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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. Its Competitors

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

SEA presently has a consensus price target of $153.17, suggesting a potential downside of 6.54%. Equinix has a consensus price target of $957.05, suggesting a potential upside of 25.78%. 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
20 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.03

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$17.93B5.39$444.32M$1.42115.41
Equinix$8.75B8.51$815M$9.6279.10

SEA has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Equinix had 17 more articles in the media than SEA. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Equinix and 17 mentions for SEA. SEA's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Equinix's score of 0.94 indicating that SEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SEA
12 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equinix
17 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Equinix has a net margin of 10.48% compared to SEA's net margin of 4.87%. SEA's return on equity of 10.74% beat Equinix's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SEA4.87% 10.74% 3.98%
Equinix 10.48%6.96%2.66%

59.5% of SEA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of SEA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.5%. 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 increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Equinix is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Equinix beats SEA on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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SE vs. The Competition

MetricSEAINTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$96.53B$17.85B$28.19B$20.62B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%3.14%3.65%
P/E Ratio115.4073.4633.0527.22
Price / Sales5.3970.471,722.1353.72
Price / Cash121.9391.8837.6422.28
Price / Book11.398.617.574.59
Net Income$444.32M$337.83M$779.73M$995.22M
7 Day Performance7.19%-0.54%-0.18%-1.00%
1 Month Performance3.52%6.00%5.41%3.35%
1 Year Performance130.15%45.50%52,756.95%7.07%

SEA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SE
SEA
2.6484 of 5 stars
$163.89
+3.6%
$153.17
-6.5%
+120.4%$96.53B$17.93B115.4080,700Positive News
EQIX
Equinix
4.9505 of 5 stars
$774.82
-1.5%
$960.55
+24.0%
-5.6%$75.79B$8.75B80.5413,606
EBAY
eBay
4.5851 of 5 stars
$75.63
-1.0%
$67.85
-10.3%
+43.7%$34.86B$10.28B18.0111,500Trending News
CSGP
CoStar Group
2.8874 of 5 stars
$81.34
-0.9%
$87.69
+7.8%
+10.6%$34.32B$2.74B280.486,593Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
VRSN
VeriSign
3.5465 of 5 stars
$286.99
+0.2%
$277.50
-3.3%
+59.1%$26.95B$1.56B35.08920Positive News
AKAM
Akamai Technologies
4.195 of 5 stars
$78.83
-0.8%
$101.25
+28.4%
-20.2%$11.53B$4.02B26.5410,700Positive News
SPSC
SPS Commerce
3.3671 of 5 stars
$137.87
-2.5%
$192.56
+39.7%
-31.9%$5.24B$637.77M64.432,783Positive News
Analyst Forecast
YELP
Yelp
4.3792 of 5 stars
$34.67
-1.5%
$34.00
-1.9%
-5.8%$2.21B$1.41B16.675,116
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.8986 of 5 stars
$32.00
-0.9%
$47.00
+46.9%
-36.3%$1.35B$1.42B19.393,800
CMPR
Cimpress
4.5289 of 5 stars
$46.55
-6.3%
$62.50
+34.3%
-53.6%$1.16B$3.29B7.9416,000News Coverage
QNST
QuinStreet
3.4706 of 5 stars
$16.11
-2.6%
$29.00
+80.0%
-9.1%$909.73M$613.51M-1,609.39790

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This page (NYSE:SE) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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