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Operating Expense Breakdown
Details core costs like R&D, marketing, and admin, offering insight into how efficiently the company runs and where it’s prioritizing investment.Qualcomm is clearly prioritizing growth over short-term margin stability: R&D spending has steadily ramped and SG&A has climbed, while cost of revenues has grown and become more volatile — reflecting mix shifts into automotive, IoT and nascent data‑center/custom silicon revenue plus handset-cycle sensitivity. Management’s guidance acknowledges a near-term revenue/EPS bite from China handset and memory dynamics, but the expense profile shows deliberate investment to monetize higher‑margin platform and AI/network opportunities over the medium term.
Date | Research and Development | Selling, General, and Administrative | Other | Cost of Revenues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2026 | $2.61M | $976.00K | $68.00K | $4.67M |
Mar 31, 2026 | $2.46B | $898.00M | $29.00M | $4.90B |
Dec 31, 2025 | $2.45B | $865.00M | $0.00 | $5.57B |
Sep 30, 2025 | $2.37B | $910.00M | $39.00M | $5.03B |
Jun 30, 2025 | $2.23B | $771.00M | $0.00 | $4.61B |
Mar 31, 2025 | $2.22B | $706.00M | $0.00 | $4.94B |
Dec 31, 2024 | $2.23B | $723.00M | $0.00 | $5.16B |
Sep 30, 2024 | $2.30B | $762.00M | $132.00M | $4.47B |
Jun 30, 2024 | $2.26B | $664.00M | $75.00M | $4.17B |
Mar 31, 2024 | $2.24B | $707.00M | $0.00 | $4.11B |