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