Comparing Hanryu (NASDAQ:HRYU) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS)

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GDS	$10.53 billion	0.39	-$606.18 million	($3.21)	-6.72
Hanryu	$528,595.00	20.47	-$9.29 million	N/A	N/A

Hanryu has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GDS.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for GDS and Hanryu, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	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 currently has a consensus target price of $18.29, suggesting a potential downside of 15.22%. Given GDS’s higher possible upside, equities 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%

Risk & Volatility

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

Institutional & Insider 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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.