EQIX vs. AMT, WELL, PLD, SPG, PSA, O, DLR, CCI, VICI, and EXR
Should you be buying Equinix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinix include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Prologis (PLD), Simon Property Group (SPG), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), VICI Properties (VICI), and Extra Space Storage (EXR).
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, American Tower had 1 more articles in the media than Equinix. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for American Tower and 13 mentions for Equinix. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Equinix's score of 0.88 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $17.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. American Tower pays out 203.8% 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 pays out 165.3% 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 has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
American Tower has a net margin of 13.31% compared to American Tower's net margin of 11.84%. Equinix's return on equity of 12.80% beat American Tower's return on equity.
American Tower currently has a consensus price target of $217.36, indicating a potential upside of 26.60%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $862.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.89%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Equinix.
92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equinix received 96 more outperform votes than American Tower when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.94% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 72.87% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Equinix. American Tower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Tower has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Tower and Equinix tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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