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Equinix, Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Strong business, valuation above the sector
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2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
4/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
1/2
Capital returns at EQIX run well ahead of the sector: ROIC of 13.3% sits +47% above the sector median of 9.0%, and Debt/EBITDA of 0.0× is -100% below the sector median of 4.2×, a rare combination in Real Estate. The price paid for those qualities is steep — EV/EBITDA of 27.0× runs +81% above the sector median of 14.9×, and the composite of 38/100 against the sector median reflects that gap. FCF yield of -0.4% trails the sector median of 4.5% by -108%, and FCF growth year over year of -301.6% lags the sector median of 2.2% by -13,532%, so the cash generation picture is weaker than the earnings line suggests. The forward PEG reads stretched, and while the realized three-year EPS CAGR per SEC filings is strong, the beat rate over eight quarters has been weak — the market models continued growth, but the track record on hitting consensus estimates is thin.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMT | American Tower | 6/9 | 75% |
The market prices in earnings growth; analyst sentiment is steady; has not always beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
Revenue and margins in the next quarterly 10-Q will show whether the profitability signals in the F-Score hold. Re-run the EQIX analysis once it is published.
The full EQIX annual report on SEC EDGAR has the risk factors, the management discussion (MD&A), and the disclosures that numbers alone do not capture.
The same-sector table, where available, is an alphabetical sample with no ranking. Pick 2-3 companies yourself and line up P/E, margin, and F-Score: a single number only means something in its industry context.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +435%-36%-58%-319%
Over 4 years: 4.394.214.600.00
Over 4 years: +9%+13%+7%+5%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 6 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +5% |
| 46% |
| ARE | Alexandria Real Estate | 4/9 | -9% | -3% | — |
| AVB | AvalonBay | 4/9 | 9% | +4% | 66% |
| CCI | Crown Castle | 6/9 | 17% | -4% | 49% |
| DLR | Digital Realty | 6/9 | 6% | +10% | 11% |
| EQIX | Equinix, Inc. | 6/9 | 10% | +5% | 20% |
| EQR | Equity Residential | 5/9 | 9% | +5% | 50% |
| ESS | Essex Property Trust | 6/9 | 13% | +6% | 48% |
| MAA | Mid-America Apartment | 4/9 | 8% | +1% | — |
| O | Realty Income | 6/9 | 3% | +9% | — |
| PLD | Prologis | 4/9 | 6% | +7% | 50% |
| PSA | Public Storage | 5/9 | 19% | +3% | — |
| SPG | Simon Property | 4/9 | 132% | +7% | 50% |
| VTR | Ventas | 6/9 | 2% | +18% | — |
| WELL | Welltower | 6/9 | 3% | +36% | — |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.