Equinixvs.HPE
EQIX vs HPE · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.
Equinix is about 1.3× larger than HPE by market cap; HPE trades at the lower P/E (51.3 vs 69.1); year to date, HPE leads (+118.3% vs +37.7%).
Side by side
| EQIX | HPE | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $106B | $79.8B |
| Price | $1,073.44 | $53.44 |
| Today | +1.7% | +1.9% |
| Return YTD | +37.7% | +118.3% |
| Return 1Y | +34.2% | +133.5% |
| P/E | 69.1 | 51.3 |
| P/S | 10.8 | 2.1 |
| P/B | 7.4 | 3.2 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
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Carrier-neutral by design. Equinix rents floor space and power, then sells the interconnection between whoever is in the building. xScale covers the hyperscale-sized halls.
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Cray supercomputers and ProLiant AI servers on one side; on the other, a networking business that grew considerably with the Juniper acquisition.
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