SEA (SE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate EQIX or SE?

Equinix currently has a consensus price target of $976.81, suggesting a potential upside of 1.22%. SEA has a consensus price target of $91.21, suggesting a potential downside of 20.82%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

Does the media prefer EQIX or SE?

In the previous week, Equinix had 24 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Equinix and 15 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Equinix's score of 0.97 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equinix	20 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEA	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is EQIX or SE 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
Equinix	12.29%	8.34%	3.18%
SEA	0.64%	1.40%	0.50%

Which has more risk and volatility, EQIX or SE?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EQIX or SE?

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$8.60B	10.83	$969.18M	$11.09	87.02
SEA	$13.06B	5.05	$150.73M	$0.15	768.00

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

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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