GDS Holdings (GDS)

Technology · Information Technology Services
$31.03 +5.94% on the day Market cap $5.5B 52-week range $26.97 to $48.61 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

GDS Holdings's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from GDS's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability4
Growth2
Financial health4
Cash efficiency0

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)42.2x
P/E (forward)234.1x
Price / free cash flow—
EV / EBITDA15.0x
Price / sales0.48x
Price / book1.45x
Revenue growth+10.8%
Operating margin-0.49%
Net margin8.3%
Return on equity9.2%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity1.96x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from GDS Holdings's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$7.8B$9.3B$9.8B$10.3B$11.4B
Net income-$1.2B-$1.3B-$4.3B$3.4B$950M
Free cash flow-$8.5B-$3.1B-$1.1B-$1.2B-$1.3B
EPS (diluted)-$0.90-$1.03-$2.96$2.27$0.55
Operating margin7.3%7.7%-22.6%11.2%-0.49%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Colocation services$10.4B91%
Managed service and others$1.1B9%
Equipment sales$4M0%

Superinvestors who own GDS

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 3 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Trimmed $127M0.19%Q2 2026
Seth Klarman
Baupost Group
Added $113M2.1%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $222,8530.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by GDS Holdings's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of GDS in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are GDS Holdings insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of GDS in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own GDS Holdings?

3 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold GDS in their latest 13F, including Ron Baron, Seth Klarman, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.