GDS (GDS) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday

GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) is expected to announce its Q2 2025 earnings results before the market opens on Wednesday, August 20th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of ($0.11) per share and revenue of $2.83 billion for the quarter. GDS has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.

GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, May 20th. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.22) by $0.70. GDS had a return on equity of 0.78% and a net margin of 39.90%. The firm had revenue of $375.14 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.72 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned ($1.96) EPS. GDS’s revenue was up 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect GDS to post $-1 EPS for the current fiscal year and $-1 EPS for the next fiscal year.

GDS Price Performance

GDS opened at $36.31 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $32.17 and its 200 day moving average price is $29.72. GDS has a 12-month low of $11.23 and a 12-month high of $52.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.47, a quick ratio of 1.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62. The firm has a market cap of $6.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.14 and a beta of 0.33.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On GDS

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GDS. NewEdge Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of GDS during the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. Advisors Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of GDS during the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in shares of GDS by 30.7% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 379,289 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,608,000 after acquiring an additional 89,059 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 33.71% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GDS has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Daiwa Capital Markets reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of GDS in a research report on Wednesday, May 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised GDS from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the company from $34.00 to $46.00 in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. BMO Capital Markets raised GDS to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 16th. Wall Street Zen raised GDS from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 21st. Finally, JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and issued a $40.00 price target on shares of GDS in a research report on Wednesday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $40.57.

About GDS

GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops and operates data centers in the People's Republic of China. The company 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.