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QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM)

Technology | Semiconductors | San Diego, United States | NasdaqGS
164.19 USD -0.59 (-0.358%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 164.30 +0.11 (0.067%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:01 a.m. EDT

The core tension here is between a high-quality balance sheet and deteriorating growth metrics. While the company boasts an exceptional 33.75% return on equity and healthy profit margins, revenue and earnings growth are currently contracting at -4% and -23% respectively. This suggests the business is facing a cyclical headwind or a strategic transition period rather than a structural failure. Technically, the stock is trading below both its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, confirming a short-term downtrend that has yet to find a firm floor, despite the 200-day average acting as a nearby support zone. The dividend yield of 2.29% is sustainable with a 41% payout ratio, offering income stability but not a primary driver for capital appreciation. Given the negative earnings trajectory and technical weakness, the immediate outlook is cautious, though the long-term price history shows a robust 151% gain over nine years, hinting that the current weakness may be a temporary correction within a larger uptrend.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.302294
MSTL0.317680
AutoTheta0.593969
AutoARIMA0.649073

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 34%
H-stat 6.24
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.548
Excess Kurtosis -0.72
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2026-09-02
Last Dividend Date 2026-06-03
Debt to Equity Ratio 55.21
Revenue per Share 41.282
Market Cap 175,364,849,664
Trailing P/E 18.76
Forward P/E 16.09
Beta 1.66
Profit Margins 21.01%
Website https://www.qualcomm.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:01 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility remains elevated around 44-46% at-the-money, indicating heightened uncertainty. Call positioning shows significant open interest walls at 170 and 180 strikes, suggesting speculative upside bets, while put volume concentrates heavily at 150 and 160 strikes, reflecting defensive hedging near current levels. Unusual flow detected at 157.5 and 165 calls alongside heavy put activity at 157.5, creating a conflicting sentiment where traders are simultaneously betting on a bounce and protecting against further downside.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.38% 2.10% 2.18% 2.16%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-04 0.920000 0.379272
2026-03-05 0.890000 0.649635
2025-12-04 0.890000 0.510467
2025-09-04 0.890000 0.557260
2025-06-05 0.890000 0.603144
2025-03-06 0.850000 0.544732
2024-12-05 0.850000 0.529958
2024-09-05 0.850000 0.519243
2024-05-30 0.850000 0.415039
2024-02-28 0.800000 0.513314
2023-11-29 0.800000 0.625440
2023-08-30 0.800000 0.706277
2023-05-31 0.800000 0.705405
2023-03-01 0.750000 0.606404
2022-11-30 0.750000 0.592932
2022-08-31 0.750000 0.567022
2022-06-01 0.750000 0.535638
2022-03-02 0.680000 0.401773
2021-12-01 0.680000 0.387178
2021-09-01 0.680000 0.464322
2021-06-02 0.680000 0.508145
2021-03-03 0.650000 0.493696
2020-12-02 0.650000 0.433391
2020-09-02 0.650000 0.527683
2020-06-03 0.650000 0.772798
2020-03-04 0.620000 0.757946
2019-12-04 0.620000 0.755361
2019-09-11 0.620000 0.775970
2019-06-05 0.620000 0.925097
2019-03-06 0.620000 1.131387
2018-12-06 0.620000 1.085624
2018-09-04 0.620000 0.885967
2018-05-29 0.620000 1.064743
2018-02-27 0.570000 0.859210
2017-11-28 0.570000 0.833577
2017-08-28 0.570000 1.100174
2017-05-26 0.570000 0.990960
2017-02-27 0.530000 0.934250
2016-11-28 0.530000 0.789866
2016-08-29 0.530000 0.841537
2016-05-27 0.530000 0.958929
2016-02-29 0.480000 0.945068
2015-11-27 0.480000 0.988875
2015-08-31 0.480000 0.848356
2015-06-01 0.480000 0.691443
2015-03-02 0.420000 0.578035
2014-11-26 0.420000 0.581234
2014-08-29 0.420000 0.551905
2014-06-02 0.420000 0.521869
2014-03-03 0.350000 0.475350
2013-11-27 0.350000 0.475802
2013-08-30 0.350000 0.528063
2013-06-03 0.350000 0.553535
2013-03-06 0.250000 0.374981
2012-12-05 0.250000 0.392896
2012-09-05 0.250000 0.411997
2012-05-30 0.250000 0.435161
2012-02-29 0.215000 0.345770
2011-11-21 0.215000 0.396167
2011-08-24 0.215000 0.448571
2011-05-25 0.215000 0.377259
2011-02-23 0.190000 0.333275
2010-11-22 0.190000 0.398992
2010-08-25 0.190000 0.494020
2010-05-26 0.190000 0.544725
2010-02-24 0.170000 0.448904
2009-11-23 0.170000 0.373216
2009-08-26 0.170000 0.357669
2009-05-27 0.170000 0.400660
2009-02-25 0.160000 0.471559
2008-12-09 0.160000 0.477897
2008-08-27 0.160000 0.295858
2008-05-28 0.160000 0.331126
2008-02-27 0.140000 0.319708
2007-12-05 0.140000 0.346792
2007-08-29 0.140000 0.359712
2007-05-30 0.140000 0.326950
2007-02-28 0.120000 0.297767
2006-12-05 0.120000 0.309757
2006-08-23 0.120000 0.327422
2006-05-24 0.120000 0.263216
2006-02-22 0.090000 0.188363
2005-12-05 0.090000 0.202293
2005-08-24 0.090000 0.227158
2005-05-25 0.090000 0.244765
2005-02-23 0.070000 0.205098
2004-12-06 0.070000 0.161514
2004-08-25 0.070000 0.182672
2004-05-26 0.050000 0.150218
2004-02-25 0.035000 0.112758
2003-11-25 0.035000 0.153576
2003-08-27 0.035000 0.170732
2003-05-28 0.025000 0.159286
2003-03-12 0.025000 0.142369
1998-09-24 0.070313 2.334647
Additional Data
dividendRate 3.68
dividendYield 2.23
exDividendDate 2026-09-03
trailingAnnualDividendRate 3.59
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.021786625
lastDividendValue 0.92
lastDividendDate 2026-06-04
dividendDate 2026-09-24

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.037788153
Address1 5,775 Morehouse Drive
All Time High 259.92
All Time Low 0.390625
Ask 173.12
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 2
Average Analyst Rating 2.6 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 9,845,250
Average Daily Volume3 Month 15,602,832
Average Volume 15,602,832
Average Volume10Days 9,845,250
Beta 1.663
Bid 156.09
Bid Size 1
Board Risk 3
Book Value 26.167
City San Diego
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 164.19
Current Ratio 2.016
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 165.49
Day Low 161.9
Debt To Equity 55.21
Dividend Date 1,790,208,000
Dividend Rate 3.68
Dividend Yield 2.23
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,357,900
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,357,900
Earnings Growth -0.23
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.249
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,355,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,304,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,304,000
Ebitda 11,998,999,552
Ebitda Margins 0.27228
Enterprise To Ebitda 14.952
Enterprise To Revenue 4.071
Enterprise Value 179,403,915,264
Eps Current Year 10.52302
Eps Forward 10.20195
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 8.75
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,788,393,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 174.4888
Fifty Day Average Change -10.298798
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.059022687
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 3.7788153
Fifty Two Week High 259.92
Fifty Two Week High Change -95.73001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.36830565
Fifty Two Week Low 121.99
Fifty Two Week Low Change 42.200005
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.34593004
Fifty Two Week Range 121.99 - 259.92
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 692,634,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.12
Float Shares 1,048,112,448
Forward Eps 10.20195
Forward P E 16.093983
Free Cashflow 10,241,000,448
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 52,000
Fullday Change -0.589996
Fullday Change Percent -0.358051
Fullday Price 164.3
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.54226
Gross Profits 23,896,999,936
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00122
Held Percent Institutions 0.83371
Implied Shares Outstanding 1,068,060,487
Industry Semiconductors
Industry Disp Semiconductors
Industry Key semiconductors
Ir Website http://www.qualcomm.com/connect/investor-relations
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,531,200
Last Dividend Value 0.92
Last Fiscal Year End 1,759,017,600
Last Split Date 1,092,614,400
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary 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. QUALCOMM Incorporated was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Long Name QUALCOMM Incorporated
Market us_market
Market Cap 175,364,849,664
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_33493
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,604,800
Net Income To Common 9,260,000,256
Next Fiscal Year End 1,790,553,600
Non Diluted Market Cap 175,995,007,047
Number Of Analyst Opinions 30
Open 164.59
Operating Cashflow 12,401,000,448
Operating Margins 0.18528
Overall Risk 3
Payout Ratio 0.4103
Peg Ratio 0.71
Phone 858 587 1121
Post Market Change 0.11000061
Post Market Change Percent 0.066995926
Post Market Price 164.3
Post Market Time 1,787,961,580
Previous Close 164.78
Price Eps Current Year 15.602936
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 6.2746973
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 3.9793246
Profit Margins 0.21013
Quick Ratio 1.137
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.56757
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.589996
Regular Market Change Percent -0.358051
Regular Market Day High 165.49
Regular Market Day Low 161.9
Regular Market Day Range 161.9 - 165.49
Regular Market Open 164.59
Regular Market Previous Close 164.78
Regular Market Price 164.19
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 7,713,846
Return On Assets 0.11612
Return On Equity 0.33754003
Revenue Growth -0.04
Revenue Per Share 41.282
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1966995
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 1,068,060,487
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0312
Shares Short 33,274,306
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 36,152,231
Short Name QUALCOMM Incorporated
Short Percent Of Float 0.0348
Short Ratio 2.79
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol QCOM
Target High Price 400.0
Target Low Price 100.0
Target Mean Price 193.1
Target Median Price 175.0
Total Cash 8,304,000,000
Total Cash Per Share 7.907
Total Debt 15,269,999,616
Total Revenue 44,068,999,168
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3.59
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.021786625
Trailing Eps 8.75
Trailing P E 18.764572
Trailing Peg Ratio 0.7248
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 167.97266
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.7826538
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.022519462
Type Disp Equity
Volume 7,713,846
Website https://www.qualcomm.com
Zip 92,121-1714