MSI vs. QCOM, NOK, ERIC, AMX, CARR, NTES, ROP, WDAY, SNOW, and PYPL
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), América Móvil (AMX), Carrier Global (CARR), NetEase (NTES), Roper Technologies (ROP), Workday (WDAY), Snowflake (SNOW), and PayPal (PYPL). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and profitability.
QUALCOMM has a net margin of 23.03% compared to QUALCOMM's net margin of 13.64%. QUALCOMM's return on equity of 398.16% beat Motorola Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, QUALCOMM had 20 more articles in the media than Motorola Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for QUALCOMM and 19 mentions for Motorola Solutions. QUALCOMM's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Motorola Solutions' score of 0.80 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
74.4% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
QUALCOMM currently has a consensus target price of $180.48, suggesting a potential downside of 6.90%. Motorola Solutions has a consensus target price of $357.43, suggesting a potential downside of 2.82%. Given QUALCOMM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than QUALCOMM.
QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. QUALCOMM pays out 43.0% 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 has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Motorola Solutions has increased its dividend for 12 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 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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