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QUALCOMM Incorporated QCOM

Technology  —  Semiconductors
184.87 2.78 1.53% as of 2 Oct
Market cap
$193.6B
P/E
21.2×
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QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) Beneish M-score

QUALCOMM Incorporated's Beneish M-score for fiscal 2025 is −3.26; values above −1.78 are the model's flag for possible earnings manipulation — a statistical screen, not a finding.

Beneish M-score, annual

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Annual

Period Beneish M-score Change (points)
FY2025 −3.26 (0.83)
FY2024 −2.43 0.86
FY2023 −3.30 (1.80)
FY2022 −1.49 0.99
FY2021 −2.49 (0.57)
FY2020 −1.92 1.03
FY2019 −2.95 1.12
FY2018 −4.07 (1.74)
FY2017 −2.33 0.24
FY2016 −2.57 —

How fiscal 2025’s score is made up

Component This year Year before Result Points
Days’ sales in receivables index 0.97 — 0.89
Gross margin index 1.01 — 0.54
Asset quality index 0.86 — 0.35
Sales growth index 1.14 — 1.01
Depreciation index 1.05 — 0.12
SG&A index 0.99 — −0.17
Total accruals to total assets (0.17) — −0.79
Leverage index 1.11 — −0.36
Beneish M-score Low — no pattern the model associates with manipulation −3.26

How the Beneish M-score works

M = −4.84 + 0.920 × DSRI + 0.528 × GMI + 0.404 × AQI + 0.892 × SGI + 0.115 × DEPI − 0.172 × SGAI + 4.679 × TATA − 0.327 × LVGI (Beneish, 1999): eight changes in the accounts from one fiscal year to the next, which the model weighs for the pattern seen in companies that later restated their earnings. Higher is worse.

below −2.22Low — no pattern the model associates with manipulation
−2.22 to −1.78Elevated
above −1.78Flagged by the model

−1.78 is the cut-off usually quoted from the paper, −2.22 a common conservative one. A statistical screen, not a finding of wrongdoing.

When asset quality, depreciation or SG&A cannot be worked out, that index is set to 1, as Beneish did, and the breakdown says so; with all three missing there is no score. Depreciation includes amortisation, and asset quality leaves out securities. Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs.

Beneish M-score against peers

Company Beneish M-score
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated −3.3×
ASX ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. compare −3.0×
UMC United Microelectronics Corporation compare −2.9×
ADI Analog Devices, Inc. compare −2.8×
TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated compare −2.7×
NXPI NXP Semiconductors N.V. compare −2.6×
MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. compare −1.6×
ARM ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR compare —
MPWR Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. compare —

What Beneish M-score is

The Beneish M-Score combines eight year-on-year changes in the accounts into a statistical screen for patterns seen in companies that overstated earnings.

−4.84 + 0.920 × DSRI + 0.528 × GMI + 0.404 × AQI + 0.892 × SGI + 0.115 × DEPI − 0.172 × SGAI + 4.679 × TATA − 0.327 × LVGI

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