Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) & Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) Financial Analysis

Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (NASDAQ:WHLR) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Equinix and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equinix	0	6	7	1	2.64
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust	0	0	0	0	N/A

Equinix presently has a consensus target price of $862.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.31%. Given Equinix’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.3% of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 40.6% of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Equinix has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Equinix and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equinix	11.84%	8.01%	3.05%
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust	-4.58%	N/A	-0.70%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Equinix and Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Equinix	$8.19 billion	8.64	$969.18 million	$10.31	72.55
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust	$102.32 million	0.10	-$4.69 million	($42.51)	0.00

Equinix has higher revenue and earnings than Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust. Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Equinix beats Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Equinix

Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure company . Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals.

About Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust

Headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning and operating income-producing retail properties with a primary focus on grocery-anchored centers.