Stock · QCOM · Technology
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1991 · Revenue 12 mo. $43.1B
Price as of 11/06/2026
QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide.
QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide. It 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 with connectivity and computing technologies for use in mobile devices; automotive systems for connectivity, digital cockpit, and ADAS/AD; and IoT, including consumer electronic devices, industrial devices, and edge networking 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 LTE, and/or OFDMA-based 5G products and derivatives; to use cellular standard-essential patents, including 3G, 4G and 5G for cellular devices. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including 5G, artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer, enterprise, cloud, IoT, and extended reality, and investments, including non-marketable equity securities and, to a lesser extent, marketable equity securities, and convertible debt instruments. It also provides development, and other services and sells related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. In addition, the company is also involved in Qualcomm government technologies and data center businesses. Further, it provides security and intelligence services for unmanaged networks through software-based network security solutions. The company is in collaboration with Amazon to enable customized silicon at scale for large-scale AI data centers. QUALCOMM Incorporated was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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Summary
53.2 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €7.8B (2026), it supports €86.3B. The remaining €88.9B of the market value assume it grows 9.9% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
9.9%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 15.9×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 13.0× to 16.2×, median 14.5×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
3 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 44.83% | 14.60% | Rank 89 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 52.80% | 29.77% | Rank 67 |
| EBIT margin | 20.08% | 17.40% | Rank 58 |
| FCF margin | 20.06% | 18.54% | Rank 56 |
| Gross margin | 53.10% | 48.47% | Rank 58 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −2.63% | 12.70% | Rank 5 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 25.52% | 9.54% | Rank 80 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 10.04% | 14.07% | Rank 33 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 5.78% | 2.87% | Rank 69 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 7.68% | 2.64% | Rank 92 |
| FCF yield | 4.43% | 3.06% | Rank 65 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 4.70 | 5.18 | Rank 54 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 23.40 | 26.24 | Rank 59 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −14.10% | −0.59% | Rank 34 |
| Share price, 6 months | −24.02% | −4.46% | Rank 28 |
| Share price, 3 months | 3.67% | −5.84% | Rank 65 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −34.10% | −33.23% | Rank 48 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 8.15% | 1.65% | Rank 24 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −2.90% | −0.17% | Rank 86 |
| Dividend streak in years | 22 | 8 | Rank 96 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −4.53% | −1.57% | Rank 31 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 49.98% | 53.98% | Rank 43 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.86 | −0.20 | Rank 28 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.50 | 0.33 | Rank 34 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 54.96% | 50.37% | Rank 43 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22.3 | 11.6% | 4.0 | 1.49B | −13.1 |
| 2018 | 22.7 | 2.7% | 3.1 | 1.46B | 4.6 |
| 2019 | 24.3 | 31.6% | 6.4 | 1.22B | 4.1 |
| 2020 | 23.5 | 26.6% | 4.4 | 1.15B | 9.0 |
| 2021 | 33.6 | 29.2% | 8.6 | 1.15B | 9.2 |
| 2022 | 44.2 | 35.9% | 6.8 | 1.14B | 13.4 |
| 2023 | 35.8 | 21.7% | 9.8 | 1.13B | 7.6 |
| 2024 | 39.0 | 25.9% | 11.2 | 1.13B | 7.6 |
| 2025 | 44.3 | 27.9% | 12.8 | 1.11B | 8.5 |
| 2026 | 43.1 | 20.1% | 8.7 | 1.07B | 10.5 |
5 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Qualcomm Incorporated mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Qualcomm Incorporated is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
5 of 7 rules met
8 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Qualcomm Incorporated.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 13.0 | 35.1 |
| P/B ratio | 5.8 | 5.5 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 44.8% | 14.6% |
| Equity ratio | 50.0% | 54.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.50 | 0.33 |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 0.9% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| QCOM | Qualcomm Incorporatedthis page | |
| ADI | Analog Devices Inc | High6.4 |
| MRVL | Marvell Technology Group Ltd | Medium5.5 |
| TXN | Texas Instruments Incorporated | Low1.8 |
| INTC | Intel Corporation | locked |
| MPWR | Monolithic Power Systems Inc | locked |
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