Comparing CISO Global (NASDAQ:CISO) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS)

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for GDS and CISO Global, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GDS	0	2	3	1	2.83
CISO Global	1	0	0	0	1.00

GDS currently has a consensus target price of $48.12, indicating a potential upside of 110.95%. Given GDS’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GDS is more favorable than CISO Global.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares GDS and CISO Global”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GDS	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.15	10.61
CISO Global	N/A	N/A	N/A	($0.19)	-0.95

CISO Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GDS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

33.7% of GDS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.1% of CISO Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of GDS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.0% of CISO Global shares are owned 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GDS	N/A	N/A	N/A
CISO Global	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

GDS beats CISO Global on 5 of the 7 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 CISO Global

CISO Global Inc. operates as a cybersecurity and compliance company in the United States, Chile, and internationally. The company offers security managed services, including compliance, secured managed, and cyber defense operation services; culture education and enablement; tools and technology provisioning; data, privacy, regulations, and compliance monitoring; remote infrastructure administration; and antivirus and patch management services. It also provides cybersecurity professional services, such as incident response and digital forensics; security testing and training; cybersecurity consulting; compliance auditing; vulnerability assessment and penetration testing; and disaster recovery and data backup solutions. The company was formerly known as Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corporation and changed its name to CISO Global Inc. in May 2023. CISO Global Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.