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QCOM vs. CSCO, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, and EXTR

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), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), and Extreme Networks (EXTR). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

QUALCOMM vs.

QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) 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 media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. QUALCOMM pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cisco Systems pays out 71.6% 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. QUALCOMM has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Cisco Systems has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

QUALCOMM has a net margin of 25.94% compared to Cisco Systems' net margin of 16.96%. QUALCOMM's return on equity of 39.51% beat Cisco Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QUALCOMM25.94% 39.51% 18.65%
Cisco Systems 16.96%26.08%9.65%

74.3% of QUALCOMM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of QUALCOMM 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, QUALCOMM had 35 more articles in the media than Cisco Systems. MarketBeat recorded 81 mentions for QUALCOMM and 46 mentions for Cisco Systems. Cisco Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat QUALCOMM's score of 0.82 indicating that Cisco Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
QUALCOMM
39 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cisco Systems
31 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Cisco Systems received 168 more outperform votes than QUALCOMM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.32% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote while only 73.05% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
QUALCOMMOutperform Votes
2277
77.32%
Underperform Votes
668
22.68%
Cisco SystemsOutperform Votes
2445
73.05%
Underperform Votes
902
26.95%

QUALCOMM presently has a consensus price target of $194.11, indicating a potential upside of 43.56%. Cisco Systems has a consensus price target of $65.05, indicating a potential upside of 11.93%. Given QUALCOMM's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe QUALCOMM is more favorable than Cisco Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QUALCOMM
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Cisco Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

Cisco Systems has higher revenue and earnings than QUALCOMM. QUALCOMM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cisco Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QUALCOMM$40.70B3.67$10.14B$9.8213.77
Cisco Systems$54.18B4.27$10.32B$2.2925.38

Summary

QUALCOMM beats Cisco Systems on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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QCOM vs. The Competition

MetricQUALCOMMRadio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$164.20B$10.64B$23.43B$7.93B
Dividend Yield2.31%1.60%2.96%4.23%
P/E Ratio14.4512.3642.3518.54
Price / Sales3.674.992,105.70103.30
Price / Cash17.1712.3534.7234.62
Price / Book5.567.236.184.25
Net Income$10.14B$371.54M$737.35M$248.18M
7 Day Performance-8.15%2.23%1.88%1.25%
1 Month Performance-11.66%0.58%2.31%3.76%
1 Year Performance-17.61%44.73%52,745.56%5.28%

QUALCOMM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9596 of 5 stars
$135.21
-8.9%
$193.42
+43.1%
-17.6%$164.20B$40.70B14.4551,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.893 of 5 stars
$56.65
-0.1%
$65.05
+14.8%
+24.1%$225.37B$54.18B24.7483,300Positive News
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
3.8998 of 5 stars
$180.48
+0.8%
$203.06
+12.5%
+29.7%$119.50B$8.57B101.6812,600Positive News
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.6321 of 5 stars
$430.46
+0.1%
$515.25
+19.7%
+30.7%$71.87B$10.82B46.6920,000Earnings Report
Positive News
FFIV
F5
3.6039 of 5 stars
$265.32
-1.7%
$289.67
+9.2%
+59.5%$15.30B$2.89B26.377,090Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
JNPR
Juniper Networks
3.7606 of 5 stars
$35.62
+0.0%
$39.80
+11.8%
+4.2%$11.89B$5.07B41.3510,900Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.1086 of 5 stars
$66.07
+0.2%
$77.62
+17.5%
+53.3%$9.39B$4.05B115.918,080
SATS
EchoStar
1.1087 of 5 stars
$22.55
0.0%
$23.75
+5.3%
+42.8%$6.46B$15.83B-2.462,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
IDCC
InterDigital
1.967 of 5 stars
$194.29
+0.3%
$130.00
-33.1%
+106.5%$4.99B$868.52M16.14420Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CALX
Calix
3.1601 of 5 stars
$39.73
+0.3%
$47.83
+20.4%
+48.2%$2.65B$825.45M-88.281,430Insider Trade
Positive News
EXTR
Extreme Networks
4.0231 of 5 stars
$13.01
+4.2%
$19.50
+49.9%
+20.6%$1.73B$1.02B-13.842,656Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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