TMUS vs. CSCO, QCOM, INTU, ADBE, IBM, VZ, AMAT, NOW, TXN, and UBER
Should you be buying T-Mobile US stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of T-Mobile US include Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Intuit (INTU), Adobe (ADBE), International Business Machines (IBM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Applied Materials (AMAT), ServiceNow (NOW), Texas Instruments (TXN), and Uber Technologies (UBER). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and T-Mobile US (NASDAQ:TMUS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. T-Mobile US pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cisco Systems pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. T-Mobile US pays out 37.5% 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. Cisco Systems has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Cisco Systems is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, T-Mobile US had 24 more articles in the media than Cisco Systems. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for T-Mobile US and 22 mentions for Cisco Systems. T-Mobile US's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Cisco Systems' score of 0.49 indicating that Cisco Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.5% of T-Mobile US shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of T-Mobile US shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cisco Systems currently has a consensus price target of $55.53, indicating a potential upside of 15.66%. T-Mobile US has a consensus price target of $186.60, indicating a potential upside of 14.72%. Given T-Mobile US's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cisco Systems is more favorable than T-Mobile US.
Cisco Systems has a net margin of 23.49% compared to Cisco Systems' net margin of 10.59%. T-Mobile US's return on equity of 33.01% beat Cisco Systems' return on equity.
Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, T-Mobile US has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cisco Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue than T-Mobile US. Cisco Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than T-Mobile US, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cisco Systems received 1451 more outperform votes than T-Mobile US when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.39% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote while only 69.11% of users gave T-Mobile US an outperform vote.
Summary
Cisco Systems beats T-Mobile US on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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