Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) Vs. FB, SE, EBAY, TWTR, CSGP, VRSN, AKAM, OPEN, JCOM, and ANGI
Should you be buying Equinix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinix include Facebook (FB), SEA (SE), eBay (EBAY), Twitter (TWTR), CoStar Group (CSGP), VeriSign (VRSN), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), J2 Global (JCOM), and Angi (ANGI). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
Equinix vs.
Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and SEA (NYSE:SE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Equinix received 591 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.69% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 67.42% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.
Equinix has a net margin of 5.40% compared to SEA's net margin of -26.46%. Equinix's return on equity of 5.21% beat SEA's return on equity.
Equinix currently has a consensus target price of $886.12, suggesting a potential upside of 7.43%. SEA has a consensus target price of $313.36, suggesting a potential downside of 7.88%. Given Equinix's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than SEA.
In the previous week, Equinix had 7 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Equinix and 1 mentions for SEA. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat SEA's score of 0.00 indicating that Equinix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equinix has a beta of 0.3, indicating that its stock price is 70% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SEA has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.8% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of SEA shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.2% of Equinix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of SEA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equinix has higher revenue and earnings than SEA. SEA 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 SEA on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) vs. Its Competitors
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