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Equinix (EQIX) Competitors

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$791.25 +5.95 (+0.76%)
Closing price 09/19/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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EQIX vs. COR, DLR, EGP, FR, IRM, PLD, REXR, STAG, SE, and EBAY

Should you be buying Equinix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinix include Cencora (COR), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), EastGroup Properties (EGP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Iron Mountain (IRM), Prologis (PLD), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Stag Industrial (STAG), SEA (SE), and eBay (EBAY).

Equinix vs. Its Competitors

Cencora (NYSE:COR) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

97.5% of Cencora shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Cencora 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.

Equinix has a net margin of 11.11% compared to Cencora's net margin of 0.60%. Cencora's return on equity of 267.36% beat Equinix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cencora0.60% 267.36% 4.31%
Equinix 11.11%7.22%2.73%

Cencora currently has a consensus price target of $311.25, suggesting a potential upside of 7.21%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $962.52, suggesting a potential upside of 21.65%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than Cencora.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cencora
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Equinix
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
19 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Cencora has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cencora has higher revenue and earnings than Equinix. Cencora is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cencora$293.96B0.19$1.51B$9.7229.87
Equinix$8.94B8.66$815M$10.2177.50

In the previous week, Cencora had 12 more articles in the media than Equinix. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Cencora and 25 mentions for Equinix. Cencora's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Equinix's score of 1.48 indicating that Cencora is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cencora
35 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Equinix
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cencora pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cencora pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equinix pays out 183.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cencora has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Equinix has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

Summary

Cencora and Equinix tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EQIX vs. The Competition

MetricEquinixREIT IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$77.43B$12.37B$12.69B$10.45B
Dividend Yield2.39%4.57%5.42%4.57%
P/E Ratio77.5032.26243.7326.82
Price / Sales8.667.2530.9291.69
Price / Cash26.8415.9722.3161.43
Price / Book5.642.772.336.39
Net Income$815M$303.64M$1.01B$271.80M
7 Day Performance0.33%-2.36%0.39%3.51%
1 Month Performance2.47%-0.55%3.94%9.58%
1 Year Performance-9.80%-9.94%541.50%28.53%

Equinix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQIX
Equinix
4.9435 of 5 stars
$791.25
+0.8%
$962.52
+21.6%
-9.8%$77.43B$8.94B77.5013,606Positive News
High Trading Volume
COR
Cencora
4.8569 of 5 stars
$289.84
+0.3%
$311.25
+7.4%
+27.3%$56.12B$293.96B29.7846,000News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.6402 of 5 stars
$171.41
+0.2%
$190.74
+11.3%
+8.7%$58.46B$5.55B44.993,936Positive News
Insider Trade
EGP
EastGroup Properties
4.341 of 5 stars
$167.88
+1.2%
$188.25
+12.1%
-11.2%$8.95B$640.23M36.2690Positive News
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
4.3987 of 5 stars
$52.29
+1.1%
$54.80
+4.8%
-6.8%$6.92B$700.47M25.51160Positive News
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.3904 of 5 stars
$98.93
-0.6%
$120.17
+21.5%
-13.4%$29.22B$6.15B706.6428,850Positive News
PLD
Prologis
4.9229 of 5 stars
$115.47
+1.4%
$122.58
+6.2%
-9.6%$107.14B$8.20B31.282,703Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Upgrade
REXR
Rexford Industrial Realty
4.2483 of 5 stars
$42.56
+0.7%
$41.09
-3.4%
-18.0%$10.06B$936.41M31.49220Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.172 of 5 stars
$35.40
+0.1%
$38.33
+8.3%
-10.7%$6.61B$803.23M27.8790
SE
SEA
2.6948 of 5 stars
$190.93
+2.2%
$176.85
-7.4%
+125.1%$112.69B$16.82B99.1180,700Positive News
EBAY
eBay
4.0625 of 5 stars
$89.93
0.0%
$78.89
-12.3%
+45.3%$41.01B$10.28B19.7711,500Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:EQIX) was last updated on 9/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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