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MetricEQIXEQUINIX INCDLRDIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.FRMIFermi Inc.BXDCBlackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc.Median of the restexcluding EQIX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$952.62▼ 42.38 (4.26%)
$170.94▼ 5.37 (3.05%)
$2.65▼ 0.21 (7.34%)
$15.88▼ 0.24 (1.49%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/106.0/102.0/10not reported4.0/10
Market value$93.57B$58.73B$1.67B$1.39B
Revenue$9.22B$6.11B——
Profit$1.35B$1.31B-$486.4M—
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.5.4%10.0%——10.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.51.1%————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.20.0%10.8%——10.8%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.14.6%21.4%——21.4%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-4.3%-12.6%——-12.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.9.5%5.7%-44.4%—-19.3%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.12.1%3.3%-14.3%—-5.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.69.31x44.88x——44.88x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.23.90x————
Price to book6.61x2.56x1.52x—2.04x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.83x1.07x0.29x—0.68x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/85/61/3not reported3.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksnot reported

How EQIX compares with the others

  • EQIX's operating margin of 20.0% is higher than the other company selected (10.8%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the other company selected: 5.4% against 10.0%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the other company selected: 69.3x against 44.9x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.8x against 0.7x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.