MSI vs. QCOM, NOK, ERIC, UI, STM, MCHP, ROP, MSCI, NXPI, and SNOW
Should you be buying Motorola Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Motorola Solutions include QUALCOMM (QCOM), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Ubiquiti (UI), STMicroelectronics (STM), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Roper Technologies (ROP), MSCI (MSCI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), and Snowflake (SNOW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Motorola Solutions vs.
QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less 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.
70.9% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. QUALCOMM pays out 28.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Motorola Solutions pays out 44.4% 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 20 consecutive years and Motorola Solutions has increased its dividend for 11 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.
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.
QUALCOMM currently has a consensus price target of $156.48, indicating a potential upside of 25.43%. Motorola Solutions has a consensus price target of $290.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.99%. Given QUALCOMM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe QUALCOMM is more favorable than Motorola Solutions.
In the previous week, QUALCOMM had 1 more articles in the media than Motorola Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for QUALCOMM and 13 mentions for Motorola Solutions. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat QUALCOMM's score of 0.49 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
QUALCOMM beats Motorola Solutions on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MSI 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 NYSE 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.
Motorola Solutions Competitors List
