EBAY vs. EQIX, SE, CSGP, VRSN, AKAM, SPSC, YELP, ZD, CMPR, and QNST
Should you be buying eBay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of eBay include Equinix (EQIX), SEA (SE), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), and QuinStreet (QNST). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
eBay vs.
eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Equinix had 6 more articles in the media than eBay. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Equinix and 23 mentions for eBay. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat eBay's score of 0.64 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
87.5% of eBay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of eBay shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
eBay has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
eBay pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $17.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. eBay pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equinix pays out 153.7% 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 presently has a consensus price target of $62.83, suggesting a potential downside of 5.07%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $976.81, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than 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.
eBay received 703 more outperform votes than Equinix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.09% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 65.37% of users gave eBay an outperform vote.
eBay has a net margin of 19.68% compared to Equinix's net margin of 12.29%. eBay's return on equity of 30.97% beat Equinix's return on equity.
Summary
Equinix beats eBay on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:EBAY) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
