Head-To-Head Comparison: GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) and Urgent.ly (OTCMKTS:ULYX)

Urgent.ly (OTCMKTS:ULYX) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS) are both technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Urgent.ly has a beta of -5.01, meaning that its share price is 601% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Urgent.ly	-15.81%	N/A	-47.23%
GDS	30.70%	17.94%	6.11%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Urgent.ly and GDS”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Urgent.ly	$129.19 million	0.09	-$20.43 million	($13.82)	-0.40
GDS	$1.63 billion	3.80	$132.10 million	$2.15	14.42

GDS has higher revenue and earnings than Urgent.ly. Urgent.ly 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 ratings and target prices for Urgent.ly and GDS, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Urgent.ly	1	1	1	0	2.00
GDS	0	2	3	1	2.83

Urgent.ly presently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.84%. GDS has a consensus price target of $48.12, indicating a potential upside of 55.19%. Given GDS’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe GDS is more favorable than Urgent.ly.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

28.3% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of GDS shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Urgent.ly shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of GDS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

GDS beats Urgent.ly on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Urgent.ly

URGENT.LY INC

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.