Equinix (EQIX) Competitors

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

Which has higher 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	$13.06B	5.04	$150.73M	$0.15	767.53
Equinix	$8.19B	10.79	$969.18M	$11.09	82.56

Is SE or EQIX more profitable?

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
SEA	0.64%	1.40%	0.50%
Equinix	12.29%	8.34%	3.18%

Do analysts rate SE or EQIX?

SEA presently has a consensus price target of $91.21, indicating a potential downside of 20.77%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $976.81, indicating a potential upside of 6.69%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Equinix	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

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

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

Which has more volatility & risk, SE or EQIX?

SEA has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SE or EQIX?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEA	Outperform Votes 502 63.07%	Underperform Votes 294 36.93%
Equinix	Outperform Votes 1100 73.09%	Underperform Votes 405 26.91%

Does the media refer more to SE or EQIX?

In the previous week, Equinix had 25 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Equinix and 5 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Equinix's score of 0.79 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEA	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Equinix	21 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.