QUALCOMM Incorporated QCOM

201.97 7.71 3.97% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$205.7B
P/E
23.1×
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QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) trades at a price to free cash flow of 20.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.5× (January 2019) to 40.9× (December 2020); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is below the Semiconductors industry median of 47.0× and in line with the Technology sector median of 19.8×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 14.2× (16.37%)
FY2024 17.0× 36.57%
FY2023 12.4× (32.95%)
FY2022 18.6× 10.02%
FY2021 16.9× (44.36%)
FY2020 30.3× 116.62%
FY2019 14.0× 62.18%
FY2018 8.6× (51.47%)
FY2017 17.8× 24.02%
FY2016 14.3× 13.57%

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 18.7× 70.74%
Mar 2026 11.0× (22.45%)
Dec 2025 14.1× (0.44%)
Sep 2025 14.2× (4.98%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 5.5× High 40.9×
Ten-year median 15.6×
Current reading's percentile 82

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
ASX ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. compare n/m
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated 20.5×
ADI Analog Devices, Inc. compare 38.7×
TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated compare 47.0×
MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. compare 136×
MPWR Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. compare 175×
ARM ARM Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR compare 225×
ALAB Astera Labs, Inc. compare 227×
INTC Intel Corporation compare 250×
Semiconductors industry median 47.0×
Technology sector median 19.8×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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