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).
Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower 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 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 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.
Welltower has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equinix has a net margin of 11.32% compared to Equinix's net margin of 6.37%. Welltower's return on equity of 7.73% beat Equinix's return on equity.
In the previous week, Equinix had 19 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Equinix and 11 mentions for Welltower. Equinix's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Welltower's score of 0.44 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $17.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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. 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Equinix has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
Welltower currently has a consensus target price of $98.07, indicating a potential downside of 5.42%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $872.81, indicating a potential upside of 14.40%. Given Welltower's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than Welltower.
Summary
Equinix beats Welltower on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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