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Stocks Semiconductors QCOM
$194.39
−$2.85 (-1.44%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $197.56 +0.16%
Open$196.70
Prev close$197.24
Day range$191.75 – $196.77
Volume4.41M
Market cap$203.86B
P/E (TTM)22.2
Dividend yield1.85%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

QCOM at a glance

Shares of Qualcomm are down 1.44% at $194.39. The company is worth $203.86B, number 75 out of 300 on our list.

Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $120.88 and $257.56, so it sits 24.5% below the top of that range. Holders are ahead 14.3% over twelve months, but down 1.0% across the last three months.

On the chart it holds above both the 50-day ($168.62) and 200-day ($167.38) moving averages; RSI is 65, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 41% annualized volatility.

In the quarter ended Jun 2026 the company brought in $9.95B of revenue, down 4.0% from a year earlier, with $2.00B of net profit (a 21.0% margin).

Buyers are paying 22.2 times trailing earnings, 19% above its five-year average of 18.6. The median for its industry group is 84.0.

24 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $203.00, sits 4.4% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Qualcomm: the business

Qualcomm designs the Snapdragon chips in many Android phones, and licenses cellular patents, with growth efforts in cars and PCs.

What tends to move it. Apple's move to its own modems and the smartphone cycle are the main risks, while auto and AI PC chips are the offsets.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
-1.4%
1 week
+5.2%
1 month
+23.3%
3 months
-1.0%
6 months
+52.5%
Year to date
+15.4%
1 year
+14.3%
Day range
$191.75$196.77
52-week range
$120.88$257.56

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readStrong uptrend

7 bullish · 0 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average+9.6%Bullish
Price vs 50-day average+15.3%Bullish
Price vs 200-day average+16.1%Bullish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)65.2Bullish
MACD (12,26,9)7.21Bullish
Bollinger band position88%Bullish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$194.16 / $194.37
Average price today$193.92
Volume4.41MAvg (90d) 16.39M
Turnover$854.45M
Turnover rate0.42%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.37vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude2.55%
Market cap$203.86B
Float market cap$203.76B
Shares outstanding1.05B
EPS (TTM)$5.01
P/E (TTM)22.19
P/B7.37
Book value / share$26.34
Earnings yield0.33%
Dividend (TTM)$3.59 / shareYield 1.85%
Net profit (TTM)$5.26B
Net assets$27.66B
30-day volatility41.1%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)5.00%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-41.0%-21.9% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How QCOM ranks on BeStock

Market value#75 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#208 of 283
Dividend yield#119 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#247 of 300
Dollar volume today#45 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q3, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$9.95B-4.0% YoY
Operating profit$1.63B-41.1% YoY
Net profit$2.00B-24.9% YoY
Diluted EPS$1.87-23.0% YoY
Free cash flow$495.00M-80.8% YoY
Operating cash flow$991.00M

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$10.2BSep '24$11.7BDec '24$11.0BMar '25$10.4BJun '25$11.3BSep '25$12.3BDec '25$10.6BMar '26$9.9BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$2.9BSep '24$3.2BDec '24$2.8BMar '25$2.7BJun '25$-3.1BSep '25$3.0BDec '25$7.4BMar '26$2.0BJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin54.2%
Operating margin23.3%
Net margin21.0%
Return on equity33.8%
Return on assets16.5%
Return on invested capital21.6%
Current ratio2.02
Liabilities / assets51.8%
Cash & investments$8.30B
Total debt$15.27B
Net cash (debt)-$6.97B
Free cash flow / sales23.6%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q3

By business line

  • Qualcomm Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Technologies (QCT)$8.50B 85.5%
  • QUALCOMM Technology Licensing (QTL)$1.28B 12.8%
  • Nonreportable segments$165.00M 1.7%
Average move on report day±6.4%last 16 reports
Closed higher3 of 1619% of the time
Best reaction+15.1%
Worst reaction-9.4%

Stock move on the day after each report

0.0%2024/Q4-3.7%2025/Q1-8.9%2025/Q2-7.7%2025/Q3-3.6%2025/Q4-8.5%2026/Q1+15.1%2026/Q2-2.6%2026/Q3

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings21.5x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 68th percentile, 5-year average 18.6x

#1658 of 2978 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book7.1x
CheapRich

Around its usual level · 43rd percentile, 5-year average 8.7x

#4631 of 5303 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales4.5x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 66th percentile, 5-year average 4.2x

#3705 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

8x18x28x38xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$170.00
Price vs. fair value+14.3%Trading above the estimate
Star rating★★★☆☆
Economic moatNarrow
UncertaintyHigh

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts24
Average target$203.00+4.4% vs. price
  • Buy 33%
  • Hold 63%
  • Sell 4%
Low $159.00Now $194.39Avg $203.00High $400.00

Latest rating actions

  • 10 Sep 2026Piper SandlerHOLD · PT $190.00
  • 9 Sep 2026Piper SandlerHOLD · PT $190.00
  • 9 Sep 2026Rosenblatt SecuritiesBUY · PT $235.00
  • 8 Sep 2026RBC CapitalHOLD · PT $180.00
  • 24 Aug 2026CitiHOLD · PT $175.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership83.5%-0.91 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding3,529-16 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)11 buys / 4 sellsNet buying
Short interest3.21% of floatDays to cover 3.3 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share15.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

6%11%15%20%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$45.75M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)1.85%
Last dividend$0.92Ex-date 3 Sep 2026
Next-to-last$0.92
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

3.0520182.4820192.5720202.6920212.9320223.1520233.3520243.522025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 2.1% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Rosenblatt Securities Maintains Qualcomm(QCOM.US) With Buy Rating, Maintains Target Price $235Market news · 9 Sep 2026
  • AI capital expenditure is "spilling over" from GPUs to the entire industrial chain! Corning (GLW.US) and Qualcomm (QCOM.US) secured major orders on the same day, strongly bolstering confidence in data center spending.Zhitong Finance · 9 Sep 2026
  • Qualcomm, Corning, Casey's, Braze, and More Stocks That Explain Today's Market -- Barrons.comBarron's · 9 Sep 2026
  • RBC Capital Maintains Qualcomm(QCOM.US) With Hold Rating, Raises Target Price to $180Market news · 9 Sep 2026
  • Qualcomm exchanged 25 million warrants for entry into the AI data center market.businesstimes cn · 9 Sep 2026
  • U.S. Stock Market Movements | Qualcomm (QCOM.US) Rises 2% as It Launches Two Dragonwing Processors to Expand the On-Device AI MarketZhitong Finance · 2 Sep 2026

QCOM stock: common questions

Where is QCOM trading right now?

$194.39 is the latest print for QCOM, a move of -1.44% against yesterday's close of $197.24. Today's low and high so far: $191.75 and $196.77.

What is QCOM worth in total?

Equity value comes to $203.86B at the current price. By that measure it is number 75 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is QCOM expensive on earnings?

Buyers pay 22.2 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $5.01). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 18.6, and today's level ranks in the 68th percentile of its own history.

How far is QCOM from its yearly high?

The year's floor is $120.88 and the ceiling $257.56. Shares are 24.5% away from that ceiling.

Are there dividends on Qualcomm shares?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.85% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was September 3, 2026.

Do Wall Street analysts like QCOM?

Of 24 analysts, 33% say buy, 63% hold and 4% sell. Price targets average $203.00, with the most cautious at $159.00 and the most optimistic at $400.00.

How does Qualcomm make money?

Qualcomm designs the Snapdragon chips in many Android phones, and licenses cellular patents, with growth efforts in cars and PCs.

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