EQIX vs. AMT, WELL, PLD, SPG, PSA, O, DLR, CCI, VICI, and EXR
Should you be buying Equinix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinix include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Prologis (PLD), Simon Property Group (SPG), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), VICI Properties (VICI), and Extra Space Storage (EXR).
Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Equinix had 3 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Equinix and 11 mentions for American Tower. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat American Tower's score of 0.97 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Tower has a net margin of 13.31% compared to Equinix's net margin of 11.84%. American Tower's return on equity of 12.80% beat Equinix's return on equity.
Equinix has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equinix presently has a consensus price target of $862.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.89%. American Tower has a consensus price target of $217.36, suggesting a potential upside of 26.60%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Equinix.
Equinix received 96 more outperform votes than American Tower when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.94% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 72.87% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote.
Equinix pays an annual dividend of $17.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Equinix pays out 165.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Tower pays out 203.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower 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.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Equinix. American Tower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Equinix beats American Tower on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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