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GDS (GDS Holdings) Pretax Margin % : -8.13% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is GDS Holdings Pretax Margin %?

Pre-Tax margin is calculated as Pre-Tax Income divided by its Revenue. GDS Holdings's Pre-Tax Income for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $-34 Mil. GDS Holdings's Revenue for the three months ended in Sep. 2024 was $419 Mil. Therefore, GDS Holdings's pretax margin for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -8.13%.

The historical rank and industry rank for GDS Holdings's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:

GDS' s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -43.19   Med: -15.73   Max: -9.56
Current: -37.33


GDS's Pretax Margin % is ranked worse than
81.7% of 2770 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 3.005 vs GDS: -37.33

GDS Holdings Pretax Margin % Historical Data

The historical data trend for GDS Holdings's Pretax Margin % 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 Pretax Margin % Chart

GDS Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Pretax Margin %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -10.34 -9.56 -12.13 -10.61 -43.19

GDS Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Pretax Margin % 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 -15.87 -132.57 -10.75 -6.08 -8.13

Competitive Comparison of GDS Holdings's Pretax Margin %

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, GDS Holdings's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % 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 Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, GDS Holdings's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GDS Holdings's Pretax Margin % falls into.



GDS Holdings Pretax Margin % Calculation

Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.

GDS Holdings's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Pretax Margin=Pre-Tax Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-602.248/1394.429
=-43.19 %

GDS Holdings's Pretax Margin for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Pretax Margin=Pre-Tax Income (Q: Sep. 2024 )/Revenue (Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-34.075/419.123
=-8.13 %

* 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.


GDS Holdings  (NAS:GDS) Pretax Margin % Explanation

The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.

The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.

It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.

The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.


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GDS Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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.