AirSculpt Technologies (NASDAQ:AIRS – Get Free Report) and GDS (NASDAQ:GDS – Get Free Report) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
91.5% of AirSculpt Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of GDS shares are held by institutional investors. 44.6% of AirSculpt Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of GDS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Risk & Volatility
AirSculpt Technologies has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GDS has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| AirSculpt Technologies | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.50 |
| GDS | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2.80 |
AirSculpt Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.36%. GDS has a consensus price target of $48.04, indicating a potential upside of 35.51%. Given GDS’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GDS is more favorable than AirSculpt Technologies.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares AirSculpt Technologies and GDS”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| AirSculpt Technologies | $151.82 million | 2.50 | -$11.67 million | ($0.17) | -31.65 |
| GDS | $12.08 billion | 0.59 | $132.10 million | $1.57 | 22.58 |
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.
Profitability
This table compares AirSculpt Technologies and GDS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| AirSculpt Technologies | -7.39% | -4.98% | -2.36% |
| GDS | 23.83% | 15.62% | 5.16% |
Summary
GDS beats AirSculpt Technologies on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
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