QCOM vs. CSCO, PANW, MSI, JNPR, FFIV, UI, CIEN, SATS, MAXR, and IDCC
Should you be buying QUALCOMM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QUALCOMM include Cisco Systems (CSCO), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Juniper Networks (JNPR), F5 (FFIV), Ubiquiti (UI), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), Maxar Technologies (MAXR), and InterDigital (IDCC). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Cisco Systems pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QUALCOMM pays out 45.7% 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. Cisco Systems has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and QUALCOMM has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.
Cisco Systems received 172 more outperform votes than QUALCOMM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.77% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote while only 73.28% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote.
Cisco Systems currently has a consensus target price of $56.47, indicating a potential upside of 21.45%. QUALCOMM has a consensus target price of $185.91, indicating a potential downside of 8.89%. Given QUALCOMM's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Cisco Systems is more favorable than QUALCOMM.
QUALCOMM has a net margin of 23.03% compared to QUALCOMM's net margin of 21.88%. Cisco Systems' return on equity of 37.09% beat QUALCOMM's return on equity.
Cisco Systems has higher revenue and earnings than QUALCOMM. Cisco Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QUALCOMM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, QUALCOMM had 5 more articles in the media than Cisco Systems. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for QUALCOMM and 26 mentions for Cisco Systems. Cisco Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat QUALCOMM's score of 0.63 indicating that QUALCOMM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of QUALCOMM shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
QUALCOMM beats Cisco Systems on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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