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NASDAQ:QCOM

QUALCOMM - QCOM Competitors

$124.38
+2.41 (+1.98%)
(As of 03/23/2023 09:52 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$123.89
$124.84
50-Day Range
$114.43
$138.46
52-Week Range
$101.93
$161.30
Volume
572,582 shs
Average Volume
7.79 million shs
Market Capitalization
$138.68 billion
P/E Ratio
11.98
Dividend Yield
2.41%
Price Target
$156.48

QCOM vs. MSI, T, SAP, INTC, INTU, VZ, IBM, AMD, TXN, and ADBE

Should you be buying QUALCOMM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QUALCOMM include Motorola Solutions (MSI), AT&T (T), SAP (SAP), Intel (INTC), Intuit (INTU), Verizon Communications (VZ), International Business Machines (IBM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Texas Instruments (TXN), and Adobe (ADBE). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

QUALCOMM vs.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) and QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

QUALCOMM has a net margin of 27.40% compared to Motorola Solutions' net margin of 14.96%. QUALCOMM's return on equity of 69.93% beat Motorola Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Motorola Solutions 14.96% -663.73% 13.77%
QUALCOMM 27.40% 69.93% 24.32%

In the previous week, Motorola Solutions had 10 more articles in the media than QUALCOMM. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Motorola Solutions and 10 mentions for QUALCOMM. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat QUALCOMM's score of 0.40 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Motorola Solutions
8 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
QUALCOMM
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

QUALCOMM received 1423 more outperform votes than Motorola Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.44% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote while only 67.34% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Motorola SolutionsOutperform Votes
767
67.34%
Underperform Votes
372
32.66%
QUALCOMMOutperform Votes
2190
78.44%
Underperform Votes
602
21.56%

Motorola Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $290.67, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. QUALCOMM has a consensus price target of $156.48, suggesting a potential upside of 28.30%. Given QUALCOMM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QUALCOMM is more favorable than Motorola Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Motorola Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
QUALCOMM
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

83.7% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of QUALCOMM shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are held 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.

Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Motorola Solutions pays out 44.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QUALCOMM pays out 28.9% 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. Motorola Solutions has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and QUALCOMM has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. QUALCOMM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Motorola Solutions$9.11 billion4.91$1.36 billion$7.9333.74
QUALCOMM$42.96 billion3.17$12.94 billion$10.3811.75

Summary

QUALCOMM beats Motorola Solutions on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding QCOM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

MetricQUALCOMMRadio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$138.04B$7.55B$13.35B$5.80B
Dividend Yield2.46%2.23%4.29%4.48%
P/E Ratio11.7514.16382.9215.45
Price / Sales3.1711.24951.6057.46
Price / Cash9.3514.3324.2857.16
Price / Book7.6015.128.605.01
Net Income$12.94B$551.01M$537.54M$190.83M
7 Day Performance1.21%-2.78%-0.67%-1.39%
1 Month Performance-3.35%-14.29%-5.38%-6.86%
1 Year Performance-20.21%-16.68%-16.88%-18.39%

QUALCOMM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSI
Motorola Solutions
2.7463 of 5 stars
$268.58
+3.8%
$287.80
+7.2%
+15.3%$44.92B$9.11B33.8720,000Positive News
T
AT&T
2.3082 of 5 stars
$18.39
+0.4%
$22.00
+19.6%
-20.8%$131.12B$120.74B-15.45160,700
SAP
SAP
2.0313 of 5 stars
$120.30
+4.1%
$114.13
-5.1%
+8.4%$141.90B$32.53B58.40111,961Dividend Cut
Analyst Report
INTC
Intel
2.5419 of 5 stars
$30.18
+6.2%
$29.28
-3.0%
-41.9%$124.85B$63.05B15.40131,900Analyst Report
INTU
Intuit
3.1342 of 5 stars
$418.15
+2.9%
$489.00
+16.9%
-13.0%$117.31B$12.73B61.3117,300
VZ
Verizon Communications
3.4735 of 5 stars
$36.58
-1.3%
$47.63
+30.2%
-26.8%$153.63B$136.84B7.23117,100
IBM
International Business Machines
2.5719 of 5 stars
$124.70
+1.2%
$142.73
+14.5%
-3.9%$113.12B$60.53B70.85345,000
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
2.3339 of 5 stars
$96.60
+7.7%
$93.60
-3.1%
-15.0%$155.66B$23.60B109.7725,000Analyst Report
Insider Selling
Gap Up
TXN
Texas Instruments
2.9459 of 5 stars
$177.13
+1.6%
$179.70
+1.4%
-3.3%$160.52B$20.03B18.8433,000
ADBE
Adobe
2.6429 of 5 stars
$353.29
+5.9%
$418.56
+18.5%
-22.5%$162.01B$17.61B34.9829,239Analyst Report
Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
This page (NASDAQ:QCOM) was last updated on 3/23/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff