VNET Group, Inc.·Technology

VNET Group remains a buy as wholesale revenue growth and capacity delivery validate the China-AI infrastructure thesis. VNET's wholesale revenue surged 47.1% y/y in Q4, with mature wholesale utilization at 93.1% and significant pre-committed capacity signaling robust demand. Funding concerns are alleviated by successful ABS and REIT initiatives, enabling capex without shareholder dilution and supporting future growth.

I am sticking to a "Buy" rating for VNET Group, following my assessment of its quarterly disclosures and medium-to-long-term outlook. The negatives pertaining to the 4Q25 earnings release include the non-disclosure of new 2026 orders, a sequential decrease in wholesale utilization, and elevated financial leverage. But VNET's strategic positioning in Ulanqab and exposure to OpenClaw-driven AI demand put it in a good position to grow for the long run.

VNET Group, Inc. (VNET) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

VNET Group (VNET) reported break-even quarterly earnings per share versus the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.04. This compares to a loss of $0.01 per share a year ago.

BEIJING, March 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VNET Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNET) ("VNET" or the "Company"), a leading carrier- and cloud-neutral internet data center services provider in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025. "We closed 2025 with strong full-year results, successfully achieving our 2025 delivery plan with a record 404MW delivered and exceeding guidance on both revenues and adjusted EBITDA," said Josh Sheng Chen, Founder, Executive Chairperson and Interim Chief Executive Officer of VNET.

VNET Group (VNET) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions might not help the stock continue moving higher in the near term.
VNET Group, Inc., an investment holding company, provides hosting and related services in China. It offers managed hosting services consisting of managed retail services, such as colocation services that dedicate data center space to house customers' servers and networking equipment, as well as allow customers to lease partial or entire cabinets for their servers; server administration services; interconnectivity services that allow customers to connect their servers; value-added services, including hybrid IT, bare metal, firewall, server load balancing, data backup and recovery, data center management, server management, and backup server services; cloud services that allow customers to run applications over the internet using IT infrastructure; VPN Services that extend customers' private networks by setting up connections through the public internet. The company also provides operating system support and assistance with updates, server monitoring, server backup and restoration, server security evaluation, firewall services, and disaster recovery services; site selection, planning, design, and construction services for wholesale and retail data centers. It serves information technology and cloud services, communications and social networking, gaming and entertainment, e-commerce, automobile, financial services, and blue-chip and small-to-mid-sized enterprises; government agencies; individuals; and telecommunication carriers. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 40 self-built data centers and 64 partnered data centers with 78,540 cabinets under management. The company was formerly known as 21Vianet Group, Inc. and changed its name to VNET Group, Inc. in October 2021. VNET Group, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
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