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Should you be buying QUALCOMM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QUALCOMM include Motorola Solutions (MSI), Adobe (ADBE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), T-Mobile US (TMUS), Intuit (INTU), Applied Materials (AMAT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Texas Instruments (TXN), Verizon Communications (VZ), and Salesforce (CRM). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
QUALCOMM received 1455 more outperform votes than Motorola Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.75% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote while only 67.38% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote.
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 pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. QUALCOMM pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Motorola Solutions pays out 48.5% 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. QUALCOMM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
QUALCOMM has a net margin of 23.03% compared to Motorola Solutions' net margin of 13.64%. Motorola Solutions' return on equity of 398.16% beat QUALCOMM's return on equity.
QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
QUALCOMM presently has a consensus price target of $180.48, suggesting a potential downside of 6.90%. Motorola Solutions has a consensus price target of $357.43, suggesting a potential downside of 2.82%. Given Motorola Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than QUALCOMM.
74.3% of QUALCOMM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, QUALCOMM had 21 more articles in the media than Motorola Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for QUALCOMM and 19 mentions for Motorola Solutions. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat QUALCOMM's score of 0.80 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
QUALCOMM beats Motorola Solutions on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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