eBay (EBAY) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	10.37	$815M	$8.55	108.98
eBay	$10.11B	3.33	$2.77B	$3.98	17.64

Does the media favor EQIX or EBAY?

In the previous week, Equinix had 11 more articles in the media than eBay. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Equinix and 28 mentions for eBay. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat eBay's score of 0.59 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equinix	28 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
eBay	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, EQIX or EBAY?

Equinix has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, eBay has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EQIX or EBAY?

eBay received 693 more outperform votes than Equinix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.28% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 65.36% of users gave eBay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equinix	Outperform Votes 1111 73.28%	Underperform Votes 405 26.72%
eBay	Outperform Votes 1804 65.36%	Underperform Votes 956 34.64%

Is EQIX or EBAY a better dividend stock?

Equinix pays an annual dividend of $17.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. eBay pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Equinix pays out 199.3% 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 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts rate EQIX or EBAY?

Equinix presently has a consensus price target of $994.82, indicating a potential upside of 6.77%. eBay has a consensus price target of $63.13, indicating a potential downside of 10.08%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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

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%

Summary

Equinix beats eBay on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.