Equinix (EQIX) Competitors

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

Is EQIX or SE a better dividend stock?

Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. SEA pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Equinix pays out 219.4% 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 241.1% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EQIX or SE?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQIX or SE?

Equinix received 606 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.32% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 63.28% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equinix	Outperform Votes 1116 73.32%	Underperform Votes 406 26.68%
SEA	Outperform Votes 510 63.28%	Underperform Votes 296 36.72%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EQIX or SE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Equinix	$8.75B	8.72	$815M	$8.55	91.68
SEA	$16.82B	4.06	$150.73M	$0.73	163.37

Does the media refer more to EQIX or SE?

In the previous week, Equinix had 5 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Equinix and 21 mentions for SEA. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat SEA's score of 1.05 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equinix	22 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEA	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, EQIX or SE?

Equinix has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EQIX or SE 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
Equinix	9.32%	6.31%	2.41%
SEA	0.64%	1.40%	0.50%

Do analysts prefer EQIX or SE?

Equinix presently has a consensus price target of $1,007.59, suggesting a potential upside of 28.54%. SEA has a consensus price target of $121.40, suggesting a potential upside of 1.79%. 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.09
SEA	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Summary

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