QCOM vs MPWR vs AVGO Stock Comparison

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QCOM Qualcomm Inc/De
$184.17 -8.8% 1M -1.9% 1Y
Market cap
$192.69B
P/E
20.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$44.07B
Div. yield
0.02%
Semiconductor Design Technology
3 wins
AVGO Broadcom Inc.
$342.33 -3.0% 1M -5.4% 1Y
Market cap
$1.67T
P/E
43.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$89.10B
Div. yield
–
Semiconductor Design Technology
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Broadcom leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Broadcom 7, Qualcomm 3, Monolithic Power Systems 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionQCOMMPWRAVGOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $192.69B $59.41B $1.67T AVGO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 20.8x 74.1x 43.6x QCOM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 17.1x 46.0x 31.1x QCOM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.9% +28.7% +48.7% AVGO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 21.0% 24.5% 42.9% AVGO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 20.5% — 26.0% AVGO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.4x — 0.7x QCOM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -1.9% +9.7% -5.4% MPWR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.6%/yr +17.1%/yr +45.3%/yr AVGO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.0% 55.0% 46.4% AVGO
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 61/100 60/100 64/100 AVGO

Percentile Scorecard

QCOMMPWRAVGO

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

AxisQCOMMPWRAVGO
Valuation 80 #20 of 94 26 #70 of 94 44 #53 of 94
Growth 33 #62 of 92 68 #30 of 92 92 #8 of 92
Profitability 85 #14 of 90 81 #18 of 90 93 #7 of 90
Financial Health 28 #72 of 99 79 #22 of 99 34 #66 of 99
Shareholder Returns 79 #16 of 73 46 #40 of 73 58 #31 of 73
Overall 61 60 64
  • QCOM ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • MPWR ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors
  • AVGO ranked among 103 companies in Semiconductors

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodQCOMMPWRAVGOSPY
1 month -8.8%-11.4%-3.0% -0.2%
3 months +13.1%-5.5%-10.1% +3.9%
6 months +22.8%-19.4%-14.4% +8.2%
Year to date +7.7%+33.7%-1.1% +12.9%
1 year -1.9%+9.7%-5.4% +12.3%
3 years +73.0%+198.5%+308.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +20.1%+44.0%+59.9% +23.3%
5 years +37.8%+120.5%+546.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year +6.6%+17.1%+45.3% +10.9%
10 years +162.8%+1,433.8%+1,888.0% +261.1%
10 years, per year +10.1%+31.4%+34.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureQCOMMPWRAVGOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.0%55.0%46.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 52.5%59.1%48.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.072.582.17 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.040.18-0.12 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.6%-51.9%-41.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.6%-28.3%-28.9% -1.2%
52-week high $251.02$1,689.89$481.57 $779.14
52-week low $124.07$856.96$293.41 $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.

MultipleQCOMMPWRAVGO
P/E now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 45.6x 74.3xmedian 45.6x 42.6xmedian 45.6x
P/S now vs peer median 4.4xmedian 7.7x 18.2xmedian 7.7x 18.3xmedian 7.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.9xmedian 29.0x 58.1xmedian 29.0x 32.2xmedian 29.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 18.7xmedian 40.6x 102.2xmedian 40.6x 41.5xmedian 40.6x
P/B now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 4.6x 15.3xmedian 4.6x 16.4xmedian 4.6x
PEG now vs peer median 5.05median 2.28 3.61median 2.28 1.25median 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 monthsQCOMMPWRAVGO
Revenue $44.07B $3.27B $89.10B
Gross profit $23.90B $1.81B $61.28B
Operating income $10.22B $940.17M $42.81B
Net income $9.26B $801.95M $38.27B
Free cash flow $10.42B $582.61M $39.40B
R&D $9.89B $412.95M $11.84B
EPS (diluted) $8.66 $16.28 $7.83
Cash & equivalents $4.53B $1.01B $23.98B
Total debt $12.78B – $59.42B
Shares (diluted) 1.07B 49.26M 4.89B
Enterprise value $152.61B $54.10B $1.60T

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
MetricQCOMMPWRAVGO
P/E 21.0x 74.3x 42.6x
P/FCF 18.7x 102.2x 41.5x
P/Operating cash flow 15.7x 72.4x 40.2x
P/S 4.4x 18.2x 18.3x
P/B 7.0x 15.3x 16.4x
P/Tangible book 7.4x 15.3x 22.3x
EV/EBITDA 16.9x 58.1x 32.2x
EV/EBIT 19.5x 61.8x 39.0x
EV/Revenue 4.5x 17.8x 18.7x
EV/FCF 19.1x 99.8x 42.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.1x 70.7x 41.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.05 3.61 1.25

Growth

14 metrics
MetricQCOMMPWRAVGO
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.9% 28.7% 48.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.5% 21.0% 36.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.8% 28.4% 53.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.2% 19.3% 36.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) -15.0% 42.3% 89.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 0.6% 21.4% 39.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -20.0% -52.0% 102.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 2.4% 21.0% 40.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -17.8% -53.2% 101.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 4.2% 20.6% 34.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -2.1% -8.0% 59.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.7% 33.8% 31.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -10.4% -17.5% 58.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.9% 23.9% 31.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricQCOMMPWRAVGO
Gross margin 54.2% 55.2% 68.8%
EBITDA margin 26.8% 30.6% 58.2%
Operating margin 23.2% 28.7% 48.0%
Pretax margin 25.4% 30.1% 45.4%
Net margin 21.0% 24.5% 42.9%
FCF margin 23.6% 17.8% 44.2%
Operating cash flow margin 28.1% 25.1% 45.6%
Return on equity 33.7% 21.2% 40.8%
Return on assets 16.2% 17.6% 20.8%
Return on invested capital 20.5% – 26.0%
Return on capital employed 22.3% 23.1% 26.3%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 1.0x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 7.4% 6.4% 9.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricQCOMMPWRAVGO
Debt / assets 22.3% – 31.6%
Debt / equity 0.5x – 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.4x – 0.7x
Debt / FCF 1.2x – 1.5x
Liabilities / assets 51.8% 16.9% 47.0%
Equity / assets 48.2% 83.1% 53.0%
Interest coverage 14.8x – 13.7x
Current ratio 2.0x 5.0x 2.5x
Quick ratio 1.1x 3.5x 2.2x
Cash ratio 0.7x 2.8x 1.2x
Altman Z-score 6.20 47.91 12.67

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricQCOMMPWRAVGO
Dividend yield 2.0% 0.6% 0.8%
Net buyback yield 4.5% 0.0% 0.5%
Shareholder yield 6.5% 0.6% 1.3%
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.

ConsensusQCOMMPWRAVGO
Forward P/E 17.1xFY2026 46.0xFY2026 31.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $10.79FY2026 $26.37FY2026 $11.01FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -10.3%FY2026 +48.4%FY2026 +61.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -3.0% +41.9% +68.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $45.55BFY2026 $4.27BFY2026 $102.00BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +3.2%FY2026 +53.1%FY2026 +59.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -5.0% +34.8% +61.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersQCOMMPWRAVGO
Held by institutions 79.7% 96.9% 78.1%
Institutions holding 3,030 1,246 4,798
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.8% +3.2% +3.7%
Institutions buying 1,416 641 2,637
Institutions selling 1,333 459 1,842
Buyers to sellers 1.06 1.40 1.43

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.

QCOMMPWRAVGO
QCOM 1.00 0.45 0.33
MPWR 0.45 1.00 0.53
AVGO 0.33 0.53 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, QCOM, MPWR and AVGO?

Broadcom (AVGO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Qualcomm (QCOM) $192.69B, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) $59.41B, Broadcom (AVGO) $1.67T.

Which stock is cheaper, QCOM, MPWR and AVGO?

Qualcomm (QCOM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Qualcomm (QCOM) 20.8x, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 74.1x, Broadcom (AVGO) 43.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Qualcomm (QCOM) is cheapest (Qualcomm (QCOM) 17.1x, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 46.0x, Broadcom (AVGO) 31.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Broadcom (AVGO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Qualcomm (QCOM) +1.9%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +28.7%, Broadcom (AVGO) +48.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Broadcom (AVGO) has the highest net margin (Qualcomm (QCOM) 21.0%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 24.5%, Broadcom (AVGO) 42.9%). On return on invested capital, Broadcom (AVGO) leads (Qualcomm (QCOM) 20.5%, Broadcom (AVGO) 26.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) returned the most: Qualcomm (QCOM) -1.9%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +9.7%, Broadcom (AVGO) -5.4%. Over five years, Broadcom (AVGO) compounded fastest (Qualcomm (QCOM) +6.6%/yr, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) +17.1%/yr, Broadcom (AVGO) +45.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Broadcom (AVGO) has been the steadiest (Qualcomm (QCOM) 53.0%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) 55.0%, Broadcom (AVGO) 46.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Broadcom (AVGO) leads on 7. 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.