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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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.

QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Apple had 213 more articles in the media than QUALCOMM. MarketBeat recorded 272 mentions for Apple and 59 mentions for QUALCOMM. QUALCOMM's average media sentiment score of 1.17 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
42 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
165 Very Positive mention(s)
19 Positive mention(s)
66 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

QUALCOMM has a net margin of 26.11% compared to Apple's net margin of 24.30%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat QUALCOMM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QUALCOMM26.11% 40.11% 19.35%
Apple 24.30%167.24%31.35%

QUALCOMM currently has a consensus price target of $186.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.16%. Apple has a consensus price target of $235.11, suggesting a potential upside of 11.33%. Given QUALCOMM's higher probable upside, 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)
13 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58

74.4% 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 16.2% 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.

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$38.96B4.36$10.14B$9.8215.76
Apple$391.04B8.07$93.74B$6.4232.89

Summary

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

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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

MetricQUALCOMMELEC COMP IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$169.97B$39.18B$28.47B$9.41B
Dividend Yield2.31%2.16%3.09%4.04%
P/E Ratio15.7646.9433.5919.84
Price / Sales4.36268.671,805.7699.63
Price / Cash15.2394.1437.8657.94
Price / Book6.565.267.635.65
Net Income$10.14B$528.96M$779.03M$258.00M
7 Day Performance-1.69%1.40%2.35%2.09%
1 Month Performance0.76%11.09%7.48%11.13%
1 Year Performance-19.15%30.07%52,761.55%18.40%

QUALCOMM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9708 of 5 stars
$154.80
+1.4%
$186.00
+20.2%
-20.3%$169.97B$38.96B15.7649,000Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
AAPL
Apple
4.804 of 5 stars
$208.94
-1.1%
$235.27
+12.6%
-8.2%$3.12T$400.37B32.59164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
4.2098 of 5 stars
$146.27
-0.1%
$147.00
+0.5%
+0.6%$237.82B$25.79B107.8528,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AVGO
Broadcom
4.6013 of 5 stars
$275.61
+0.4%
$290.21
+5.3%
+83.6%$1.30T$51.57B103.3837,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CLFD
Clearfield
1.141 of 5 stars
$41.34
-0.2%
$46.75
+13.1%
+5.1%$572.77M$166.71M-295.821,130
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8297 of 5 stars
$181.29
+0.6%
$199.61
+10.1%
+1.4%$2.20T$350.02B20.21183,323Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
INTC
Intel
3.1874 of 5 stars
$23.27
-0.7%
$21.95
-5.6%
-33.8%$101.79B$53.10B-5.21108,900Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
META
Meta Platforms
3.6628 of 5 stars
$721.42
+0.5%
$729.38
+1.1%
+51.8%$1.81T$164.50B28.1474,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MSFT
Microsoft
4.4999 of 5 stars
$502.92
-0.1%
$534.14
+6.2%
+15.4%$3.74T$245.12B38.88228,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MU
Micron Technology
4.9775 of 5 stars
$119.10
-4.4%
$146.44
+23.0%
-5.2%$133.52B$33.81B21.5048,000
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.4499 of 5 stars
$164.63
-0.2%
$177.03
+7.5%
+46.6%$4.02T$130.50B53.1936,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:QCOM) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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