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Crown Castle Inc. (CCI) vs Equinix, Inc. (EQIX)

Crown Castle Inc. and Equinix, Inc. are both Reit Specialty companies. Equinix, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $98.7B against $38.7B — 2.6× the size. Crown Castle Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 47.8× against 59.9×. Equinix, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.1% against −5.29%. Crown Castle Inc. has the higher net margin (20.1% vs 16.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.54% vs 4.15%). Both pay a dividend; Crown Castle Inc. yields more (4.65% vs 2.01%). Across the 21 metrics below, Crown Castle Inc. leads on 13 and Equinix, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric CCI EQIX Reit Specialty median
P/E 47.81 59.86 27.75
P/S 9.52 9.83 6.76
P/B n/m 6.81 1.96
Price to free cash flow 20.67 n/m 19.50
EV/EBITDA 20.93 26.55 17.39
EV/Sales 13.81 11.78 8.49
Earnings yield 2.09% 1.67% 2.53%
Free cash flow yield 4.84% (2.10%) 4.58%

Profitability

Metric CCI EQIX Reit Specialty median
Gross margin 73.70% 51.58% 67.60%
Operating margin 47.09% 22.50% 20.70%
Net margin 20.13% 16.38% 16.51%
Free cash flow margin 46.08% (20.67%) 30.71%
Return on equity (33.44%) 11.49% 4.02%
Return on assets 3.15% 3.99% 3.23%
Return on invested capital 8.54% 4.15% 4.15%

Growth

Metric CCI EQIX Reit Specialty median
Revenue growth (TTM) (5.29%) 11.06% 5.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 111.25% 61.88% 26.78%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR (6.10%) 8.97% 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (14.97%) 29.56% 0.00%

Health

Metric CCI EQIX Reit Specialty median
Debt to equity (5.20) 1.60 0.57
Current ratio 0.23 1.29 0.67
Net debt to EBITDA 8.60 4.23 4.47

Dividend

Metric CCI EQIX Reit Specialty median
Dividend yield 4.65% 2.01% 3.79%
Payout ratio 2.24 1.21 1.21

Size

Metric CCI EQIX Reit Specialty median
Market cap 38.70b 98.73b 6.03b

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