Equinix Inc vs Northrop Grumman Corporation — how do they compare? Equinix Inc trades at $1,032.41 (market cap $101.87B), while Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $574.85 (market cap $81.78B). 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 | NOC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $101.87B | $81.78B |
Sector | Real Estate | Industrials |
52-Week High | $1.12K | $768.02 |
52-Week Low | $726.09 | $496.02 |
Enterprise Value | $123.00B | $95.77B |
Dividend Yield | 2% | 1.63% |
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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 →Northrop Grumman is a defense contractor that is diversified across short-cycle and long-cycle businesses. The firm's segments include aeronautics, mission systems, defense services, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces various piloted and autonomous flight systems. Mission systems creates a variety of sensors and processors for defense hardware. The defense systems segment is a long-range missile manufacturer. Finally, the company's space systems segment produces various space structures, sensors, and satellites.
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