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$158.01 +3.88 (+2.52%)
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QCOM vs. AAPL, AMD, AVGO, CLFD, GOOGL, INTC, META, MSFT, MU, and NVDA

Should you be buying QUALCOMM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QUALCOMM include Apple (AAPL), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Clearfield (CLFD), Alphabet (GOOGL), Intel (INTC), Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), Micron Technology (MU), and NVIDIA (NVDA). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

QUALCOMM vs. Its Competitors

QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QUALCOMM$43.26B3.94$10.14B$10.3715.24
Apple$408.63B8.27$93.74B$6.5934.56

In the previous week, Apple had 252 more articles in the media than QUALCOMM. MarketBeat recorded 304 mentions for Apple and 52 mentions for QUALCOMM. QUALCOMM's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Apple's score of 0.87 indicating that QUALCOMM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
QUALCOMM
44 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
177 Very Positive mention(s)
37 Positive mention(s)
55 Neutral mention(s)
21 Negative mention(s)
13 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

74.3% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. QUALCOMM pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 15.8% 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 Apple has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. QUALCOMM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

QUALCOMM presently has a consensus target price of $181.10, suggesting a potential upside of 14.61%. Apple has a consensus target price of $237.98, suggesting a potential upside of 4.49%. Given QUALCOMM's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe QUALCOMM is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QUALCOMM
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

QUALCOMM has a net margin of 26.77% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat QUALCOMM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QUALCOMM26.77% 40.35% 19.74%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Apple beats QUALCOMM on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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.
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QCOM vs. The Competition

MetricQUALCOMMELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$170.49B$39.25B$29.85B$9.76B
Dividend Yield2.31%2.36%3.09%4.06%
P/E Ratio15.24641.2554.6026.05
Price / Sales3.94238.971,263.5988.36
Price / Cash15.6288.6335.9859.36
Price / Book6.278.369.606.60
Net Income$10.14B$551.26M$805.43M$265.65M
7 Day Performance0.10%2.29%1.70%2.00%
1 Month Performance-0.52%-5.10%0.03%0.46%
1 Year Performance-8.93%28.35%24,310.33%18.88%

QUALCOMM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9426 of 5 stars
$158.01
+2.5%
$181.10
+14.6%
-8.9%$170.49B$43.26B15.2449,000Positive News
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AAPL
Apple
4.5589 of 5 stars
$231.25
-0.1%
$237.60
+2.7%
+0.4%$3.43T$391.04B35.10164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
4.3291 of 5 stars
$175.81
-1.0%
$180.12
+2.5%
+8.2%$285.50B$25.79B101.1128,000Trending News
AVGO
Broadcom
4.799 of 5 stars
$304.47
-0.6%
$295.96
-2.8%
+76.7%$1.43T$51.57B114.0937,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CLFD
Clearfield
2.3072 of 5 stars
$31.54
+0.5%
$47.50
+50.6%
-13.1%$435.57M$166.71M3,154.001,130
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.0611 of 5 stars
$203.07
-0.4%
$211.53
+4.2%
+24.4%$2.46T$350.02B21.63183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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INTC
Intel
3.3686 of 5 stars
$23.66
-3.6%
$22.17
-6.3%
+20.7%$103.77B$53.10B-4.97108,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
META
Meta Platforms
4.2269 of 5 stars
$769.11
-2.1%
$822.41
+6.9%
+43.0%$1.93T$164.50B27.8674,067Trending News
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Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9352 of 5 stars
$515.33
-0.9%
$612.54
+18.9%
+21.7%$3.83T$281.72B37.81228,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
MU
Micron Technology
4.9814 of 5 stars
$122.79
+1.6%
$147.24
+19.9%
+14.4%$137.54B$33.81B22.1448,000Trending News
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NVDA
NVIDIA
4.5097 of 5 stars
$182.36
+1.1%
$186.33
+2.2%
+37.6%$4.45T$130.50B58.8336,000Trending News
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This page (NASDAQ:QCOM) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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