QUALCOMM Incorporated

QCOM Technology Semiconductors

QUALCOMM Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $44.3 billion, up 13.7% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 4.03%, EPS fell 22.5%, free cash flow fell 80.8% and total debt rose 3.26%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three.

173.04 4.92 −2.76%
Market cap
$184.6B
P/E
19.8×
Fwd P/E
13.8×
Dividend yield
2.09%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
6.45
Beneish M
−3.26
Dividend safety
69/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 21.62
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 4 4 1 2 2 3 5 1 1 4 3 3
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 184,550.00
Revenue 44,069.00
Net Income 9,260.00
Free Cash Flow 10,430.00
Net Debt 6,966.00
Current Ratio 2.02 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.55
P/E ratio 19.82
Fwd P/E 13.80
P/S ratio 4.15
P/B ratio 6.61 (above 6: high)
Past 5Y EPS Growth 2.08%
This Y EPS Growth (12.41%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth (3.96%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth (3.20%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 2.58%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 53.75%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 55.65%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 38.98%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 62.90%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 66.43%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.42
Annual Dividend Rate 3.62
Annual Dividend Yield 2.09%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 3.62
0.89
0.92
0.92
2025 3.52
0.85
0.89
0.89
0.89
2024 3.35
0.80
0.85
0.85
0.85
2023 3.15
0.75
0.80
0.80
0.80
2022 2.93
0.68
0.75
0.75
0.75
2021 2.72
0.68
0.68
0.68
0.68
2020 2.57
0.62
0.65
0.65
0.65
2019 2.48
0.62
0.62
0.62
0.62
2018 2.43
0.57
0.62
0.62
0.62
2017 2.24
0.53
0.57
0.57
0.57
2016 2.07
0.48
0.53
0.53
0.53
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 11,324 13,300 12,478 8,304
Receivables 3,183 3,929 4,315 4,668
Inventory 6,422 6,423 6,526 8,379
Other 1,535 1,579 2,435 1,653
22,464 25,231 25,754 23,004
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,912 2,584 2,791 2,897
ST’ Debt 914 1,364 — 2,489
Other 4,824 4,425 4,156 4,277
9,628 10,504 9,144 11,413

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.77% 13.48% 0.06%
Cash Flow 9.79% 19.24% 15.49%
Earnings 0.50% 1.29% (24.62%)
Book Value (3.85%) 28.40% 5.59%

Revenue $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 12,252 10,599 9,947 — —
’25 11,669 10,979 10,365 11,271 44,284
’24 9,935 9,389 9,393 10,245 38,962
’23 9,463 9,275 8,451 8,631 35,820
’22 10,705 11,164 10,936 11,395 44,200
’21 8,235 7,935 8,060 9,336 33,566
’20 5,077 5,216 4,893 8,345 23,531
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 4,965 2,449 991 — —
’25 4,587 2,554 2,875 3,996 14,012
’24 2,949 3,554 3,052 2,647 12,202
’23 3,095 1,457 2,657 4,090 11,299
’22 2,057 2,698 2,895 1,446 9,096
’21 3,175 2,911 3,373 1,077 10,536
’20 1,118 1,083 1,872 1,741 5,814
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 4,416 1,916 495 — —
’25 4,310 2,340 2,581 3,603 12,834
’24 2,735 3,370 2,665 2,401 11,171
’23 2,808 1,014 2,351 3,803 9,976
’22 1,474 2,207 2,341 817 6,839
’21 2,706 2,428 2,867 650 8,651
’20 822 738 1,454 1,393 4,407
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Dec Mar Jun Sep Year
’26 2.78 6.88 1.87 — —
’25 2.83 2.52 2.43 (2.89) 5.01
’24 2.46 2.06 1.88 2.59 8.97
’23 1.98 1.52 1.60 1.32 6.42
’22 2.98 2.57 3.29 2.54 11.37
’21 2.12 1.53 1.77 2.45 7.87
’20 0.80 0.41 0.74 2.58 4.52
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.7
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to September

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Price, $
Price, $ Low 42.24 48.92 48.56 49.10 58.00 122.17 101.93 101.47 134.94 120.80 +12.4% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
High 71.62 69.28 76.50 94.11 161.07 192.68 193.58 146.89 230.63 205.95 +12.5% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
People
People Employees 30,500 33,800 35,400 37,000 41,000 45,000 51,000 50,000 49,000 52,000 +6.1% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
Revenue/emp, $m 0.77 0.66 0.64 0.66 0.57 0.75 0.87 0.72 0.80 0.85 +1.1% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 23,554 22,258 22,611 24,273 23,531 33,566 44,200 35,820 38,962 44,284 +7.3% 42,869 44,874 51,779 +5.4%
Gross margin, % 58.61 56.01 54.69 64.57 60.67 57.51 57.84 55.70 56.21 55.43 (3.2) pt
EBT 6,833 2,987 392 7,481 5,719 10,274 14,998 7,443 10,336 12,663 +7.1%
EBT margin, % 29.01 13.42 1.73 30.82 24.30 30.61 33.93 20.78 26.53 28.59 (0.4) pt
Net income 5,702 2,444 (4,964) 4,386 5,198 9,043 12,986 7,339 10,110 5,541 (0.3%)
Depreciation 1,535 1,537 1,834 1,604 1,393 1,587 1,764 1,991 1,713 1,619 +0.6%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 15.87 15.07 15.46 20.06 20.73 29.68 39.36 32.07 34.91 40.41 +10.9%
Earnings 3.81 1.67 (3.32) 3.63 4.58 7.99 11.52 6.47 9.09 5.05 +3.2%
Cash flow 5.14 3.39 2.67 6.02 5.12 9.32 8.10 10.12 10.93 12.78 +10.6%
Capex (0.36) (0.47) 5.74 (0.57) (1.24) (1.67) (2.01) (1.18) (0.92) (1.07) +12.8%
Free cash flow 4.78 2.92 8.42 5.45 3.88 7.65 6.09 8.93 10.01 11.71 +10.5%
Book value 21.41 20.82 0.55 4.06 5.35 8.80 16.04 19.32 23.54 19.35 (1.1%)
Shares, m 1,484 1,477 1,463 1,210 1,135 1,131 1,123 1,117 1,116 1,096 (3.3%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 17.89 31.07 0.00 21.07 25.64 16.14 9.82 17.17 18.71 33.54 19.1
P/S 4.32 3.44 4.70 3.80 5.68 4.35 2.87 3.46 4.87 4.12 4.2
P/B 3.20 2.49 131.62 18.80 21.98 14.66 7.04 5.75 7.22 8.60 22.1
EV/Sales 4.02 2.75 4.89 3.95 5.87 4.45 3.08 3.58 4.91 4.20 4.2
EV/FCF 13.36 14.20 8.97 14.55 31.33 17.25 19.88 12.85 17.11 14.50 16.4
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 7,632 5,001 3,908 7,286 5,814 10,536 9,096 11,299 12,202 14,012 +7.0%
Capex (539) (690) 8,404 (689) (1,407) (1,885) (2,257) (1,323) (1,031) (1,178) +9.1%
Free cash flow 7,093 4,311 12,312 6,597 4,407 8,651 6,839 9,976 11,171 12,834 +6.8%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 15,670 32,686 5,995 7,830 9,847 8,124 8,858 12,836 14,727 16,610 +0.6%
Total debt 11,757 21,893 16,370 15,933 15,726 15,745 15,482 15,398 14,634 14,811 +2.6%
Net debt (6,891) (15,415) 4,282 3,673 4,512 3,331 9,100 4,074 1,334 2,333 n/m
Shareholders’ equity 31,768 30,746 807 4,909 6,077 9,950 18,013 21,581 26,274 21,206 (4.4%)
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 11.06 4.15 (10.11) 13.36 15.17 23.54 28.67 14.46 19.10 10.52 (0.5) pt
ROIC 16.32 10.52 7.63 55.84 36.92 46.07 36.56 18.97 22.80 32.80 +16.5 pt
ROE 18.06 7.82 (31.46) 153.46 94.63 112.85 92.52 36.53 42.39 23.34 +5.3 pt
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Charts ten years each

QUALCOMM Incorporated vs peers in Semiconductors (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
INTC Intel Corporation $491.4B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +25.42% (above 0%: growing) n/m +396.67% (above 0%: growing) 40.36% 11.14% Compare
TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated $260.0B 42.1× 32.5× +22.82% (above 0%: growing) +51.75% (above 0%: growing) +300.18% (above 0%: growing) 61.36% 42.28% Compare
ARM ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR $242.0B 217× 182× +22.41% (above 0%: growing) +108.33% (above 0%: growing) +305.85% (above 0%: growing) 97.21% 7.06% Compare
MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. $214.6B 72.7× 127× +36.55% (above 0%: growing) +47.83% (above 0%: growing) +14.45% (above 0%: growing) 53.14% 16.78% Compare
ADI Analog Devices, Inc. $196.7B 45.9× — (loss-making) +39.63% (above 0%: growing) +162.86% (above 0%: growing) +34.29% (above 0%: growing) 67.32% 40.10% Compare
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated $190.0B 19.8× 13.8× −4.03% (below 0%: shrinking) −22.54% (below 0%: shrinking) −80.82% (below 0%: shrinking) 53.05% 16.35%
ASX ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. $93.3B 42.3× 34.9× +23.62% (above 0%: growing) +172.73% (above 0%: growing) −338.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 21.01% 11.06% Compare
MPWR Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $63.1B 71.1× 53.5× +47.56% (above 0%: growing) +87.81% (above 0%: growing) −61.46% (below 0%: shrinking) 55.18% 30.99% Compare
NXPI NXP Semiconductors N.V. $61.1B 20.3× 15.6× +19.48% (above 0%: growing) +72.73% (above 0%: growing) +14.42% (above 0%: growing) 57.27% 30.64% Compare
Median of peers $205.7B 45.9× 44.2× +24.52% +87.81% +24.37% 56.22% 23.71%

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QCOM metrics, ten years each

QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) key facts

  • Concern: Net income was $5.5 billion, or $5.05 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.5%.
  • Strength: QUALCOMM Incorporated’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $44.3 billion, up 13.7% from fiscal 2024.
  • QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) is a Semiconductors company in the Technology sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 22, 2026, QCOM traded at $173.04, a market capitalization of $184.6 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 19.8× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 4.2× sales; its P/E is higher than 54% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • QUALCOMM Incorporated pays an annual dividend of $3.62 per share, a yield of 2.09%, with a payout ratio of 41.9%.
  • Return on equity was 23.3% and debt-to-equity 0.55.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 6.45 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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