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GDS Holdings Ltd GDS
GDS Holdings Ltd (GDS) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $11.4B at a 8.3% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | TD Cowen | Buy (main) |
| 2025-11-20 | TD Cowen | Buy (main) |
| 2025-11-06 | Macquarie | Outperform (init) |
| 2025-08-22 | B of A Securities | Buy (main) |
| 2025-08-21 | JMP Securities | Market Outperform (main) |
| 2025-08-20 | B of A Securities | Buy (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.143 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.064 |
| EBIT / assets | -0.001 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.511 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDS | GDS Holdings Ltd | 7/9 | 1.26 | — | +10.8% |
| FLUT | Flutter Entertainment plc | 3/9 | 1.35 | — | +16.6% |
| SNAP | Snap Inc | 4/9 | -3.13 | — | +10.6% |
| APP | AppLovin Corp | 8/9 | 7.86 | 48.1 | +70% |
| ZM | Zoom Communications, Inc. | 6/9 | 10.62 | 14.2 | +4.4% |
| BIDU | Baidu, Inc. | 1/9 | 3.98 | — | +1.2% |
| PINS | PINTEREST, INC. | 5/9 | 10.83 | 28 | +15.8% |
About GDS Holdings Ltd
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.
FAQ
Is GDS financially healthy?
GDS Holdings Ltd's Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does GDS pay a dividend?
No, GDS Holdings Ltd does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is GDS?
In FY2025, GDS Holdings Ltd had a net margin of 8.3% and a return on equity of 3.6%.
What is the analyst price target for GDS?
The average Wall-Street price target for GDS Holdings Ltd is $53.44, about 63.2% above the recent price, from 18 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is GDS a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on GDS Holdings Ltd: a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.