QUALCOMM INC/DE vs UBIQUITI INC., two Communication Equipment stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where QCOM and UI diverge most: on debt / equity, QCOM reads 0.55 and UI reads 0.00; on revenue growth, QCOM reads +1.9% and UI reads +34.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's QCOM price has a different growth bar priced in than UI (+20.4% implied for QCOM vs +37.3% for UI); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What QCOM's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What UI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | QCOM | UI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $147.70 | $557.47 |
| Market cap | $157.9B | $33.8B |
| Sector | Communication Equipment | Communication Equipment |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +20.4% | +37.3% |
| P/E | 16.9 | 35.9 |
| P/B | 5.71 | 28.09 |
| P/S | 3.58 | 10.91 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.9 | 30.0 |
| Revenue growth | +1.9% | +34.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 47.0% |
| Operating margin | 16.4% | 36.9% |
| Net margin | 22.2% | 30.4% |
| Return on equity | 35.4% | 78.4% |
| Return on assets | 17.1% | 54.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 19.4% | 74.2% |
| FCF yield | 6.6% | 2.2% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.55 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.02 | 3.56 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.96 | 10.00 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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