QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) Vs. CSCO, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, VSAT, CALX, SATS, and IDCC
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 Networks (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), Viasat (VSAT), Calix (CALX), EchoStar (SATS), and InterDigital (IDCC). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
QUALCOMM vs.
QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
QUALCOMM has a net margin of 28.25% compared to Palo Alto Networks' net margin of -11.72%. QUALCOMM's return on equity of 102.31% beat Palo Alto Networks' return on equity.
In the previous week, QUALCOMM had 10 more articles in the media than Palo Alto Networks. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for QUALCOMM and 13 mentions for Palo Alto Networks. QUALCOMM's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Palo Alto Networks' score of 0.31 indicating that QUALCOMM is being referred to more favorably in the media.
QUALCOMM has higher revenue and earnings than Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QUALCOMM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
71.8% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palo Alto Networks has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
QUALCOMM presently has a consensus target price of $168.64, indicating a potential upside of 29.52%. Palo Alto Networks has a consensus target price of $514.19, indicating a potential upside of 1.25%. Given QUALCOMM's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe QUALCOMM is more favorable than Palo Alto Networks.
QUALCOMM received 144 more outperform votes than Palo Alto Networks when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 82.03% of users gave Palo Alto Networks an outperform vote while only 79.75% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote.
Summary
QUALCOMM beats Palo Alto Networks on 12 of the 19 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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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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QUALCOMM Competitors List
