Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM): Today's Featured Telecommunications Laggard
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), down 9.7%,
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), down 6.5%, and
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), down 5.6%.
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QUALCOMM Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital telecommunications products and services. It operates in four segments: QCT, QTL, QWI, and QSI. Qualcomm has a market cap of $105.89 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.3, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 13.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 33 analysts that rate Qualcomm a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Qualcomm as a
. 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 increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.
- You can view the full Qualcomm Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 10.9%,
China TechFaith Wireless Comm Tech
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), up 10.8%,
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), up 8.3%, and
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), up 8.1%, were all gainers within the telecommunications industry with
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) being today's featured telecommunications industry leader.
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