BROOKFIELD CORPORATION vs EQUINIX INC, two REIT stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Equinix runs interconnection-rich data centers where enterprises and networks meet; Brookfield owns and manages a diversified pool of real and financial assets, and neither is a simple rent-collector. Equinix's economics are the more legible, a 15.1% net margin and 9.95% return on equity on its data-center-and-interconnection model, against Brookfield's 1.95% return on equity distorted by asset-mark timing. Equinix trades at 75.5 times GAAP earnings (depreciation-heavy), Brookfield at 84. Equinix carries 1.38 turns of debt, Brookfield none shown; Equinix pays a 1.72% dividend, Brookfield none listed. The pair prices a premium data-center REIT against a diversified asset manager; Equinix's interconnection moat throws off growing contracted cash, Brookfield compounds deployed capital, and both trade at multiples that reflect their growth, not their trailing earnings.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | BN | EQIX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $42.87 | $1091.09 |
| Market cap | $96.3B | $107.7B |
| Sector | REIT | REIT |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 84.1 | 75.5 |
| P/B | 0.58 | 7.53 |
| P/S | 1.28 | 11.42 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.7 | 30.9 |
| Revenue growth | +0.7% | +6.7% |
| Operating margin | — | 23.6% |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 15.1% |
| Return on equity | 1.9% | 9.9% |
| Return on assets | 0.6% | 3.5% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 5.1% |
| FCF yield | -3.9% | -0.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.38 |
| Current ratio | — | 1.18 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 0.31 | 2.96 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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