Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM): Today's Featured Telecommunications Winner

Qualcomm (QCOM) pushed the Telecommunications industry higher today making it today's featured telecommunications winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, Qualcomm rose $1.25 (2.3%) to $54.98 on light volume. Throughout the day, 10 million shares of Qualcomm exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 13.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $53.62-$55.18 after having opened the day at $53.64 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $53.73. Other companies within the Telecommunications industry that increased today were: Trunkbow International Holdings (TBOW), up 16%, MER Telemanagement Solutions (MTSL), up 13.5%, Nexxus Lighting (NEXS), up 9.2%, and Ambient Corporation (AMBT), up 6.9%.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital telecommunications products and services. Qualcomm has a market cap of $93.21 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.1, above the average telecommunications industry P/E ratio of 16.4 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 0.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 32 analysts that rate Qualcomm a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Qualcomm as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, growth in earnings per share, compelling growth in net income and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

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On the negative front, Dialogic (DLGC), down 8.1%, RIT Technologies (RITT), down 7.7%, eOn Communications Corporation (EONC), down 6.3%, and City Telecom (CTEL), down 6.1%, were all losers within the telecommunications industry with Nokia Oyj (NOK) being today's telecommunications industry loser.

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