Equinix (EQIX) Competitors

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

Is EQIX or SE a better dividend stock?

Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. SEA pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. 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. SEA pays out 241.1% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EQIX or SE?

94.9% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQIX or SE?

Equinix received 608 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.38% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 63.24% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equinix	Outperform Votes 1119 73.38%	Underperform Votes 406 26.62%
SEA	Outperform Votes 511 63.24%	Underperform Votes 297 36.76%

Does the media prefer EQIX or SE?

In the previous week, Equinix had 31 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Equinix and 17 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Equinix's score of 1.21 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equinix	29 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SEA	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, EQIX or SE?

Equinix has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Equinix	$8.75B	9.62	$815M	$8.55	100.67
SEA	$16.82B	4.56	$150.73M	$0.73	183.70

Do analysts prefer EQIX or SE?

Equinix currently has a consensus target price of $1,004.94, suggesting a potential upside of 16.75%. SEA has a consensus target price of $125.43, suggesting a potential downside of 6.47%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than SEA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equinix	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
SEA	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Which has more risk and volatility, EQIX or SE?

Equinix has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EQIX or SE 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
Equinix	9.32%	6.31%	2.41%
SEA	0.64%	1.40%	0.50%

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.