Equinix (EQIX) Competitors

SEA (NYSE:SE) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, SE or EQIX?

SEA has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SE or EQIX?

Equinix received 609 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.28% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 63.07% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEA	Outperform Votes 502 63.07%	Underperform Votes 294 36.93%
Equinix	Outperform Votes 1111 73.28%	Underperform Votes 405 26.72%

Does the media prefer SE or EQIX?

In the previous week, Equinix had 21 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Equinix and 17 mentions for SEA. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat SEA's score of 0.80 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEA	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Equinix	27 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in SE or EQIX?

59.5% of SEA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend SE or EQIX?

SEA currently has a consensus price target of $91.21, suggesting a potential downside of 31.29%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $994.82, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than SEA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEA	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79
Equinix	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SE or EQIX a better dividend stock?

SEA pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $17.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. SEA pays out 1,173.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Equinix is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SE or EQIX?

Equinix has lower revenue, but higher earnings than SEA. Equinix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SEA, 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
SEA	$15.49B	4.91	$150.73M	$0.15	884.99
Equinix	$8.75B	10.46	$815M	$8.55	110.01

Is SE or EQIX more profitable?

Equinix has a net margin of 9.32% compared to SEA's net margin of 0.64%. Equinix's return on equity of 6.31% beat SEA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEA	0.64%	1.40%	0.50%
Equinix	9.32%	6.31%	2.41%

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.