Phone | 86 10 8456 2121 |
| Post Market Change | -0.010000229 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.15267524 |
| Post Market Price | 6.54 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Prev Name | 21Vianet Group, Inc. |
| Previous Close | 6.64 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -1.0711383 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.073447 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.17364566 |
| Profit Margins | -0.06237 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.752 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.5 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0899997 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.35542 |
| Regular Market Day High | 6.78 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 6.48 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 6.48 - 6.78 |
| Regular Market Open | 6.67 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 6.64 |
| Regular Market Price | 6.55 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,587,866 |
| Return On Assets | 0.0117 |
| Return On Equity | -0.04701 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.142 |
| Revenue Per Share | 39.187 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 279,561,356 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1347 |
| Shares Short | 38,349,925 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 42,577,426 |
| Short Name | VNET Group, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.24159999 |
| Short Ratio | 10.55 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | VNET |
| Target High Price | 25.08094 |
| Target Low Price | 7.574247 |
| Target Mean Price | 13.722112 |
| Target Median Price | 13.371621 |
| Total Cash | 6,720,690,176 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 23.692 |
| Total Debt | 30,983,540,736 |
| Total Revenue | 10,738,709,504 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.27 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.4471 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 9.15085 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.60085 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.2842195 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,587,866 |
| Website | https://www.vnet.com |
| Zip | 100,016 |