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Company snapshot — Equinix Inc

EQIX in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Equinix owns and runs data centres where companies house servers and connect directly to networks, cloud platforms and each other. It is structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT — a company that owns income-producing property and pays out most profit as dividends), sitting in the REIT - Specialty group. It is based in Redwood City, California, and has traded publicly since 2000.
Where it sits in the stack
Equinix carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index. Inside our universe it sits in the Agentic Ecosystem sleeve, in the Edge & Distribution group, alongside companies that move traffic between data centres and end users.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with Cloudflare, Akamai, SpaceX and Fastly under the Agentic Ecosystem sleeve's edge-and-distribution reasoning; the market also names Digital Realty Trust as a direct competitor in data-centre real estate.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but has no place in Rubin. It carries a Closelook score, though only one module is scored so far, so the read is still being built. It has not yet appeared in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether cloud and AI tenants keep filling interconnection space at Equinix's facilities, and whether hyperscale operators building their own capacity change who rents from it.

Equinix Inc (EQIX) trades on US exchanges, classified under Real Estate.

The Closelook company score reads 39/100 composite (momentum 56, quality 41, valuation 14) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for EQIX, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Rothschild & Co Redburn, 2026-09-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for EQIX from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Rothschild & Co Redburn — target 1,261 Target set to $1261 (+23.5% to spot) 2026-09-21
  • Price target Evercore ISI — target 1,270 from 1,240 Target raised to $1270 from $1240 (+15.8% to spot) 2026-08-18

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Agentic Ecosystem · Edge & Distribution · 4 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Agentic Ecosystem · Edge & Distribution

Compared against EQIX on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Agentic Ecosystem Index — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Agentic Ecosystem Index · as of 2026-09-24

DayWeekMonth3 months
EQIX−0.3%+0.9%−3.6%−4.9%
Edge & Distribution−3.5%+3.9%+11.6%—
Agentic Ecosystem Index−0.1%+5.2%+14.1%—

Against the index: 4.3 pts behind on the week, 17.7 pts behind on the month; against its Edge & Distribution sleeve 15.2 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.95%, quarterly · last 5.16 USD on 2026-08-19

Dividends and capital return

What EQIX pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 20.17 USD per share · a 1.95% yield on the 2026-09-24 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-24
  • Change on the year +10.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 18.33 USD per share
  • Last distribution 5.16 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-19
  • By calendar year 2023: 4.26 USD (partial) · 2024: 17.04 USD · 2025: 18.76 USD · 2026: 15.48 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-14
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 1.86 bn USD 87% of earnings
  • Share count +0.9% in FY2025 498 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 1.86 bn USD in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.62 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How EQIX has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.62 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Equinix Inc moved 0.62% on average · correlation 0.23 · higher than 63% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.76 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.72% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.28% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 60/100 · S&P 500 fund at 66, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-24
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +10.1% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-24
  • Sector × region Real estate in US: −2.2% week · −7.4% month · −5.8% quarter · −0.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLRE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-24
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.60 · up 0.32 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-23

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-25

Quick answers

What is Equinix Inc (EQIX)?

Equinix Inc trades as EQIX on the US exchange (United States) and is classified under Real Estate in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-25.

Is EQIX in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Equinix Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-25.

What is Equinix Inc's Closelook composite score?

39 out of 100, with momentum 56, quality 41 and valuation 14 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-25. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does EQIX trade against its moving averages?

Lost its 50-day: Slipped below its 50-day line today — the first crack in its short-term trend. As of 2026-09-23 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is EQIX doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Equinix Inc is −3.6% against +14.1% for the Agentic Ecosystem Index — 17.7 points behind its index, as of 2026-09-24. Its Edge & Distribution sleeve is +11.6% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Equinix Inc do?

Equinix owns and runs data centres where companies house servers and connect directly to networks, cloud platforms and each other. It is structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT — a company that owns income-producing property and pays out most profit as dividends), sitting in the REIT - Specialty group. It is based in Redwood City, California, and has traded publicly since 2000. Closelook's peer group places it with Cloudflare, Akamai, SpaceX and Fastly under the Agentic Ecosystem sleeve's edge-and-distribution reasoning; the market also names Digital Realty Trust as a direct competitor in data-centre real estate.

Where does Equinix Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Equinix carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index. Inside our universe it sits in the Agentic Ecosystem sleeve, in the Edge & Distribution group, alongside companies that move traffic between data centres and end users. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but has no place in Rubin. It carries a Closelook score, though only one module is scored so far, so the read is still being built. It has not yet appeared in the diary's editions.

Does Equinix Inc pay a dividend?

Equinix Inc has paid 20.17 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.95% on the 2026-09-24 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 5.16 USD on 2026-08-19. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 1.86 bn USD in dividends. The share count rose 0.9% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Equinix Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Equinix Inc had a beta of 0.62 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 63% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.72% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Equinix Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Equinix Inc on the Closelook wire is a price target by Rothschild & Co Redburn on 2026-09-21 (target 1,261). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for EQIX, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then REIT - Specialty, then Real Estate. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.