GDS Holdings Limited

The grade, in three tenses

Headline 4.7 out of ten, 8 of 9 metrics filed and 1 estimated: past 5.3 out of ten, present 4.7 out of ten, future 4.3 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.

The nine metrics

• Surviving crises (past): 7.0 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 70th percentile among 79 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
• Track record (past): 6.7 out of ten. +30.3% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 2 of 10. 67th percentile among 70 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
• Shareholder treatment (past): 2.4 out of ten. Share count grew 3.9% a year. 0% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 2 sales, 0 purchases. 24th percentile among 41 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
• Financial health (present): 3.5 out of ten. ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 68%: owes 68¢ per asset dollar. 35th percentile among 74 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
• Industry position (present): 6.0 out of ten. top 40% of 73 in its family; net margin 8.3%. 60th percentile among 73 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
• Leadership (present): 5.1 out of ten. CrossAssetData estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median). 50th percentile among 42 sector filers. A CrossAssetData estimate, not a filed reading: family median, confidence 20 of 100; its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
• Room to expand (future): 1.7 out of ten. bottom 17% of 71 in its family for room to expand. 17th percentile among 71 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
• Growth drivers (future): 3.4 out of ten. bottom 34% of 70 in its family for growth drivers. 34th percentile among 70 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
• Expectations vs reality (future): 7.3 out of ten. top 27% of 65 in its family for expectations against reality. 73rd percentile among 65 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).

The filing record

Newest annual report: Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 6-K, 2026-09-04. Filings on record since 2016. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.

Where the revenue comes from

Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: Colocation Services 91%, Managed Service and Others 9%, Equipment Sales under 1%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 20-F, filed 2026-04-29).

Who runs it

Huang, William Wei (Chairman and CEO); Liang, Yan (Executive vice president, data center operation and delivery); Newman, Daniel Antony (Chief financial officer); Zhang, Kejing (EVP, sales and service); Qian, Yixin (Executive VP, operation); Baharudin, Zulkifli Bin (director); Chen, Kathy Hua (director); Liu, Chee Ming (director); Lopez, Bruno (director); Sio, Tat Hiang (director); and 7 more. 17 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.

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