GDS Holdings Limited (GDS) Stock Analysis
Technology · Information Technology Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $41.60: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10 and A.R:R 2.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of data centers in the People's Republic of China. It provides colocation services comprising critical facilities space, customer-available power, racks, and cooling; managed hosting... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $41.60: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10 and A.R:R 2.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and earnings proximity 2d<=7d. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — GDS Holdings Limited
Latest news
- GDS Stock Falls Despite Q1 Beat As Guidance Trails Estimates — benzinga May 20, 2026 negative
- GDS Holdings Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga May 20, 2026 neutral
- GDS Holdings Affirms FY2026 Sales Guidance of $1.749B-$1.819B vs $1.900B Est — benzinga May 20, 2026 negative
- Earnings Scheduled For May 20, 2026 — benzinga May 20, 2026 neutral
- Former Data Center-Laggard VNET Seizes China's AI Moment With CATL Tie-up — benzinga May 19, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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3 floor-breakers
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $41.60: Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10 and A.R:R 2.2:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $39.42. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $51.08 (+22.6% upside). Prior stop was $39.42. Stop-loss: $39.42.
Cyclical trap - fwd PE 201x vs trail 65x (3.1x); Quality below floor (3.5 < 4.0).
GDS Holdings Limited trades at a P/E of 65.3 (forward 200.9). TrendMatrix value score: 6.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
16 analysts cover GDS with a consensus score of 4.4/5. Average price target: $57.
What does GDS Holdings Limited do?GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of data centers in the...
GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of data centers in the People's Republic of China. It 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. The company serves cloud service providers, large Internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications carriers and IT service providers, large domestic private sector, and multinational corporations. GDS Holdings Limited was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.