Equinix (EQIX) Competitors

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

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

59.5% of SEA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SE or EQIX more profitable?

Equinix has a net margin of 9.32% compared to SEA's net margin of 0.64%. Equinix's return on equity of 6.31% beat SEA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SEA	0.64%	1.40%	0.50%
Equinix	9.32%	6.31%	2.41%

Which has more risk and volatility, SE or EQIX?

SEA has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SE or EQIX?

Equinix received 611 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SEA	Outperform Votes 517 63.44%	Underperform Votes 298 36.56%
Equinix	Outperform Votes 1128 73.44%	Underperform Votes 408 26.56%

Do analysts prefer SE or EQIX?

SEA presently has a consensus target price of $147.15, indicating a potential downside of 6.86%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $1,004.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.02%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than SEA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SEA	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Equinix	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	6 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Is SE or EQIX a better dividend stock?

SEA pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. SEA pays out 123.9% 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 195.0% 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 10 consecutive years. Equinix is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SE or EQIX?

Equinix has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
SEA	$17.93B	5.19	$150.73M	$1.42	111.26
Equinix	$8.85B	10.01	$815M	$9.62	94.08

Does the media favor SE or EQIX?

In the previous week, Equinix had 13 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Equinix and 12 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Equinix's score of 0.59 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SEA	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Equinix	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.