GDS (NASDAQ:GDS – Get Free Report) and AirSculpt Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRS – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Risk and Volatility
GDS has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AirSculpt Technologies has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares GDS and AirSculpt Technologies’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| GDS | 23.83% | 15.62% | 5.16% |
| AirSculpt Technologies | -7.39% | -4.98% | -2.36% |
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| GDS | $1.63 billion | 4.15 | $132.10 million | $1.57 | 21.58 |
| AirSculpt Technologies | $151.84 million | 2.51 | -$11.67 million | ($0.17) | -31.76 |
GDS has higher revenue and earnings than AirSculpt Technologies. AirSculpt Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for GDS and AirSculpt Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| GDS | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2.80 |
| AirSculpt Technologies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
GDS currently has a consensus target price of $48.04, suggesting a potential upside of 41.79%. AirSculpt Technologies has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential downside of 16.67%. Given GDS’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GDS is more favorable than AirSculpt Technologies.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
33.7% of GDS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of AirSculpt Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of GDS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 44.6% of AirSculpt Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
GDS beats AirSculpt Technologies on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About GDS
GDS Holdings Limited, together with its subsidiaries, develops and operates data centers in the People's Republic of China. The company provides colocation services comprising critical facilities space, customer-available power, racks, and cooling; managed hosting services, including business continuity and disaster recovery, network management, data storage, system security, operating system, database, and server middleware services; managed cloud services; and consulting services. It serves cloud service providers, large Internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications and IT service providers, and large domestic private sector and multinational corporations. GDS Holdings Limited was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.
About AirSculpt Technologies
AirSculpt Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, focuses on operating as a holding company for EBS Intermediate Parent LLC that provides body contouring procedure services in the United States. The company offers AirSculpt, a next-generation body contouring procedure that removes unwanted fat and tightens skin in a minimally invasive procedure. It also provides AirSculpt+, a procedure that permanently removes fat and tightens the skin with unparalleled precision and finesse; and AirSculpt Smooth, an advanced cellulite removal tool. In addition, it provides fat removal procedures across treatment areas, such as the stomach, back, and buttocks; and fat transfer procedures that use the patient’s own fat cells to enhance the breasts, buttocks, hips, or other areas. The company’s body contouring procedures also include the Power BBL, a Brazilian butt lift procedure; the Up a Cup, a breast enhancement procedure; and the Hip Flip, an hourglass contouring procedure. It operates various centers. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida.
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