TMUS vs. CSCO, INTU, AMAT, TXN, VZ, QCOM, ADBE, IBM, NOW, and MU
Should you be buying T-Mobile US stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of T-Mobile US include Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intuit (INTU), Applied Materials (AMAT), Texas Instruments (TXN), Verizon Communications (VZ), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Adobe (ADBE), International Business Machines (IBM), ServiceNow (NOW), and Micron Technology (MU). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
T-Mobile US (NASDAQ:TMUS) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Cisco Systems had 34 more articles in the media than T-Mobile US. MarketBeat recorded 81 mentions for Cisco Systems and 47 mentions for T-Mobile US. T-Mobile US's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Cisco Systems' score of 0.53 indicating that T-Mobile US is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cisco Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than T-Mobile US. Cisco Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than T-Mobile US, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
T-Mobile US has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
T-Mobile US pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. T-Mobile US pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cisco Systems pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
42.5% of T-Mobile US shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of T-Mobile US shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cisco Systems received 1451 more outperform votes than T-Mobile US when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.31% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote while only 69.18% of users gave T-Mobile US an outperform vote.
Cisco Systems has a net margin of 21.88% compared to T-Mobile US's net margin of 11.15%. Cisco Systems' return on equity of 30.82% beat T-Mobile US's return on equity.
T-Mobile US currently has a consensus price target of $186.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.62%. Cisco Systems has a consensus price target of $56.47, suggesting a potential upside of 17.24%. Given Cisco Systems' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cisco Systems is more favorable than T-Mobile US.
Summary
Cisco Systems beats T-Mobile US on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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