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

Should you be buying SEA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SEA include Equinix (EQIX), 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.

SEA vs.

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

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%

SEA currently has a consensus target price of $145.23, suggesting a potential downside of 11.72%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $1,004.65, suggesting a potential upside of 16.35%. Given Equinix's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
6 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

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$17.93B5.41$150.73M$1.42115.86
Equinix$8.85B9.55$815M$9.6289.76

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 2.2%. 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.

Equinix received 612 more outperform votes than SEA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.53% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 63.39% of users gave SEA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
SEAOutperform Votes
516
63.39%
Underperform Votes
298
36.61%
EquinixOutperform Votes
1128
73.53%
Underperform Votes
406
26.47%

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

SEA has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Equinix had 2 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Equinix and 31 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Equinix's score of 1.21 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SEA
27 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equinix
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SE vs. The Competition

MetricSEAbusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$96.92B$93.92B$24.83B$19.29B
Dividend YieldN/A1.83%2.91%3.84%
P/E Ratio1,096.8087.1844.1234.41
Price / Sales5.4110.482,137.4634.88
Price / Cash127.2131.6034.7817.52
Price / Book14.064.276.694.69
Net Income$150.73M$2.99B$739.31M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.94%4.43%-1.39%-2.39%
1 Month Performance32.40%14.95%8.36%4.31%
1 Year Performance128.56%32.56%52,514.31%4.80%

SEA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SE
SEA
2.9742 of 5 stars
$164.52
+2.4%
$145.23
-11.7%
+129.4%$96.92B$17.93B1,096.8067,300News Coverage
Positive News
EQIX
Equinix
4.6727 of 5 stars
$877.86
+0.2%
$1,004.65
+14.4%
+12.5%$85.87B$8.85B102.6712,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EBAY
eBay
4.5837 of 5 stars
$72.14
+0.4%
$67.42
-6.5%
+36.2%$33.26B$10.31B18.1311,600Trending News
Insider Trade
CSGP
CoStar Group
3.4822 of 5 stars
$76.66
-0.4%
$88.31
+15.2%
-13.7%$32.34B$2.81B219.035,650Positive News
VRSN
VeriSign
3.81 of 5 stars
$282.36
0.0%
$267.50
-5.3%
+62.7%$26.51B$1.58B35.30920News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.7075 of 5 stars
$77.40
-0.8%
$103.26
+33.4%
-19.3%$11.32B$4.02B23.749,800Positive News
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.291 of 5 stars
$149.54
-0.9%
$195.38
+30.7%
-26.1%$5.68B$669.74M73.302,220Positive News
Gap Down
YELP
Yelp
3.6679 of 5 stars
$38.58
-1.4%
$34.00
-11.9%
+2.8%$2.51B$1.44B20.094,900Insider Trade
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.4738 of 5 stars
$32.65
+0.2%
$47.00
+44.0%
-43.3%$1.37B$1.42B27.674,900Positive News
Gap Down
CMPR
Cimpress
4.7782 of 5 stars
$45.00
+0.2%
$62.50
+38.9%
-48.5%$1.12B$3.37B7.4516,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
QNST
QuinStreet
2.8282 of 5 stars
$15.45
+0.7%
$29.00
+87.7%
-19.1%$872.45M$1.03B-70.23790Positive News
Gap Down

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