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EQIX vs. COR, DLR, EGP, FR, PLD, REXR, STAG, SE, EBAY, and CSGP

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), Prologis (PLD), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Stag Industrial (STAG), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), and CoStar Group (CSGP).

Equinix vs. Its Competitors

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

Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cencora pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. 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. Cencora pays out 25.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equinix has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Cencora has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

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
Equinix$8.75B8.81$815M$9.6281.86
Cencora$293.96B0.20$1.51B$8.6234.37

Equinix has a net margin of 10.48% compared to Cencora's net margin of 0.55%. Cencora's return on equity of 344.71% beat Equinix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equinix10.48% 6.96% 2.66%
Cencora 0.55%344.71%4.26%

Equinix presently has a consensus price target of $960.55, suggesting a potential upside of 21.97%. Cencora has a consensus price target of $306.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.41%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than Cencora.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equinix
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.04
Cencora
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Cencora shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Cencora shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Equinix had 15 more articles in the media than Cencora. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Equinix and 33 mentions for Cencora. Cencora's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Equinix's score of 0.37 indicating that Cencora is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Equinix
20 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cencora
24 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Equinix has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cencora has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EQIX vs. The Competition

MetricEquinixREIT IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$77.78B$12.03B$12.04B$8.95B
Dividend Yield2.36%4.63%5.57%4.08%
P/E Ratio81.8646.0220.0720.04
Price / Sales8.817.2725.61118.60
Price / Cash26.9815.7621.5057.47
Price / Book5.622.702.285.67
Net Income$815M$303.64M$1.00B$248.47M
7 Day Performance5.63%0.74%2.31%2.90%
1 Month Performance-12.00%2.45%4.37%5.75%
1 Year Performance5.14%1.82%541.13%21.36%

Equinix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQIX
Equinix
4.8154 of 5 stars
$787.50
-1.0%
$960.55
+22.0%
+5.1%$77.78B$8.75B81.8613,606Analyst Forecast
COR
Cencora
4.6758 of 5 stars
$297.27
+1.7%
$306.91
+3.2%
+30.8%$57.61B$293.96B34.4846,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.5422 of 5 stars
$169.45
-1.6%
$186.55
+10.1%
+12.6%$57.10B$5.55B158.453,936Positive News
EGP
EastGroup Properties
4.3674 of 5 stars
$168.03
+0.1%
$188.00
+11.9%
-1.2%$8.82B$640.23M36.7790News Coverage
Ex-Dividend
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
4.8334 of 5 stars
$48.85
+0.5%
$55.91
+14.5%
+4.1%$6.47B$684.44M24.18160News Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
PLD
Prologis
4.8833 of 5 stars
$104.10
-0.6%
$120.42
+15.7%
-4.3%$96.60B$8.20B26.032,703Positive News
REXR
Rexford Industrial Realty
4.0904 of 5 stars
$35.90
+0.3%
$40.00
+11.4%
-17.5%$8.49B$936.41M28.93220Ex-Dividend
STAG
Stag Industrial
3.2951 of 5 stars
$35.83
+0.8%
$39.71
+10.9%
+1.9%$6.68B$785.42M26.9390Ex-Dividend
SE
SEA
2.694 of 5 stars
$158.33
+1.6%
$147.15
-7.1%
+112.5%$93.26B$16.82B111.4980,700Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
EBAY
eBay
4.4867 of 5 stars
$74.07
-0.6%
$67.73
-8.6%
+42.3%$34.12B$10.28B17.6211,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.5626 of 5 stars
$80.91
-0.4%
$87.69
+8.4%
+9.7%$34.11B$2.74B278.816,593News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:EQIX) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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