Metric Deep Dive: Understanding GDS Holdings Limited ADR (GDS) Through its Ratios

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After finishing at $22.16 in the prior trading day, GDS Holdings Limited ADR (NASDAQ: GDS) closed at $21.40, down -3.43%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.37 million shares were traded. GDS stock price reached its highest trading level at $22.34 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $21.15.

Ratios:

Our goal is to gain a better understanding of GDS by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.19 and its Current Ratio is at 1.19. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.58 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.24.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, RBC Capital Mkts on July 08, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Outperform and sets its target price to $14 from $13 previously.

Insider Transactions:

The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 16 ’24 when Liang Yan bought 5,000 shares for $20.90 per share.

Ye Judy Qing bought 4,183 shares of GDS for $86,002 on Dec 13 ’24. On Dec 12 ’24, another insider, Ye Judy Qing, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 3,257 shares for $20.84 each.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GDS now has a Market Capitalization of 4273836800 and an Enterprise Value of 79315509248. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.65 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.57. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.533 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.78.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for GDS is 0.13, which has changed by 2.7181208 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22212577 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GDS has reached a high of $29.17, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.34%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 43.37%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 1.30M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1803920 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 188.95M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 184.94M. Insiders hold about 2.12% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 34.26% stake in the company. Shares short for GDS as of 1730332800 were 5621693 with a Short Ratio of 4.52, compared to 1727654400 on 5552779. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5621693 and a Short% of Float of 5.71.

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