ICG vs QCOM vs MPWR Stock Comparison

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ICG Intchains Group Ltd
$1.36 +54.5% 1M -2.9% 1Y
Market cap
$82.22M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
QCOM Qualcomm Inc/De
$184.17 -8.8% 1M -1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$190.99B
P/E
20.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.07B
Div. yield
0.02%
Semiconductor Design Technology
5 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Qualcomm leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Qualcomm 5, Monolithic Power Systems 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionICGQCOMMPWRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $82.22M $190.99B $59.05B QCOM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — 20.6x 73.6x QCOM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 17.1x 46.0x QCOM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +1.9% +28.7% MPWR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 21.0% 24.5% MPWR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 20.5% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.4x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.02% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.9% -1.9% +9.7% MPWR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +6.6%/yr +17.1%/yr MPWR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 98.6% 53.0% 55.0% QCOM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 61/100 60/100 QCOM

Percentile Scorecard

ICGQCOMMPWR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisICGQCOMMPWR
Valuation – 80 #20 of 94 26 #70 of 94
Growth – 33 #62 of 92 68 #30 of 92
Profitability – 85 #14 of 90 81 #18 of 90
Financial Health 95 #6 of 99 28 #72 of 99 79 #22 of 99
Shareholder Returns – 79 #16 of 73 46 #40 of 73
Overall – 61 60
  • ICG ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • QCOM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • MPWR ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodICGQCOMMPWRSPY
1 month +54.5%-8.8%-11.4% -0.2%
3 months +74.4%+13.1%-5.5% +3.9%
6 months +9.7%+22.8%-19.4% +8.2%
Year to date -24.0%+7.7%+33.7% +12.9%
1 year -2.9%-1.9%+9.7% +12.3%
3 years -83.4%+73.0%+198.5% +87.4%
3 years, per year -45.1%+20.1%+44.0% +23.3%
5 years —+37.8%+120.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year —+6.6%+17.1% +10.9%
10 years —+162.8%+1,433.8% +261.1%
10 years, per year —+10.1%+31.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureICGQCOMMPWRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 98.6%53.0%55.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 94.6%52.5%59.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.852.072.58 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.03-0.040.18 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -95.4%-45.6%-51.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -37.3%-26.6%-28.3% -1.2%
52-week high $2.17$251.02$1,689.89 $779.14
52-week low $0.63$124.07$856.96 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleICGQCOMMPWR
P/E now vs peer median —median 45.6x 21.0xmedian 45.6x 74.3xmedian 45.6x
P/S now vs peer median —median 7.7x 4.4xmedian 7.7x 18.2xmedian 7.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 29.0x 16.9xmedian 29.0x 58.1xmedian 29.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 40.6x 18.7xmedian 40.6x 102.2xmedian 40.6x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 4.6x 7.0xmedian 4.6x 15.3xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.28 5.05median 2.28 3.61median 2.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsICGQCOMMPWR
Revenue – $44.07B $3.27B
Gross profit – $23.90B $1.81B
Operating income – $10.22B $940.17M
Net income – $9.26B $801.95M
Free cash flow – $10.42B $582.61M
R&D – $9.89B $412.95M
EPS (diluted) – $8.66 $16.28
Cash & equivalents $45.20M $4.53B $1.01B
Total debt – $12.78B –
Shares (diluted) 60.46M 1.07B 49.26M
Enterprise value -$187.89M $150.91B $53.75B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricICGQCOMMPWR
P/E – 21.0x 74.3x
P/FCF – 18.7x 102.2x
P/Operating cash flow – 15.7x 72.4x
P/S – 4.4x 18.2x
P/B 0.7x 7.0x 15.3x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 7.4x 15.3x
EV/EBITDA – 16.9x 58.1x
EV/EBIT – 19.5x 61.8x
EV/Revenue – 4.5x 17.8x
EV/FCF – 19.1x 99.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 16.1x 70.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 5.05 3.61

Growth

14 metrics
MetricICGQCOMMPWR
Revenue growth (1Y) – 1.9% 28.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 4.5% 21.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -0.8% 28.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.2% 19.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -15.0% 42.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 0.6% 21.4%
Net income growth (1Y) – -20.0% -52.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 2.4% 21.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – -17.8% -53.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 4.2% 20.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -2.1% -8.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 12.7% 33.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -10.4% -17.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 14.9% 23.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricICGQCOMMPWR
Gross margin – 54.2% 55.2%
EBITDA margin – 26.8% 30.6%
Operating margin – 23.2% 28.7%
Pretax margin – 25.4% 30.1%
Net margin – 21.0% 24.5%
FCF margin – 23.6% 17.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 28.1% 25.1%
Return on equity – 33.7% 21.2%
Return on assets – 16.2% 17.6%
Return on invested capital – 20.5% –
Return on capital employed – 22.3% 23.1%
Asset turnover – 0.8x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.3x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 7.4% 6.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricICGQCOMMPWR
Debt / assets – 22.3% –
Debt / equity – 0.5x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.4x –
Debt / FCF – 1.2x –
Liabilities / assets 3.9% 51.8% 16.9%
Equity / assets 96.1% 48.2% 83.1%
Interest coverage – 14.8x –
Current ratio 16.2x 2.0x 5.0x
Quick ratio 13.6x 1.1x 3.5x
Cash ratio 13.6x 0.7x 2.8x
Altman Z-score – 6.20 47.91

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricICGQCOMMPWR
Dividend yield – 2.0% 0.6%
Net buyback yield – 4.5% 0.0%
Shareholder yield – 6.5% 0.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 41.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 36.7% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 0.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusICGQCOMMPWR
Forward P/E – 17.1xFY2026 46.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.24FY2026 $10.79FY2026 $26.37FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -10.3%FY2026 +48.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -3.0% +41.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $32.87MFY2027 $45.55BFY2026 $4.27BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.2%FY2027 +3.2%FY2026 +53.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – -5.0% +34.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersICGQCOMMPWR
Held by institutions – 79.7% 96.9%
Institutions holding – 3,030 1,246
Change in shares held, QoQ – +2.8% +3.2%
Institutions buying – 1,416 641
Institutions selling – 1,333 459
Buyers to sellers – 1.06 1.40

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ICGQCOMMPWR
ICG 1.00 -0.03 -0.04
QCOM -0.03 1.00 0.45
MPWR -0.04 0.45 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ICG, QCOM and MPWR?

Qualcomm (QCOM) is the largest by market capitalisation: Intchains (ICG) $82.22M, Qualcomm (QCOM) $190.99B, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) $59.05B.

Which stock is cheaper, ICG, QCOM and MPWR?

Qualcomm (QCOM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Qualcomm (QCOM) 20.6x, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 73.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Qualcomm (QCOM) is cheapest (Qualcomm (QCOM) 17.1x, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 46.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Qualcomm (QCOM) +1.9%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +28.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) has the highest net margin (Qualcomm (QCOM) 21.0%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 24.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) returned the most: Intchains (ICG) -2.9%, Qualcomm (QCOM) -1.9%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +9.7%. Over five years, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) compounded fastest (Qualcomm (QCOM) +6.6%/yr, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +17.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Intchains (ICG) 0.00%, Qualcomm (QCOM) 0.02%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 0.00%. Intchains (ICG) and Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Qualcomm (QCOM) has been the steadiest (Intchains (ICG) 98.6%, Qualcomm (QCOM) 53.0%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 55.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ICG, QCOM and MPWR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Qualcomm (QCOM) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.