Question 1

Which is bigger, EQIX or HST?

Accepted Answer

Equinix, Inc. is the larger company — market cap $101B vs $15.5B for Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, EQIX or HST?

Accepted Answer

HST keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 16.5% vs 15.6% for EQIX.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, EQIX or HST?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, HST trades at a lower P/E — 15.1 vs 66.0 for EQIX. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, EQIX or HST?

Accepted Answer

HST yields 4.20% vs 1.93% for EQIX.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — EQIX or HST?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, EQIX leads 3 of 11 comparable metrics and HST leads 8. StockCV rates EQIX “Strained” and HST “Mixed”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	EQIX	HST
Price	$1 026.06	$22.60
Market cap	$101B	$15.5B
Revenue (TTM)	$9.80B	$6.22B
Revenue growth	+8.3%	+7.6%
Net margin	15.6%	16.5%
Free cash flow	-$1.46B	$1.33B
Net cash (debt)	—	($4.87B)
1-year price return	+26.9%	+39.6%
P/E	66.0	15.1
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	98%	77%
Dividend yield	1.93%	4.20%
Return on equity	11%	16%
Altman Z-score	0.22	0.33
CV checks passed	6 of 11	10 of 11
Employees	13,716	162

Equinix, Inc. vs Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.