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VNET Group, Inc. VNET
VNET Group, Inc. (VNET) earns a Piotroski F-score of 4/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It does not currently pay a dividend.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | B of A Securities | Buy (main) |
| 2025-03-14 | Citigroup | Buy (main) |
| 2024-11-29 | UBS | Buy (main) |
| 2024-10-09 | HSBC | Buy (up) |
| 2024-09-04 | Citigroup | Buy (init) |
| 2024-03-19 | B of A Securities | Buy (up) |
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 · 4/9 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 · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.022 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.249 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.017 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.19 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VNET | VNET Group, Inc. | 4/9 | -0.64 | — | -84% |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | 5/9 | 6.79 | 31.1 | +15.1% |
| META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 4/9 | 5.34 | 23.1 | +22.2% |
| BIDU | Baidu, Inc. | 1/9 | 3.98 | — | +1.2% |
| FLUT | Flutter Entertainment plc | 3/9 | 1.35 | — | +16.6% |
| GDS | GDS Holdings Ltd | 7/9 | 1.26 | — | +10.8% |
| SNAP | Snap Inc | 4/9 | -3.13 | — | +10.6% |
About VNET Group, Inc.
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.
FAQ
Is VNET financially healthy?
VNET Group, Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 4/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does VNET pay a dividend?
No, VNET Group, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is VNET?
In FY2025, VNET Group, Inc. had a return on equity of -3.7%.
What is the analyst price target for VNET?
The average Wall-Street price target for VNET Group, Inc. is $15.67, about 111.0% above the recent price, from 13 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is VNET a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on VNET Group, Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 4/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress 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.