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Equinix, Inc. (EQIX) vs Lamar Advertising Company (LAMR)

Equinix, Inc. and Lamar Advertising Company are both Reit Specialty companies. Equinix, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $98.7B against $16.0B — 6.2× the size. Lamar Advertising Company trades at the lower P/E: 27.8× against 59.9×. Equinix, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.1% against 5.12%. Lamar Advertising Company has the higher net margin (24.4% vs 16.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.6% vs 4.15%). Both pay a dividend; Lamar Advertising Company yields more (3.08% vs 2.01%). Across the 22 metrics below, Lamar Advertising Company leads on 16 and Equinix, Inc. on 6.

Valuation

Metric EQIX LAMR Reit Specialty median
P/E 59.86 27.75 27.75
P/S 9.83 6.76 6.76
P/B 6.81 15.48 1.96
Price to free cash flow n/m 19.83 19.50
EV/EBITDA 26.55 17.39 17.39
EV/Sales 11.78 8.22 8.49
Earnings yield 1.67% 3.60% 2.53%
Free cash flow yield (2.10%) 5.04% 4.58%

Profitability

Metric EQIX LAMR Reit Specialty median
Gross margin 51.58% 67.60% 67.60%
Operating margin 22.50% 32.11% 20.70%
Net margin 16.38% 24.35% 16.51%
Free cash flow margin (20.67%) 34.06% 30.71%
Return on equity 11.49% 55.42% 4.02%
Return on assets 3.99% 8.31% 3.23%
Return on invested capital 4.15% 10.57% 4.15%

Growth

Metric EQIX LAMR Reit Specialty median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.06% 5.12% 5.31%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 61.88% 63.92% 26.78%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.97% 7.63% 6.70%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 29.56% 19.28% 0.00%

Health

Metric EQIX LAMR Reit Specialty median
Debt to equity 1.60 3.40 0.57
Current ratio 1.29 0.59 0.67
Net debt to EBITDA 4.23 3.04 4.47

Dividend

Metric EQIX LAMR Reit Specialty median
Dividend yield 2.01% 3.08% 3.79%
Payout ratio 1.21 0.86 1.21

Size

Metric EQIX LAMR Reit Specialty median
Market cap 98.73b 15.97b 6.03b

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