qualcomm inc. - QCOM

QCOM

Close Chg Chg %
156.75 8.66 5.52%

Closed Market

165.41

+8.66 (5.52%)

Volume: 19.68M

Last Updated:

Nov 6, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: qualcomm inc. - QCOM

QCOM Key Data

Open

$161.62

Day Range

159.11 - 167.47

52 Week Range

121.99 - 259.92

Market Cap

$184.94B

Shares Outstanding

1.07B

Public Float

1.06B

Beta

1.70

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

13.64

EPS

$12.79

Yield

230.94%

Dividend

$0.92

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 3, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

12.33M

 

QCOM Performance

1 Week
 
-4.88%
 
1 Month
 
-10.68%
 
3 Months
 
-6.62%
 
1 Year
 
-8.27%
 
5 Years
 
-3.85%
 

QCOM Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 38
Full Ratings ➔

About qualcomm inc. - QCOM

QUALCOMM,engages in the development and commercialization of technologies and products used in mobile devices and other wireless products, automotive systems, the Internet of Things (IoT), and data centers. It operates through the following segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software for use in mobile devices, automotive systems, personal computing devices, industrial devices, networking, and robotics. The QTL segment grants licenses and provides rights to use portions of the company's intellectual property portfolio, including patents related to wireless communications technologies. The QSI segment makes strategic investments and supports the development and introduction of products and services based on the company's technologies. The company was founded by Franklin P. Antonio, Adelia A. Coffman, Andrew Cohen, Klein Gilhousen, Irwin Mark Jacobs, Andrew J. Viterbi, and Harvey P. White in July 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

QCOM At a Glance

QUALCOMM, Inc.
5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121-1714
Phone 1-858-587-1121 Revenue 43.12B
Industry Semiconductors Net Income 13.63B
Sector Electronic Technology Employees 57,000
Fiscal Year-end 09 / 2027
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QCOM Valuation

P/E Current 13.637
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 14.761
Price to Sales Ratio 4.665
Price to Book Ratio 6.611
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 18.05
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 19.725
Enterprise Value to Sales 4.858
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.076

QCOM Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 756,491.228
Income Per Employee 239,087.719
Receivables Turnover 10.269
Total Asset Turnover 0.777

QCOM Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.859
Quick Ratio 1.124
Cash Ratio 0.641

QCOM Profitability

Gross Margin 53.103
Operating Margin 20.849
Pretax Margin 21.832
Net Margin 31.605
Return on Assets 24.561
Return on Equity 52.815
Return on Total Capital 29.375
Return on Invested Capital 33.847

QCOM Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 52.604
Total Debt to Total Capital 34.471
Total Debt to Total Assets 26.29
Long-Term Debt to Equity 44.008
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 28.838
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Annual Financials for Qualcomm Inc. - QCOM

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All values USD millions. 2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
35.82B 38.96B 44.28B 43.12B
Sales Growth
-18.96% +8.77% +13.66% -2.63%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
15.87B 17.06B 19.74B 20.22B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
1.81B 1.71B 1.60B 1.63B
Depreciation
1.39B 1.40B 1.28B 1.21B
Amortization of Intangibles
418.00M 311.00M 321.00M 423.00M
COGS Growth
-14.84% +7.51% +15.70% +2.45%
Gross Income
19.95B 21.90B 24.55B 22.90B
Gross Income Growth
-21.96% +9.78% +12.07% -6.71%
Gross Profit Margin
+55.70% +56.21% +55.43% +53.10%
2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
11.30B 11.65B 12.15B 13.91B
Research & Development
8.82B 8.89B 9.04B 10.21B
Other SG&A
2.48B 2.76B 3.11B 3.70B
SGA Growth
+4.99% +3.11% +4.29% +14.45%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
1.01B 279.00M 131.00M 383.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
7.64B 9.97B 12.26B 8.61B
Non Operating Income/Expense
829.00M 1.06B 1.06B 1.50B
Non-Operating Interest Income
313.00M 675.00M 639.00M 424.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - 258.00M
-
Interest Expense
1.03B 697.00M 664.00M 689.00M
Interest Expense Growth
+67.70% -32.20% -4.73% +3.77%
Gross Interest Expense
1.03B 697.00M 664.00M 689.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
7.44B 10.34B 12.66B 9.41B
Pretax Income Growth
-50.37% +38.87% +22.51% -25.66%
Pretax Margin
+20.78% +26.53% +28.59% +21.83%
Income Tax
104.00M 226.00M 7.12B (4.21B)
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
1.24B 1.31B 1.69B 419.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
491.00M 805.00M 981.00M 431.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(1.48B) (1.56B) 4.37B (5.12B)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(143.00M) (331.00M) 84.00M 54.00M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - 258.00M
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
7.34B 10.11B 5.54B 13.63B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
7.34B 10.11B 5.54B 13.63B
Net Income Growth
-43.49% +37.76% -45.19% +145.95%
Net Margin Growth
+20.49% +25.95% +12.51% +31.60%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - (107.00M) 32.00M
-
Discontinued Operations
- - (107.00M) 32.00M
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
7.23B 10.14B 5.54B 13.63B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
7.23B 10.14B 5.54B 13.63B
EPS (Basic)
6.4745 9.0878 5.0557 12.8083
EPS (Basic) Growth
-43.79% +40.36% -44.37% +153.34%
Basic Shares Outstanding
1.12B 1.12B 1.10B 1.06B
EPS (Diluted)
6.4227 8.9752 5.0145 12.7008
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-43.55% +39.74% -44.13% +153.28%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
1.13B 1.13B 1.10B 1.07B
EBITDA
10.46B 11.96B 14.00B 10.62B
EBITDA Growth
-36.85% +14.31% +17.06% -24.12%
EBITDA Margin
+29.20% +30.69% +31.61% +24.63%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation HOLD Average Target Price 198.578
Number of Ratings 39 Current Quarters Estimate 2.246
FY Report Date 12 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 9.752
Last Quarter’s Earnings 2.17 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 10.54 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 12.215
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 27 27 32 28
Mean Estimate 2.25 2.26 9.75 12.22
High Estimates 2.31 2.49 12.10 14.03
Low Estimate 2.16 2.06 8.77 10.10
Coefficient of Variance 1.35 4.30 5.78 7.91

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 8 8 9
OVERWEIGHT 5 5 5
HOLD 22 23 23
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 3 3 3
MEAN Hold Hold Hold

Insider Actions for Qualcomm Inc. - QCOM

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Nov 5, 2026 Patricia Y. Grech SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 4,806 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Heather Ace EVP, Chief HR Officer 10,269 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Alexander H. Rogers EVP, Pres QTL & Global Affairs 32,967 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $164.79 per share 5,432,631.93
Nov 3, 2026 Alexander H. Rogers EVP, Pres QTL & Global Affairs 33,790 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Alexander H. Rogers EVP, Pres QTL & Global Affairs 32,967 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $164.79 per share 5,432,631.93
Nov 3, 2026 Alexander H. Rogers EVP, Pres QTL & Global Affairs 35,488 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Akash Palkhiwala EVP, CFO & COO 19,305 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Akash Palkhiwala EVP, CFO & COO 20,595 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Akash Palkhiwala EVP, CFO & COO 25,211 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $164.79 per share 4,154,520.69
Nov 3, 2026 Akash Palkhiwala EVP, CFO & COO 26,500 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Akash Palkhiwala EVP, CFO & COO 25,211 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $164.79 per share 4,154,520.69
Nov 3, 2026 Akash Palkhiwala EVP, CFO & COO 29,161 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Heather Ace EVP, Chief HR Officer 42,579 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $164.79 per share 7,016,593.41
Nov 3, 2026 Heather Ace EVP, Chief HR Officer 45,056 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Cristiano R. Amon President & CEO; Director 41,897 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Cristiano R. Amon President & CEO; Director 44,696 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Cristiano R. Amon President & CEO; Director 198,063 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $164.79 per share 32,638,801.77
Nov 3, 2026 Cristiano R. Amon President & CEO; Director 200,862 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 3, 2026 Cristiano R. Amon President & CEO; Director 198,063 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $164.79 per share 32,638,801.77
Nov 3, 2026 Cristiano R. Amon President & CEO; Director 206,634 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00

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