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GDS Holdings (BSP:G1DS34) Financial Strength

: 4 (As of Sep. 2023)
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GDS Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.

Warning Sign:

GDS Holdings Ltd displays poor financial strength. Usually, this is caused by too much debt for the company.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

GDS Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.16. GDS Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 4.75. As of today, GDS Holdings's Altman Z-Score is 0.21.


Competitive Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, GDS Holdings's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

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GDS Holdings Financial Strength Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, GDS Holdings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GDS Holdings's Financial Strength falls into.



GDS Holdings Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

GDS Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was R$-341 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Sep. 2023 was R$55 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R$30,202 Mil.

GDS Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Sep. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Sep. 2023 )
=-1*54.6/-340.5
=0.16

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

Warning Sign:

Ben Graham prefers companies' interest coverage to be at least 5. GDS Holdings Ltds earnings cannot cover its interest expense. If the situation continues, the company may have to issue more debt.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

GDS Holdings's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Sep. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(2168.515 + 30201.949) / 6818.808
=4.75

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

GDS Holdings has a Z-score of 0.21, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.21 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

* 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  (BSP:G1DS34) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

GDS Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 4.


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GDS Holdings (BSP:G1DS34) Business Description

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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