Equinix Inc vs Moody's Corporation — how do they compare? Equinix Inc trades at $1,041.96 (market cap $101.87B), while Moody's Corporation trades at $477 (market cap $82.52B). The key difference: Equinix Inc is the larger of the two by market cap, and Equinix Inc pays the higher dividend (2%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| EQIX | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $101.87B | $82.52B |
Sector | Real Estate | Financials |
52-Week High | $1.12K | $539.61 |
52-Week Low | $726.09 | $412.23 |
Enterprise Value | $123.00B | $88.54B |
Dividend Yield | 2% | 0.86% |
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Equinix is a retail provider of data centers, enabling hundreds of enterprise tenants to house their servers and networking equipment in a collocated environment. Tenants can then connect with each other, through cloud service providers and telecom networks. Equinix operates 240 data centers in 66 markets worldwide and owns just less than half of them. The firm has roughly 10,000 customers, including 2,000 networks, that are dispersed over five verticals: Cloud and IT Services, Content Providers, Network and Mobile Services, Financial Services, and Enterprise. About 70% of Equinix's revenue comes from renting space to tenants and related services, and more than 15% comes from connecting customers with each other. Equinix operates as a real estate investment trust.
Read more on EQIX →Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed income securities. Moody's ratings segment, known as Moody's Investors Service or MIS, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. Moody's other segment is Moody's Analytics and consists of Research, Data, and Analytics or RD&A and Enterprise Risk Solutions or ERS. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know your customer (KYC) tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk management software solutions to financial institutions.
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