QCOM vs. CSCO, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, IDCC, SATS, 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), InterDigital (IDCC), EchoStar (SATS), 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 better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. QUALCOMM pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cisco Systems pays out 66.9% 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. QUALCOMM has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Cisco Systems has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cisco Systems received 176 more outperform votes than QUALCOMM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.19% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote while only 73.01% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cisco Systems had 7 more articles in the media than QUALCOMM. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for Cisco Systems and 72 mentions for QUALCOMM. Cisco Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat QUALCOMM's score of 0.91 indicating that Cisco Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
QUALCOMM presently has a consensus price target of $189.88, indicating a potential upside of 19.32%. Cisco Systems has a consensus price target of $68.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.37%. Given QUALCOMM's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe QUALCOMM is more favorable than Cisco Systems.
Summary
QUALCOMM beats Cisco Systems on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:QCOM) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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