eBay (EBAY) Competitors

Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Is EQIX or EBAY a better dividend stock?

Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. eBay pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Equinix pays out 219.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. eBay pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EQIX or EBAY?

94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.5% of eBay shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of eBay shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer EQIX or EBAY?

In the previous week, eBay had 13 more articles in the media than Equinix. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for eBay and 27 mentions for Equinix. eBay's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Equinix's score of 1.15 indicating that eBay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equinix	19 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
eBay	30 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate EQIX or EBAY?

Equinix currently has a consensus target price of $990.06, indicating a potential upside of 16.14%. eBay has a consensus target price of $65.54, indicating a potential downside of 1.50%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than eBay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equinix	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
eBay	2 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26

Which has more risk & volatility, EQIX or EBAY?

Equinix has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, eBay has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EQIX or EBAY more profitable?

eBay has a net margin of 19.68% compared to Equinix's net margin of 9.32%. eBay's return on equity of 30.97% beat Equinix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equinix	9.32%	6.31%	2.41%
eBay	19.68%	30.97%	8.78%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EQIX or EBAY?

eBay has higher revenue and earnings than Equinix. eBay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Equinix	$8.75B	9.48	$815M	$8.55	99.70
eBay	$10.28B	3.02	$2.77B	$3.99	16.68

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQIX or EBAY?

eBay received 694 more outperform votes than Equinix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.27% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 65.16% of users gave eBay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equinix	Outperform Votes 1113 73.27%	Underperform Votes 406 26.73%
eBay	Outperform Votes 1807 65.16%	Underperform Votes 966 34.84%

Summary

eBay beats Equinix on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.