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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.
Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) and QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, community ranking and risk.
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 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.
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 media.
Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Motorola Solutions presently has a consensus price target of $357.43, suggesting a potential downside of 2.82%. QUALCOMM has a consensus price target of $180.48, suggesting a potential downside of 6.90%. Given QUALCOMM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than QUALCOMM.
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.
Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Motorola Solutions pays out 48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. QUALCOMM pays out 43.0% 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. Motorola Solutions has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and QUALCOMM has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. QUALCOMM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Motorola Solutions 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
QUALCOMM beats Motorola Solutions on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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