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GDS Holdings (GDS Holdings) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : -11.91% (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is GDS Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. GDS Holdings's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $-231 Mil. GDS Holdings's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $1,939 Mil. Therefore, GDS Holdings's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -11.91%.

The historical rank and industry rank for GDS Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

GDS' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.64   Med: -9.09   Max: -4.85
Current: -9.01

During the past 9 years, GDS Holdings's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was -4.85%. The lowest was -16.64%. And the median was -9.09%.

GDS's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked worse than
70.98% of 2381 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 7.53 vs GDS: -9.01

GDS Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for GDS Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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GDS Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

GDS Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -16.64 -9.00 -4.85 -6.94 -9.17

GDS Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -8.82 -4.88 -13.03 -6.20 -11.91

Competitive Comparison of GDS Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, GDS Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


GDS Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, GDS Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GDS Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



GDS Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

GDS Holdings's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2022 )  (A: Dec. 2021 )(A: Dec. 2022 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2022 )  (A: Dec. 2021 )(A: Dec. 2022 )
=-209.228/( (2430.368+2133.458 )/ 2 )
=-209.228/2281.913
=-9.17 %

GDS Holdings's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Sep. 2023 )  (Q: Jun. 2023 )(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Sep. 2023 )  (Q: Jun. 2023 )(Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-230.852/( (1972.129+1904.88)/ 2 )
=-230.852/1938.5045
=-11.91 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


GDS Holdings  (NAS:GDS) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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GDS Holdings (GDS Holdings) Business Description

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Address
No. 999 Zhouhai Road, F4/F5, Building C, Sunland International, Pudong, Shanghai, CHN, 200137
GDS Holdings started as an IT service provider in 2001 then moved to the data center business with its first self-developed data center opening in 2010. The company now develops and operates data centers in China and also builds, operates and transfers data centers for other clients. It offers colocation and managed services and mainly targets hyperscale cloud service customers who take large areas of its data centers or even whole data centers under long-term contracts. It has aggressively raised capital over the past four years for expansion. Its data centers are located predominantly in and around the Tier 1 cities in China and it has also started an expanding into Southeast Asia. GDS listed on the NASDAQ in 2016 and completed a secondary listing in Hong Kong in 2020.

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