GDS (GDS) Competitors

GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) and Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, GDS or NTNX?

GDS has a beta of 0.23, meaning that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nutanix has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GDS or NTNX?

Nutanix received 338 more outperform votes than GDS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.12% of users gave Nutanix an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave GDS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GDS	Outperform Votes 366 63.99%	Underperform Votes 206 36.01%
Nutanix	Outperform Votes 704 70.12%	Underperform Votes 300 29.88%

Is GDS or NTNX more profitable?

Nutanix has a net margin of -3.54% compared to GDS's net margin of -35.97%. GDS's return on equity of -8.22% beat Nutanix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GDS	-35.97%	-8.22%	-1.99%
Nutanix	-3.54%	-12.28%	3.30%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GDS or NTNX?

33.7% of GDS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.3% of Nutanix shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of GDS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Nutanix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer GDS or NTNX?

In the previous week, GDS had 15 more articles in the media than Nutanix. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for GDS and 17 mentions for Nutanix. Nutanix's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat GDS's score of 0.22 indicating that Nutanix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GDS	3 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Nutanix	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend GDS or NTNX?

GDS currently has a consensus target price of $39.48, indicating a potential upside of 91.37%. Nutanix has a consensus target price of $87.85, indicating a potential upside of 39.77%. Given GDS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe GDS is more favorable than Nutanix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GDS	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.22
Nutanix	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GDS or NTNX?

Nutanix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GDS. Nutanix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GDS	$10.32B	0.38	-$606.18M	$2.51	8.22
Nutanix	$2.32B	7.23	-$124.78M	-$0.28	-224.46

Summary

Nutanix beats GDS on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.