What Facts Should You Know About Equinix (EQIX)?

Equinix moved -1.3% this afternoon session, trading between a high of $791.4175 and a low of $781.07 per share. Yesterday the stock finished at $792.54 per share, compared to an average analyst target price of $844.4.

Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure company. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. The large-cap real estate investment trusts company is based in the United States, and over the last twelve months it has returned a dividend yield of 1.6%. Equinix has trailing twelve months earnings per share (EPS) of 8.7, which at today's prices amounts to a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 90.0.

Based on its expected future earnings growth, the company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 4.54. Usually a PEG ratio between 0 and 1 indicates a potentially undervalued company.

Snapshot of Equinix's Operating Margins:

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Operating Expenses ($ k) Operating Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023-02-17 7,263,105 -2,285,261 17 0.0
2022-02-18 6,635,537 -2,043,029 17 -10.53
2021-02-19 5,998,545 -1,809,337 19 -9.52
2020-02-21 5,562,140 -1,586,064 21 5.0
2019-02-22 5,071,654 -1,460,396 20 5.26
2018-02-26 4,368,428 -1,327,630 19

Averaging out to 18.8% over the last 6 years, Equinix's operating margins are lagging the Specialty Real Estate Investment Trust industry average of 25.46%. The firm's margins exhibit a relatively stable growth trend of -2.0%.

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