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EQIX vs. COR, DLR, PLD, STAG, SE, EBAY, CSGP, VRSN, AKAM, and SPSC

Should you be buying Equinix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinix include Cencora (COR), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Prologis (PLD), Stag Industrial (STAG), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), and SPS Commerce (SPSC).

Equinix vs. Its Competitors

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

Equinix has a net margin of 11.11% 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
Cencora0.55% 344.71% 4.26%
Equinix 11.11%7.22%2.73%

In the previous week, Equinix had 11 more articles in the media than Cencora. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Equinix and 33 mentions for Cencora. Cencora's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Equinix's score of 1.08 indicating that Cencora is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cencora
29 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Equinix
22 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cencora has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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$638.56M87.51$1.51B$8.6233.45
Equinix$8.94B8.44$815M$10.2175.59

97.5% of Cencora shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Cencora shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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

Cencora currently has a consensus target price of $309.83, suggesting a potential upside of 7.47%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $957.27, suggesting a potential upside of 24.04%. 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)
20 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 25.5% 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.

Summary

Equinix beats Cencora on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EQIX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$76.80B$11.82B$12.05B$9.52B
Dividend Yield2.35%4.73%5.62%4.09%
P/E Ratio75.5930.5419.7523.81
Price / Sales8.446.9625.9666.04
Price / Cash26.6415.4321.3357.96
Price / Book5.362.592.095.54
Net Income$815M$303.64M$1.00B$259.28M
7 Day Performance-3.70%-3.73%-2.46%-4.64%
1 Month Performance-2.94%-5.00%-0.84%4.41%
1 Year Performance-4.33%-9.06%537.11%17.95%

Equinix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQIX
Equinix
4.9019 of 5 stars
$771.75
-1.7%
$957.27
+24.0%
-4.9%$76.80B$8.94B75.5913,606Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
COR
Cencora
4.3741 of 5 stars
$287.07
-1.6%
$309.83
+7.9%
+17.9%$55.64B$293.96B33.3046,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.6798 of 5 stars
$176.32
-0.6%
$190.68
+8.1%
+13.0%$59.38B$5.55B46.283,936Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PLD
Prologis
4.6874 of 5 stars
$106.99
-1.4%
$120.74
+12.9%
-17.9%$99.16B$8.20B28.962,703Positive News
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.114 of 5 stars
$34.30
-1.5%
$39.14
+14.1%
-16.0%$6.40B$767.38M26.9890News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
SE
SEA
2.3138 of 5 stars
$158.15
-0.7%
$159.82
+1.1%
+140.8%$93.05B$17.93B111.2380,700Positive News
EBAY
eBay
4.3196 of 5 stars
$91.57
+18.1%
$76.73
-16.2%
+63.2%$42.23B$10.28B21.8111,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.7967 of 5 stars
$95.33
-1.0%
$93.25
-2.2%
+22.6%$40.36B$2.74B381.086,593Positive News
Insider Trade
VRSN
VeriSign
4.0258 of 5 stars
$266.88
0.0%
$277.50
+4.0%
+40.9%$24.92B$1.60B31.83920Buyback Announcement
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.7005 of 5 stars
$77.33
-0.9%
$99.84
+29.1%
-22.1%$11.30B$3.99B26.0110,700Upcoming Earnings
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.7124 of 5 stars
$113.19
-18.9%
$170.80
+50.9%
-50.3%$4.29B$637.77M52.772,783Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:EQIX) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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