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 1.6× larger than HPE by market cap; HPE trades at the lower P/E (41.8 vs 72.7); year to date, HPE leads (+102.1% vs +37.2%).
Side by side
| EQIX | HPE | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $103B | $65.1B |
| Price | $1,051.21 | $48.54 |
| Today | +1.6% | −1.2% |
| Return YTD | +37.2% | +102.1% |
| Return 1Y | +38.5% | +128.0% |
| P/E | 72.7 | 41.8 |
| P/S | 11.0 | 1.7 |
| P/B | 7.2 | 2.6 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
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The world's largest provider of neutral data centers (colocation) — leases space, power and interconnection to cloud providers, enterprises and AI operators.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise builds supercomputers (Cray) and AI servers and has strengthened its networking arm with the acquisition of Juniper.
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