SIFY vs APLD vs EQIX Stock Comparison

Sify Technologies, Applied Digital and Equinix Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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SIFY Sify Technologies Ltd
$12.58 -5.6% 1M +11.7% 1Y
Market cap
$911.23M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$409.85M
Div. yield
–
Data Centers Technology
APLD Applied Digital Corp.
$20.39 -16.9% 1M -40.6% 1Y
Market cap
$6.06B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$853.85M
Div. yield
–
Data Centers Technology
2 wins
EQIX Equinix Inc
$1,007.66 -0.3% 1M +23.5% 1Y
Market cap
$99.75B
P/E
60.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.06B
Div. yield
2.00%
Data Centers Technology
8 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Equinix leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Equinix 8, Applied Digital 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSIFYAPLDEQIXLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $911.23M $6.06B $99.75B EQIX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -50.1x -12.7x 60.4x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 629.0x — 57.2x EQIX
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +13.9% +286.2% +11.1% APLD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.4% -54.9% 16.4% EQIX
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 5.2% -4.1% 5.7% EQIX
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -6.0x -18.4x 4.3x APLD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 2.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.7% -40.6% +23.5% EQIX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -10.1%/yr -6.2%/yr +3.8%/yr EQIX
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 60.6% 101.4% 25.8% EQIX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 53/100 34/100 55/100 EQIX

Percentile Scorecard

SIFYAPLDEQIX

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisSIFYAPLDEQIX
Valuation 68 #13 of 38 27 #28 of 38 35 #25 of 38
Growth 34 #24 of 36 51 #18 of 36 37 #23 of 36
Profitability 58 #15 of 34 30 #24 of 34 82 #7 of 34
Financial Health – 43 #22 of 38 46 #21 of 38
Shareholder Returns – 20 #17 of 21 75 #6 of 21
Overall 53 34 55
  • SIFY ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • APLD ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing
  • EQIX ranked among 39 companies in Cloud Computing

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodSIFYAPLDEQIXSPY
1 month -5.6%-16.9%-0.3% +0.9%
3 months -10.2%-12.2%0.0% +5.9%
6 months -16.4%-37.6%-7.5% +8.5%
Year to date +3.2%-16.8%+31.5% +13.3%
1 year +11.7%-40.6%+23.5% +12.4%
3 years +44.6%+323.9%+41.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year +13.1%+61.9%+12.4% +23.5%
5 years -41.1%-27.5%+20.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year -10.1%-6.2%+3.8% +11.0%
10 years +99.7%+17,976.2%+183.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year +7.2%+68.2%+11.0% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureSIFYAPLDEQIXSPY
Volatility, 1Y 60.6%101.4%25.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 61.4%95.4%22.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.154.440.56 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.19-0.400.91 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -91.8%-97.0%-40.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -27.0%-58.9%-9.7% -0.9%
52-week high $17.24$49.65$1,115.94 $779.14
52-week low $10.37$17.83$726.09 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleSIFYAPLDEQIX
P/E now vs peer median -50.1xmedian 27.6x -12.7xmedian 27.6x 60.4xmedian 27.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 4.8x 7.1xmedian 4.8x 9.9xmedian 4.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -15.0xmedian 24.1x -51.0xmedian 24.1x 26.6xmedian 24.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 15.0x -1.4xmedian 15.0x -40.0xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 4.4x 3.8xmedian 4.4x 6.9xmedian 4.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.86median 0.38 0.27median 0.38 2.81median 0.38

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsSIFYAPLDEQIX
Revenue $409.85M $853.85M $10.06B
Gross profit $210.86M $273.30M $5.19B
Operating income $43.70M -$303.82M $2.26B
Net income -$18.30M -$351.47M $1.65B
Free cash flow – -$4.46B -$2.49B
EPS (diluted) $-0.25 $-1.61 $16.60
Cash & equivalents $61.09M $2.95B $2.36B
Total debt $665.30M $6.38B $22.63B
Shares (diluted) 72.46M 291.56M 99.28M
Enterprise value $713.28M -$117.70M $87.64B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricSIFYAPLDEQIX
P/E -50.1x -12.7x 60.4x
P/FCF – -1.4x -40.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 25.8x 23.9x
P/S 2.2x 7.1x 9.9x
P/B 4.6x 3.8x 6.9x
P/Tangible book 4.6x 3.8x 7.4x
EV/EBITDA -15.0x -51.0x 26.6x
EV/EBIT 34.7x -31.2x 52.5x
EV/Revenue 3.7x 11.1x 11.8x
EV/FCF – -2.1x -47.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 40.3x 28.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.86 0.27 2.81

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSIFYAPLDEQIX
Revenue growth (1Y) 13.9% 286.2% 11.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -64.4% 115.9% 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 13.8% 653.6% 14.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 63.9% 134.2% 8.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 75.2% -254.9% 48.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -5.8% -87.5% 18.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 22.2% -44.2% 53.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -88.4% -88.1% 23.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 33.6% -66.0% 52.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -58.6% -46.3% 21.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 294.3% 11.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 72.3% 11.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -346.5% -349.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -272.4% -756.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSIFYAPLDEQIX
Gross margin 51.4% 32.0% 51.6%
EBITDA margin -24.6% -21.8% 44.4%
Operating margin 10.7% -35.6% 22.5%
Pretax margin 6.6% -40.2% 18.3%
Net margin -4.4% -54.9% 16.4%
FCF margin – -521.8% -24.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 27.5% 41.5%
Return on equity -9.1% -21.1% 11.4%
Return on assets – -3.2% 3.8%
Return on invested capital 5.2% -4.1% 5.7%
Return on capital employed – -3.3% 5.9%
Asset turnover – 0.1x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – -0.7x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue – 31.8% 5.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSIFYAPLDEQIX
Debt / assets – 54.5% 50.9%
Debt / equity 3.3x 4.0x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA -6.0x -18.4x 4.3x
Debt / FCF – -1.4x -9.1x
Liabilities / assets – 86.3% 67.3%
Equity / assets – 13.7% 32.7%
Interest coverage 5.4x -3.1x 3.7x
Current ratio – 2.6x 1.3x
Quick ratio – 1.9x 1.1x
Cash ratio – 1.9x 0.8x
Altman Z-score – 0.50 2.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSIFYAPLDEQIX
Dividend yield – – 2.0%
Net buyback yield – -15.2% -0.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% -15.2% 1.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusSIFYAPLDEQIX
Forward P/E 629.0xFY2026 – 57.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.02FY2026 $-1.69FY2026 $17.61FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – – +28.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +150.0% – +10.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $765.58MFY2026 $1.00BFY2026 $10.81BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +8.7%FY2026 +64.0%FY2026 +17.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +30.6% +87.8% -0.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSIFYAPLDEQIX
Held by institutions 4.6% 74.5% 97.5%
Institutions holding 42 564 1,356
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +8.6% +3.3%
Institutions buying 27 339 727
Institutions selling 4 164 420
Buyers to sellers 6.75 2.07 1.73

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

SIFYAPLDEQIX
SIFY 1.00 0.36 0.12
APLD 0.36 1.00 0.35
EQIX 0.12 0.35 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SIFY, APLD and EQIX?

Equinix (EQIX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Sify Technologies (SIFY) $911.23M, Applied Digital (APLD) $6.06B, Equinix (EQIX) $99.75B.

Which company is growing faster?

Applied Digital (APLD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Sify Technologies (SIFY) +13.9%, Applied Digital (APLD) +286.2%, Equinix (EQIX) +11.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Equinix (EQIX) has the highest net margin (Sify Technologies (SIFY) -4.4%, Applied Digital (APLD) -54.9%, Equinix (EQIX) 16.4%). On return on invested capital, Equinix (EQIX) leads (Sify Technologies (SIFY) 5.2%, Applied Digital (APLD) -4.1%, Equinix (EQIX) 5.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Equinix (EQIX) returned the most: Sify Technologies (SIFY) +11.7%, Applied Digital (APLD) -40.6%, Equinix (EQIX) +23.5%. Over five years, Equinix (EQIX) compounded fastest (Sify Technologies (SIFY) -10.1%/yr, Applied Digital (APLD) -6.2%/yr, Equinix (EQIX) +3.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Sify Technologies (SIFY) 0.00%, Equinix (EQIX) 2.00%. Sify Technologies (SIFY) and Applied Digital (APLD) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Equinix (EQIX) has been the steadiest (Sify Technologies (SIFY) 60.6%, Applied Digital (APLD) 101.4%, Equinix (EQIX) 25.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SIFY, APLD and EQIX?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Equinix (EQIX) leads on 8. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.