EQIX vs. WELL, AMT, SPG, PSA, DLR, SE, CSGP, EBAY, VRSN, and AKAM
Should you be buying Equinix stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinix include Welltower (WELL), American Tower (AMT), Simon Property Group (SPG), Public Storage (PSA), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), SEA (SE), CoStar Group (CSGP), eBay (EBAY), VeriSign (VRSN), and Akamai Technologies (AKAM).
Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Equinix has higher revenue and earnings than Welltower. Equinix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equinix pays an annual dividend of $17.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Equinix pays out 170.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Welltower pays out 301.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Equinix had 16 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Equinix and 12 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Equinix's score of 0.40 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Equinix has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equinix has a net margin of 11.32% compared to Welltower's net margin of 6.37%. Equinix's return on equity of 7.73% beat Welltower's return on equity.
94.9% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Equinix received 359 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.86% of users gave Equinix an outperform vote while only 60.86% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
Equinix currently has a consensus target price of $872.81, indicating a potential upside of 14.40%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $98.07, indicating a potential downside of 5.40%. Given Equinix's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than Welltower.
Summary
Equinix beats Welltower on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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