Hanryu (NASDAQ:HRYU) & GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) Head to Head Analysis

GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) and Hanryu (NASDAQ:HRYU) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

33.7% of GDS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hanryu shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of GDS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility & Risk

GDS has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hanryu has a beta of -5.17, indicating that its stock price is 617% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for GDS and Hanryu, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GDS	0	1	3	1	3.00
Hanryu	0	0	0	0	N/A

GDS presently has a consensus price target of $18.29, suggesting a potential downside of 11.61%. Given GDS’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GDS is more favorable than Hanryu.

Profitability

This table compares GDS and Hanryu’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GDS	-39.96%	-9.10%	-2.33%
Hanryu	N/A	-54.95%	-33.66%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares GDS and Hanryu”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GDS	$10.53 billion	0.37	-$606.18 million	($3.21)	-6.45
Hanryu	$528,595.00	19.92	-$9.29 million	N/A	N/A

Hanryu has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GDS.

Summary

GDS beats Hanryu on 9 of the 12 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 Hanryu

Hanryu Holdings, Inc. operates FANTOO, an online social media platform that connects users worldwide that share similar interests. Its platform allows users to interact with other like-minded users to share their appreciation of various types of entertainment and cultures, create and monetize their content, enjoy other users content, engage in commerce, and experience a fandom community. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.