Equinix Inc vs Mercadolibre Inc — how do they compare? Equinix Inc trades at $1,032.41 (market cap $101.87B), while Mercadolibre Inc trades at $1,932.9 (market cap $98.35B). The key difference: Equinix Inc and Mercadolibre Inc are close in size by market cap, and Equinix Inc pays a 2% dividend while Mercadolibre Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| EQIX | MELI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $101.87B | $98.35B |
Sector | Real Estate | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $1.12K | $2.51K |
52-Week Low | $726.09 | $1.55K |
Enterprise Value | $123.00B | $106.00B |
Dividend Yield | 2% | — |
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Latest headlines on both assets
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 →MercadoLibre runs the largest e-commerce marketplace in Latin America, connecting a network of more than 140 million active users and 1 million active sellers as of the end of 2021 across an 18-country footprint. The company also operates a host of complementary businesses, with shipping solutions (Mercado Envios), a payment and financing operation (Mercado Pago), advertisements (Mercado Clics), classifieds, and a turnkey e-commerce solution (Mercado Shops) rounding out its arsenal. MercadoLibre generates revenue from final value fees, advertising royalties, payment processing, insertion fees, subscription fees, and interest income from consumer and small-business lending.
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