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$100.18 -3.15 (-3.05%)
(As of 12:21 PM ET)

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

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

SEA vs.

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

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
SEA0.64% 1.40% 0.50%
Equinix 12.29%8.34%3.18%

SEA has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SEA$13.06B4.39$150.73M$0.15667.87
Equinix$8.19B10.59$969.18M$11.0981.06

SEA presently has a consensus price target of $90.54, indicating a potential downside of 9.62%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $944.63, indicating a potential upside of 5.08%. Given Equinix's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than SEA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SEA
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Equinix
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Equinix received 594 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.07% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 63.14% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SEAOutperform Votes
502
63.14%
Underperform Votes
293
36.86%
EquinixOutperform Votes
1096
73.07%
Underperform Votes
404
26.93%

In the previous week, SEA had 19 more articles in the media than Equinix. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for SEA and 19 mentions for Equinix. SEA's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Equinix's score of 0.80 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SEA
24 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equinix
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SE vs. The Competition

MetricSEAbusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$57.34B$85.20B$23.61B$19.87B
Dividend YieldN/A1.87%2.76%3.49%
P/E Ratio667.8756.54234.7939.26
Price / Sales4.392.643,264.8420.09
Price / Cash100.5227.1333.7921.66
Price / Book7.143.216.764.66
Net Income$150.73M$2.99B$661.83M$982.42M
7 Day Performance7.11%-1.76%-2.03%-1.84%
1 Month Performance3.38%-6.11%1.04%0.96%
1 Year Performance160.34%8.82%17.23%24.08%

SEA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SE
SEA
2.9307 of 5 stars
$100.18
-3.0%
$90.54
-9.6%
+188.0%$57.34B$13.06B667.8762,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
EQIX
Equinix
4.4412 of 5 stars
$903.02
-1.1%
N/A+14.3%$87.13B$8.60B81.4313,151Insider Selling
News Coverage
CSGP
CoStar Group
4.4001 of 5 stars
$75.41
-0.6%
N/A-9.3%$30.92B$2.67B171.396,152Short Interest ↑
Positive News
EBAY
eBay
4.413 of 5 stars
$61.50
-1.5%
N/A+54.4%$29.46B$10.11B15.4512,300Short Interest ↓
VRSN
VeriSign
4.0276 of 5 stars
$184.04
-0.6%
N/A-11.4%$17.69B$1.49B21.40920News Coverage
Positive News
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.6011 of 5 stars
$90.08
-1.1%
N/A-21.2%$13.65B$3.81B26.6510,250Short Interest ↑
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.0306 of 5 stars
$186.77
-0.2%
N/A-3.6%$7.02B$611.82M89.362,489Positive News
ENV
Envestnet
0.8287 of 5 stars
$62.92
-0.1%
N/A+77.5%$3.48B$1.34B-13.193,100Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
PRFT
Perficient
1.1816 of 5 stars
$75.96
flat
N/AN/A$2.67B$882.15M32.466,547Analyst Forecast
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.2237 of 5 stars
$57.39
-2.7%
N/A-13.2%$2.57B$1.37B48.644,200Positive News
YELP
Yelp
3.9066 of 5 stars
$38.21
+1.7%
N/A-19.4%$2.56B$1.39B22.884,872Insider Selling

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This page (NYSE:SE) was last updated on 11/15/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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