eBay (EBAY) Competitors

eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale 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.

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

87.5% of eBay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of eBay shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, EBAY or EQIX?

eBay has higher revenue and earnings than Equinix. eBay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, 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
eBay	$10.28B	3.09	$2.77B	$3.99	17.08
Equinix	$8.75B	9.62	$815M	$8.55	100.67

Does the media favor EBAY or EQIX?

In the previous week, eBay had 17 more articles in the media than Equinix. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for eBay and 48 mentions for Equinix. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat eBay's score of 0.38 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
eBay	21 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Equinix	29 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, EBAY or EQIX?

eBay has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EBAY or EQIX a better dividend stock?

eBay pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. eBay pays out 29.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EBAY or EQIX?

eBay received 692 more outperform votes than Equinix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.38% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 65.05% of users gave eBay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
eBay	Outperform Votes 1811 65.05%	Underperform Votes 973 34.95%
Equinix	Outperform Votes 1119 73.38%	Underperform Votes 406 26.62%

Is EBAY or EQIX more profitable?

eBay has a net margin of 19.68% compared to Equinix's net margin of 9.32%. eBay's return on equity of 30.97% beat Equinix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
eBay	19.68%	30.97%	8.78%
Equinix	9.32%	6.31%	2.41%

Do analysts rate EBAY or EQIX?

eBay presently has a consensus price target of $64.83, indicating a potential downside of 4.88%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $1,004.94, indicating a potential upside of 16.75%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than eBay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
eBay	2 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
Equinix	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Summary

Equinix beats eBay on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.