Technology
QUALCOMM Incorporated(QCOM)
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Regular-session price
Offline$159.50
-1.95% regular session
1Y Change
+0.61%
Window
Aug 5, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026
- Market Cap
- $186.57B
- P/E
- 19.0
- Trailing
- 52W Range
- $121.99 - $259.92
- Volume
- 10.30K
- 0.0x RVOL
Investment Snapshot
Valuation, growth, profitability, catalysts, and benchmark context.
1D
-1.9%
1M
-18.9%
6M
-3.3%
YTD
-14.7%
1Y
+0.6%
- Market Cap
- $186.57B
- NASDAQ
- P/E
- 19.0
- Trailing valuation
- Revenue Growth
- +13.7%
- TTM growth
- EPS Growth
- -44.4%
- TTM earnings growth
- Operating Margin
- 28.0%
- TTM profitability
- Forward P/E
- —
- Waiting on consensus EPS
- Next Earnings
- Oct 29, 2026
- In 85 days
- 52W Position
- 27%
- $121.99 - $259.92
- Volume
- 0.0x
- 10.30K shares latest
- Benchmark
- -18.35 pts
- vs SPY over 1Y
- Next Dividend
- 2.0%
- Ex-date Sep 3, 2026
Coverage: 248 bars · Aug 5, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) is a Technology stock with listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $159.50 and up 0.6% across the available one-year price window (Aug 5, 2025 → Jul 31, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +13.7%, EPS growth of -44.4%, a dividend yield of 2.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +13.7%, EPS -44.4%, free cash flow +14.9% with operating margin 28.0% and ROIC 20.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.0%. Valuation sits in the middle of the pack at P/E 19.0 and price/sales 4.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a quality compounder than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines QCOM price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Near sector median
+13.7% vs +11.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+28.0% vs +27.8% peer median
P/E
Near sector median
19.0 vs 19.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report came in below the EPS bar
Q3 2026 was reported on Jul 29, 2026 with an EPS surprise of -0.5%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +13.7% and EPS is at -44.4%, with operating margin around 28.0%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Oct 29, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +9.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Delta | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q3 2026 Jul 29, 2026 | -0.5% | -2.6% | -- | -- |
Q2 2026 Apr 29, 2026 | +3.5% | +15.1% | +23.4% | +56.0% |
Q1 2026 Feb 4, 2026 | +2.9% | -8.5% | -5.3% | -8.0% |
Benchmark Edge
QCOM vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
QCOM trails SPY
QCOM is 18.35 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
QCOM had 32.06 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
QCOM beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
QCOM
+0.61%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.96%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-18.35 pts
Relative to SPY
QCOM Max Drawdown
-41.20%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for QCOM and SPY.
| Year | QCOM | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -14.67% | +12.64% | -27.31 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +18.36% | +9.40% | +8.96 pts | QCOM |
Company Overview
QUALCOMM Incorporated
NASDAQ Global Select
QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide. The company operates through three 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 based on 3G/4G/5G and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia, and global positioning system products. The QTL segment grants licenses or provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which include various patent rights useful in the manufacture and sale of wireless products comprising products implementing CDMA2000, WCDMA,LTE and/or OFDMA-based 5G standards and their derivatives. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including 5G, artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer, enterprise, cloud, and IoT, and investment for supporting the design and introduction of new products and services for voice and data communications, new industries, and applications. It also provides development, and other services and related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. QUALCOMM Incorporated was incorpotared in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
- Leadership
- Cristiano Renno Amon
- IPO Date
- Dec 13, 1991
- Employees
- 49.0k
- Street Address
- 5775 Morehouse Drive
- Mailing
- San Diego, CA, 92121-1714
- Region
- San Diego, CA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 858 587 1121
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Statistics & Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 19.0
- EV/EBITDA
- 14.7
- Price/Sales
- 4.2
- Price/Book
- 6.9
Growth
- Revenue
- +13.7%
- EPS
- -44.4%
- Free Cash Flow
- +14.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 55.4%
- Operating Margin
- 28.0%
- Net Margin
- 12.5%
- ROE
- 40.2%
- ROIC
- 20.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.56
- Current Ratio
- 0.89
Ownership & Float
- Float
- 1.05B
- Short Interest
- 3.8%
- Insider Owned
- 0.1%
- Institutional Owned
- 84.5%
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Next Step
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