TTC vs GDS Comparison

The Toro Co designs, manufactures, markets, and sells professional turf maintenance equipment and services; turf and agricultural irrigation systems; landscaping equipment and lighting products; snow and ice management equipment; construction equipment; and residential yard and snow thrower products. The company operates through Professional and Residential segments, with the Professional segment serving commercial, agricultural, and construction customers and generating the majority of revenue, while the Residential segment focuses on homeowners. Its products are sold through distributors, dealers, retailers, rental centers, and direct channels, with the United States as its primary revenue-generating market.

GDS Holdings started as an IT service provider in 2001 then moved to the data center business with its first self-developed data center opening in 2010. The company now develops and operates data centers in China and also builds, operates and transfers data centers for other clients. It offers colocation and managed services and mainly targets hyperscale cloud service customers who take large areas of its data centers or even whole data centers under long-term contracts. Its data centers are located predominantly in and around the Tier 1 cities in China and it has also started an expanding into Southeast Asia via the now 38% owned DayOne. GDS listed on the Nasdaq in 2016 and completed a secondary listing in Hong Kong in 2020.