GDS Holdings Valuation

Is 9698 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

Below Fair Value
Significantly Below Fair Value
Price-To-Sales vs Peers
Price-To-Sales vs Industry
Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio
Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 9698 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate 9698's fair value for valuation analysis.

Significantly Below Fair Value: Insufficient data to calculate 9698's fair value for valuation analysis.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 9698?

Key metric: As 9698 is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for 9698. This is calculated by dividing 9698's market cap by their current revenue.
What is 9698's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio	2.8x
Sales	CN¥10.32b
Market Cap	CN¥29.25b

9698 key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue	6.5x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA	15.2x
PEG Ratio	n/a

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does 9698's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for 9698 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
Company	Forward PS	Estimated Growth	Market Cap
Peer Average	5x
1686 SUNeVision Holdings	8.8x	19.1%	HK$25.0b
2512 Cloud Factory Technology Holdings	1.2x	n/a	HK$897.0m
8645 Byte Metaverse Holdings	3.3x	n/a	HK$403.2m
268 Kingdee International Software Group	6.6x	13.8%	HK$43.9b
9698 GDS Holdings	2.8x	12.2%	HK$4.0b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: 9698 is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.8x) compared to the peer average (5x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does 9698's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the HK IT Industry?

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861 Digital China Holdings	0.2x	15.7%	US$543.73m
1985 Microware Group	0.2x	n/a	US$45.60m
1460 ICO Group	0.2x	n/a	US$26.02m
1147 Edensoft Holdings	0.1x	n/a	US$21.88m

5 Companies		Estimated Growth	Market Cap

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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: 9698 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.8x) compared to the Hong Kong IT industry average (1.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 9698's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

9698 PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio	2.8x
Fair PS Ratio	2.3x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: 9698 is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.3x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

AnalystConsensusTarget

Consensus Narrative from 18 Analysts

HK$43.93

Fair Value

52.5% undervalued

Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/04/13 15:50
End of Day Share Price	2025/04/11 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

GDS Holdings Limited is covered by 36 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Nathan Crossett	Berenberg
Daley Li	BofA Global Research
Shuyun Che	China International Capital Corporation Limited