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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
QUALCOMM Competitors List
