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Cisco Systems (CSCO) Competitors

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$58.86 -0.24 (-0.41%)
As of 01/3/2025 05:45 PM Eastern

CSCO vs. QCOM, PANW, MSI, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, and EXTR

Should you be buying Cisco Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cisco Systems include QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), and Extreme Networks (EXTR). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.

Cisco Systems vs.

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

Cisco Systems currently has a consensus target price of $60.28, suggesting a potential upside of 2.41%. QUALCOMM has a consensus target price of $208.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.79%. 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
Cisco Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
QUALCOMM
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Cisco Systems17.73% 25.70% 9.95%
QUALCOMM 26.03%38.81%17.92%

Cisco Systems received 165 more outperform votes than QUALCOMM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.37% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote while only 73.11% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cisco SystemsOutperform Votes
2428
73.11%
Underperform Votes
893
26.89%
QUALCOMMOutperform Votes
2263
77.37%
Underperform Votes
662
22.63%

Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cisco Systems$52.98B4.43$10.32B$2.3325.26
QUALCOMM$38.96B4.50$10.14B$8.9917.56

In the previous week, QUALCOMM had 6 more articles in the media than Cisco Systems. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for QUALCOMM and 12 mentions for Cisco Systems. Cisco Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat QUALCOMM's score of 0.42 indicating that Cisco Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cisco Systems
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
QUALCOMM
5 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cisco Systems pays out 68.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QUALCOMM pays out 37.8% 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and QUALCOMM has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CSCO vs. The Competition

MetricCisco SystemsComputer & office equipment IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$234.43B$36.34B$26.18B$9.06B
Dividend Yield2.70%2.54%2.75%4.15%
P/E Ratio25.2619.92240.2517.29
Price / Sales4.434.143,195.88121.78
Price / Cash15.4124.6735.8337.86
Price / Book5.189.958.405.17
Net Income$10.32B$1.34B$679.74M$226.85M
7 Day Performance-1.26%7.26%2.65%3.12%
1 Month Performance-1.27%46.45%9.18%4.51%
1 Year Performance17.53%43.56%29.40%21.84%

Cisco Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.6289 of 5 stars
$58.86
-0.4%
$60.28
+2.4%
+16.5%$234.43B$52.98B25.2690,400Options Volume
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9935 of 5 stars
$155.69
-1.0%
$208.00
+33.6%
+14.7%$172.97B$38.96B17.3249,000
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.3022 of 5 stars
$184.97
-0.6%
$201.40
+8.9%
+27.9%$121.38B$8.29B24.0815,289Analyst Forecast
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.6968 of 5 stars
$464.20
-0.7%
$504.88
+8.8%
+48.1%$77.58B$10.66B50.8421,000Positive News
FFIV
F5
4.4412 of 5 stars
$253.83
-0.7%
$237.11
-6.6%
+46.1%$14.88B$2.82B26.556,557Analyst Forecast
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.0869 of 5 stars
$37.52
+0.0%
$39.50
+5.3%
+26.4%$12.42B$5.56B49.373,374Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.6346 of 5 stars
$85.22
-1.7%
$77.00
-9.6%
+87.5%$12.11B$4.01B90.668,483Positive News
SATS
EchoStar
0.5323 of 5 stars
$22.87
+1.3%
$20.50
-10.4%
+61.4%$6.22B$16.02B-2.5015,300
IDCC
InterDigital
1.9403 of 5 stars
$195.97
+0.5%
$120.00
-38.8%
+94.1%$4.97B$549.59M20.94420Positive News
CALX
Calix
2.2543 of 5 stars
$34.52
-1.2%
$42.50
+23.1%
-19.2%$2.29B$890.13M-143.831,760Short Interest ↓
EXTR
Extreme Networks
4.0171 of 5 stars
$16.81
-1.6%
$19.00
+13.0%
-4.0%$2.22B$1.03B-17.332,656

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This page (NASDAQ:CSCO) was last updated on 1/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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