Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX – Get Rating) and Gladstone Land (NASDAQ:LANDM – Get Rating) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Equinix and Gladstone Land’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Equinix | $7.26 billion | 10.04 | $704.34 million | $8.83 | 88.29 |
| Gladstone Land | $90.50 million | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Equinix has higher revenue and earnings than Gladstone Land.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Equinix and Gladstone Land, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Equinix | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 2.83 |
| Gladstone Land | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Equinix currently has a consensus price target of $781.11, indicating a potential upside of 0.19%. Given Equinix’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equinix is more favorable than Gladstone Land.
Profitability
This table compares Equinix and Gladstone Land’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Equinix | 10.84% | 7.20% | 2.72% |
| Gladstone Land | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
92.8% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Equinix beats Gladstone Land on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Equinix
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Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world’s digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix enables today’s businesses to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix, they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.
About Gladstone Land
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Founded in 1997, Gladstone Land is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that acquires and owns farmland and farm-related properties located in major agricultural markets in the U.S. and leases its properties to unrelated third-party farmers. The Company, which reports the aggregate fair value of its farmland holdings on a quarterly basis, currently owns 169 farms, comprised of approximately 116,000 acres in 15 different states and 45,000 acre-feet of banked water in California, valued at a total of approximately $1.6 billion. Gladstone Land’s farms are predominantly located in regions where its tenants are able to grow fresh produce annual row crops, such as berries and vegetables, which are generally planted and harvested annually. The Company also owns farms growing permanent crops, such as almonds, apples, cherries, figs, lemons, olives, pistachios, and other orchards, as well as blueberry groves and vineyards, which are generally planted every 20-plus years and harvested annually. Approximately 40% of the Company’s fresh produce acreage is either organic or in transition to become organic, and over 10% of its permanent crop acreage falls into this category. The Company may also acquire property related to farming, such as cooling facilities, processing buildings, packaging facilities, and distribution centers. Gladstone Land pays monthly distributions to its stockholders and has paid 123 consecutive monthly cash distributions on its common stock since its initial public offering in January 2013. The Company has increased its common distributions 30 times over the prior 33 quarters, and the current per-share distribution on its common stock is $0.046 per month, or $0.552 per year.
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