CSCO vs. IBM, ANET, CRM, TMUS, ORCL, ADBE, AMD, TXN, VZ, and SAP
Should you be buying Cisco Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cisco Systems include International Business Machines (IBM), Arista Networks (ANET), Salesforce (CRM), T-Mobile US (TMUS), Oracle (ORCL), Adobe (ADBE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Texas Instruments (TXN), Verizon Communications (VZ), and SAP (SAP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Cisco Systems vs.
International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
55.9% of International Business Machines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.1% of Cisco Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of International Business Machines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
International Business Machines presently has a consensus target price of $142.73, indicating a potential upside of 10.04%. Cisco Systems has a consensus target price of $56.38, indicating a potential upside of 10.18%. Given Cisco Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cisco Systems is more favorable than International Business Machines.
International Business Machines pays an annual dividend of $6.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. International Business Machines pays out 375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cisco Systems pays out 55.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. International Business Machines has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years and Cisco Systems has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. International Business Machines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
International Business Machines has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cisco Systems has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
In the previous week, International Business Machines had 6 more articles in the media than Cisco Systems. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for International Business Machines and 13 mentions for Cisco Systems. Cisco Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat International Business Machines' score of 0.99 indicating that Cisco Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cisco Systems received 1307 more outperform votes than International Business Machines when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.11% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote while only 59.41% of users gave International Business Machines an outperform vote.
Cisco Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than International Business Machines. Cisco Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Business Machines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cisco Systems has a net margin of 21.26% compared to International Business Machines' net margin of 2.71%. International Business Machines' return on equity of 41.24% beat Cisco Systems' return on equity.
Summary
Cisco Systems beats International Business Machines on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CSCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Cisco Systems Competitors List
