Equinix (EQIX) Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Equinix in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" EQIX shares.
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17 Wall Street research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Equinix's shares. Their EQIX share price forecasts range from $670.00 to $910.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $814.57 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% from the stock's current price.
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Equinix's stock was trading at $655.03 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, EQIX stock has increased by 7.6% and is now trading at $704.52.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $2.77 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $7.00 by $4.23. The financial services provider earned $2 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.97 billion. Equinix had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.91% and a net margin of 10.43%. Equinix's revenue for the quarter was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $7.16 earnings per share.
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Equinix declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 23rd will be paid a dividend of $3.41 per share on Wednesday, September 20th. This represents a $13.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 22nd.
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Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) pays an annual dividend of $13.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.86%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 157.32%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, EQIX will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.79% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Equinix updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $31.51-$32.15 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $22.04. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.17 billion-$8.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.23 billion.

663 employees have rated Equinix Chief Executive Officer Charles Meyers on Glassdoor.com. Charles Meyers has an approval rating of 98% among the company's employees. This puts Charles Meyers in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 84.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Equinix to a friend.

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Equinix trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "EQIX."

Equinix's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (13.70%), BlackRock Inc. (9.89%), State Street Corp (6.54%), Capital International Investors (4.91%), Cohen & Steers Inc. (2.48%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.21%). Insiders that own company stock include Brandi Galvin Morandi, Camp Peter Van, Charles J Meyers, Charles J Meyers, Christopher B Paisley, Fidelma Russo, Gary Hromadko, Irving F Lyons III, Jonathan Lin, Karl Strohmeyer, Keith D Taylor, Keith D Taylor, Michael Earl Campbell, Nicholas Themelis, Sara Baack and Simon Miller.
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Shares of EQIX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of EQIX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $704.52.

Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) has a market capitalization of $65.92 billion and generates $7.73 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $704.34 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.67 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 12,097 workers across the globe.

Equinix's mailing address is ONE LAGOON DRIVE, REDWOOD CITY CA, 94065. The official website for the company is www.equinix.com. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at (650) 598-6000, via email at invest@equinix.com, or via fax at 650-598-6900.