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EQIX vs. SE, EBAY, CSGP, VRSN, AKAM, SPSC, YELP, ZD, CMPR, and QNST

Should you be buying Equinix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinix include SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), and QuinStreet (QNST). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

Equinix vs. Its Competitors

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

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
SEA0.64% 1.40% 0.50%
Equinix 9.32%6.31%2.41%

59.5% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

SEA presently has a consensus price target of $147.15, indicating a potential downside of 4.74%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $1,004.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.56%. 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

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.

In the previous week, Equinix had 17 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Equinix and 7 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Equinix's score of 0.92 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SEA
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equinix
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SEA$17.93B5.08$150.73M$1.42108.78
Equinix$8.85B9.87$815M$9.6292.79

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

Equinix received 610 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.44% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 63.48% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SEAOutperform Votes
518
63.48%
Underperform Votes
298
36.52%
EquinixOutperform Votes
1128
73.44%
Underperform Votes
408
26.56%

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 17 of the 22 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

MetricEquinixReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$87.32B$7.02B$11.61B$8.51B
Dividend Yield2.05%6.74%5.64%4.15%
P/E Ratio104.4063.4422.8219.65
Price / Sales9.878.5526.81152.18
Price / Cash31.9017.3217.6034.64
Price / Book6.421.682.834.59
Net Income$815M$177.71M$1.04B$248.23M
7 Day Performance-2.38%-0.39%0.10%-1.07%
1 Month Performance2.93%0.32%0.02%2.60%
1 Year Performance16.49%4.36%540.97%13.51%

Equinix Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQIX
Equinix
4.8249 of 5 stars
$892.64
-0.4%
$1,004.80
+12.6%
+16.5%$87.32B$8.85B104.4012,100
SE
SEA
3.0137 of 5 stars
$171.45
+2.0%
$147.15
-14.2%
+107.5%$101.00B$17.93B1,143.0067,300Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
EBAY
eBay
4.0466 of 5 stars
$78.20
+1.4%
$67.65
-13.5%
+48.4%$36.05B$10.31B19.6511,600Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.6001 of 5 stars
$79.55
+3.2%
$87.54
+10.0%
+9.8%$33.56B$2.81B227.295,650Positive News
VRSN
VeriSign
4.0029 of 5 stars
$278.44
+1.4%
$267.50
-3.9%
+55.2%$26.15B$1.58B34.81920Positive News
Insider Trade
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.5464 of 5 stars
$76.64
+0.1%
$103.26
+34.7%
-13.5%$11.21B$4.02B23.519,800Short Interest ↑
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.4305 of 5 stars
$143.27
-1.2%
$192.56
+34.4%
-26.8%$5.44B$669.74M70.232,220Positive News
YELP
Yelp
3.5946 of 5 stars
$37.11
-0.9%
$34.00
-8.4%
-2.5%$2.37B$1.44B19.334,900
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.1867 of 5 stars
$32.79
+0.3%
$47.00
+43.3%
-44.6%$1.38B$1.42B27.794,900
CMPR
Cimpress
4.9046 of 5 stars
$45.04
+0.1%
$62.50
+38.8%
-48.1%$1.12B$3.37B7.4616,000Positive News
Gap Down
QNST
QuinStreet
3.0159 of 5 stars
$15.67
+0.8%
$29.00
+85.1%
-5.7%$884.87M$1.03B-71.23790Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:EQIX) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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