Qualcomm (1QCOM) Price & Analysis
1QCOM Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 146.54 - EUR 159.02
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 102.00 - EUR 222.70
- Previous Close
- EUR 163.86
- Volume
- 547
- Average Volume (3M)
- 749
- Market Cap
- EUR 157.04B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 209.42B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 8.30B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 15.27B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 18.8
- Beta
- 0.88
- Next Earnings
- Nov 04, 2026
- EPS Estimate
- 1.94
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 2.12%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Strong Cash Generation And Profitability
Robust operating and free cash flow, together with approximately 55% gross and 28% EBIT margins, indicates strong earnings quality and internal funding capacity. This supports continued investment in new platforms, shareholder returns, and resilience through semiconductor demand cycles.
Diversification Beyond Handsets
Rapid growth in automotive, industrial, IoT, and planned data-center businesses can reduce Qualcomm’s long-term dependence on smartphone volumes. Broader exposure also expands its addressable markets and creates multiple avenues for content growth as connected devices become more capable.
Structural Cellular Intellectual-property Platform
Licensing foundational cellular patents provides Qualcomm with a recurring, asset-light revenue stream tied to global device adoption rather than only its own chip shipments. Its standard-essential position can support durable monetization as manufacturers continue deploying compatible wireless products.
Bears Say
Handset Market Contraction
Smartphone weakness remains a material fundamental headwind because handsets are still a major source of Qualcomm’s chip revenue. Lower industry volumes can reduce chipset demand, pressure customer orders, and limit near-term growth even as automotive and IoT diversification continues.
Apple Revenue Step-down
The expected Apple revenue decline creates a concentrated customer-related earnings headwind over the coming quarters. A sharp reduction in one large account can weigh on handset sales and utilization before newer businesses are sufficiently large to offset the lost contribution.
Input-cost And Gross-margin Pressure
Higher costs across memory, fabrication, packaging, and materials can compress semiconductor profitability before planned price increases fully take effect. Lower-margin custom data-center products add a mix-related challenge, making margin recovery dependent on pricing and successful business scaling.
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Company Description
Qualcomm
QUALCOMM Incorporated is a company dedicated to developing and bringing to market fundamental technologies crucial for the global wireless communication industry. Its operations are structured into three primary segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT division specializes in creating and supplying integrated circuits and system software, leveraging 3G, 4G, 5G, and other advanced wireless technologies. These components are essential for a range of products, including those used for wireless voice and data communication, networking, application processing, multimedia, and global positioning. The QTL segment generates revenue by licensing its extensive intellectual property portfolio, which encompasses various patent rights vital for the manufacture and sale of wireless devices, particularly those adhering to standards like CDMA2000, WCDMA, LTE, and OFDMA-based 5G. Through its QSI segment, Qualcomm invests in early-stage companies across diverse sectors such as 5G, artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer electronics, enterprise solutions, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things, aiming to support the introduction of new products and services for both existing and emerging communication applications. Furthermore, the company provides development services and related products to United States government agencies and their contractors. Founded in 1985, QUALCOMM Incorporated maintains its headquarters in San Diego, California.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- CEO
- Cristiano Renno Amon
- Employees
- 52,000
- Website
- www.qualcomm.com
- Address
- 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA, 92121-1714, US
Qualcomm (1QCOM) Earnings & Revenues
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1QCOM Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call presents a materially positive long-term outlook driven by clear diversification progress: record automotive results, robust IoT and industrial design wins, concrete early data center milestones (tape-out, two custom wins with wafers in production) and an expanded FY2029 non-handset target to $40B. Short-term challenges include elevated memory and input costs, supply constraints that materially reduce expected Apple revenue, handset-market weakness (Android down ~20% YoY), and near-term gross-margin pressure (partly offset over time by double-digit pricing actions). Given the magnitude and strategic significance of the wins and targets versus manageable near-term cost and supply headwinds, the highlights outweigh the lowlights.
View all IT:1QCOM earnings summaries1QCOM Net sales Breakdown
- 85.51% Equipment and services
- 14.49% Licensing
1QCOM Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| Technical Analysis | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 1 | 0 | 11 |