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$800.60 -7.73 (-0.96%)
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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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Cencora pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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 increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Equinix has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cencora has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cencora had 9 more articles in the media than Equinix. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Cencora and 26 mentions for Equinix. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Cencora's score of 1.11 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cencora
14 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equinix
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 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$293.96B0.21$1.51B$9.7232.72
Equinix$8.75B8.96$815M$10.2178.41

Cencora presently has a consensus target price of $320.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.63%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $960.65, suggesting a potential upside of 19.99%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
18 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.96

Summary

Equinix beats Cencora on 11 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$79.11B$12.31B$12.59B$10.63B
Dividend Yield2.32%4.70%5.57%4.71%
P/E Ratio78.4131.1229.7626.57
Price / Sales8.967.1030.02132.55
Price / Cash27.4215.7222.5762.09
Price / Book5.712.682.236.53
Net Income$815M$303.64M$1.02B$276.43M
7 Day Performance2.81%-4.52%-1.91%-0.88%
1 Month Performance0.39%-7.45%-2.25%3.55%
1 Year Performance-8.14%-10.54%535.85%37.91%

Equinix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQIX
Equinix
4.892 of 5 stars
$800.60
-1.0%
$960.65
+20.0%
-8.0%$79.11B$8.75B78.4113,606Positive News
Analyst Forecast
COR
Cencora
4.4572 of 5 stars
$313.15
+0.8%
$320.00
+2.2%
+43.1%$60.72B$638.56M32.2246,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.4164 of 5 stars
$174.48
+0.2%
$192.44
+10.3%
+6.2%$59.47B$5.55B45.773,936Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EGP
EastGroup Properties
4.3984 of 5 stars
$170.33
-1.2%
$188.31
+10.6%
-5.6%$9.09B$640.23M36.8090Analyst Forecast
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
4.787 of 5 stars
$51.10
-1.1%
$55.00
+7.6%
-6.4%$6.77B$700.47M24.93160Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.3718 of 5 stars
$104.70
-0.7%
$116.83
+11.6%
-14.3%$30.90B$6.15B747.4528,850Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PLD
Prologis
4.674 of 5 stars
$114.31
-1.4%
$122.58
+7.2%
-5.9%$106.16B$8.20B30.982,703Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
REXR
Rexford Industrial Realty
4.1235 of 5 stars
$41.10
-0.9%
$41.83
+1.8%
-15.4%$9.73B$936.41M30.47220Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.3285 of 5 stars
$36.33
-0.3%
$38.00
+4.6%
-3.7%$6.78B$803.23M28.6190News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SE
SEA
2.4827 of 5 stars
$187.91
-2.5%
$176.85
-5.9%
+89.1%$110.04B$16.82B96.7880,700
EBAY
eBay
4.2624 of 5 stars
$90.40
-1.8%
$81.29
-10.1%
+34.1%$41.34B$10.28B19.9211,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume

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