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Equinix (EQIX) Competitors

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$927.22 +5.65 (+0.61%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

EQIX vs. SE, CSGP, EBAY, VRSN, AKAM, SPSC, ENV, YELP, ZD, and CMPR

Should you be buying Equinix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinix include SEA (SE), CoStar Group (CSGP), eBay (EBAY), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Envestnet (ENV), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), and Cimpress (CMPR). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

Equinix vs.

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

Equinix has a net margin of 12.29% compared to SEA's net margin of 0.64%. Equinix's return on equity of 8.34% beat SEA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equinix12.29% 8.34% 3.18%
SEA 0.64%1.40%0.50%

Equinix currently has a consensus price target of $976.81, suggesting a potential upside of 5.35%. SEA has a consensus price target of $91.21, suggesting a potential downside of 17.56%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than SEA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equinix
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.84
SEA
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Equinix has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Equinix had 10 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Equinix and 3 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Equinix's score of 0.71 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Equinix
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
SEA
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Equinix pays an annual dividend of $17.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. SEA pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

94.9% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Equinix received 598 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.09% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 63.07% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EquinixOutperform Votes
1100
73.09%
Underperform Votes
405
26.91%
SEAOutperform Votes
502
63.07%
Underperform Votes
294
36.93%

Equinix has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equinix$8.60B10.41$969.18M$11.0983.61
SEA$15.49B4.09$150.73M$0.15737.60

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EQIX vs. The Competition

MetricEquinixReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$89.47B$6.96B$10.83B$9.08B
Dividend Yield1.77%6.79%9.98%4.21%
P/E Ratio83.6142.5329.5717.14
Price / Sales10.417.82186.79116.85
Price / Cash32.2617.7930.5337.88
Price / Book6.972.542.724.78
Net Income$969.18M$146.30M$1.03B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-3.92%-3.82%-2.87%-1.23%
1 Month Performance0.16%-4.28%-2.83%3.07%
1 Year Performance15.67%1.86%11.21%16.48%

Equinix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQIX
Equinix
4.1038 of 5 stars
$927.22
+0.6%
$976.81
+5.3%
+16.7%$89.47B$8.60B83.6113,151High Trading Volume
SE
SEA
2.4628 of 5 stars
$114.66
-1.6%
$91.21
-20.4%
+215.0%$65.62B$13.06B776.4762,700Gap Down
CSGP
CoStar Group
4.1694 of 5 stars
$76.16
+1.5%
$93.25
+22.4%
-17.4%$31.22B$2.46B170.416,152
EBAY
eBay
4.0511 of 5 stars
$63.74
-0.2%
$62.63
-1.7%
+51.3%$30.53B$10.27B15.7912,300Insider Trade
VRSN
VeriSign
4.3602 of 5 stars
$196.34
-0.5%
$243.00
+23.8%
-2.7%$18.87B$1.49B22.95920Positive News
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.0943 of 5 stars
$98.21
-1.0%
$117.21
+19.3%
-19.7%$14.75B$3.97B29.1710,250Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SPSC
SPS Commerce
2.2899 of 5 stars
$197.17
+2.5%
$220.78
+12.0%
-0.6%$7.41B$611.82M92.052,489Insider Trade
Positive News
ENV
Envestnet
0.2387 of 5 stars
$63.14
flat
$61.88
-2.0%
N/A$3.49B$1.34B-13.243,100
YELP
Yelp
3.7436 of 5 stars
$39.85
+0.4%
$37.00
-7.2%
-20.0%$2.62B$1.39B23.784,872Insider Trade
ZD
Ziff Davis
3.7344 of 5 stars
$59.78
+3.5%
$69.71
+16.6%
-15.1%$2.56B$1.38B48.944,200Positive News
CMPR
Cimpress
4.6902 of 5 stars
$80.05
+1.6%
$114.50
+43.0%
-6.5%$2.01B$3.34B13.5316,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:EQIX) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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