Cisco Systems (CSCO) Competitors

QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is QCOM or CSCO a better dividend stock?

QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. QUALCOMM pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cisco Systems pays out 68.7% 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 Cisco Systems has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, QCOM or CSCO?

Cisco Systems has higher revenue and earnings than QUALCOMM. QUALCOMM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cisco Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QUALCOMM	$38.96B	4.40	$10.14B	$8.99	17.16
Cisco Systems	$52.98B	4.33	$10.32B	$2.33	24.68

Do analysts recommend QCOM or CSCO?

QUALCOMM currently has a consensus price target of $210.15, indicating a potential upside of 36.22%. Cisco Systems has a consensus price target of $59.94, indicating a potential upside of 4.25%. Given QUALCOMM's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe QUALCOMM is more favorable than Cisco Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QUALCOMM	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
Cisco Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Do insiders & institutionals believe in QCOM or CSCO?

74.4% of QUALCOMM shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, QCOM or CSCO?

QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor QCOM or CSCO?

Cisco Systems received 164 more outperform votes than QUALCOMM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.42% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote while only 73.10% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
QUALCOMM	Outperform Votes 2263 77.42%	Underperform Votes 660 22.58%
Cisco Systems	Outperform Votes 2427 73.10%	Underperform Votes 893 26.90%

Is QCOM or CSCO more profitable?

QUALCOMM has a net margin of 26.03% compared to Cisco Systems' net margin of 17.73%. QUALCOMM's return on equity of 38.81% beat Cisco Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QUALCOMM	26.03%	38.81%	17.92%
Cisco Systems	17.73%	25.70%	9.95%

Does the media prefer QCOM or CSCO?

In the previous week, Cisco Systems had 17 more articles in the media than QUALCOMM. MarketBeat recorded 91 mentions for Cisco Systems and 74 mentions for QUALCOMM. QUALCOMM's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Cisco Systems' score of 1.00 indicating that QUALCOMM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
QUALCOMM	50 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cisco Systems	63 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

QUALCOMM beats Cisco Systems on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.