QUALCOMM (QCOM) Competitors

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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Is CSCO or QCOM more profitable?

QUALCOMM has a net margin of 25.94% compared to Cisco Systems' net margin of 16.96%. QUALCOMM's return on equity of 39.51% beat Cisco Systems' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cisco Systems	16.96%	26.08%	9.65%
QUALCOMM	25.94%	39.51%	18.65%

Do analysts prefer CSCO or QCOM?

Cisco Systems currently has a consensus price target of $66.63, indicating a potential upside of 9.29%. QUALCOMM has a consensus price target of $205.32, indicating a potential upside of 28.26%. Given QUALCOMM's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
QUALCOMM	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CSCO or QCOM?

Cisco Systems received 170 more outperform votes than QUALCOMM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 77.38% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote while only 73.04% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cisco Systems	Outperform Votes 2441 73.04%	Underperform Votes 901 26.96%
QUALCOMM	Outperform Votes 2271 77.38%	Underperform Votes 664 22.62%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CSCO or QCOM?

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CSCO or QCOM?

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
Cisco Systems	$54.18B	4.48	$10.32B	$2.29	26.62
QUALCOMM	$40.70B	4.35	$10.14B	$9.36	17.10

Is CSCO or QCOM a better dividend stock?

Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.64 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 2.1%. Cisco Systems pays out 71.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QUALCOMM pays out 36.3% 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.

Does the media prefer CSCO or QCOM?

In the previous week, QUALCOMM had 15 more articles in the media than Cisco Systems. MarketBeat recorded 79 mentions for QUALCOMM and 64 mentions for Cisco Systems. Cisco Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat QUALCOMM's score of 0.97 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	52 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
QUALCOMM	53 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, CSCO or QCOM?

Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

QUALCOMM beats Cisco Systems on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.