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QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM.NASDAQ) Profile & Fundamentals
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QUALCOMM Incorporated: Company Profile & Ownership
QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry in China, the United States, South Korea, and internationally. 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 personal AI and compute devices and industrial, networking, and robotics 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; and grants licenses 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 AI, automotive, consumer, enterprise, IoT, and data center, as well as non-marketable and marketable equity securities, and convertible debt instruments. It is also involved in Qualcomm government technologies and data center businesses; and modular businesses that provides software platforms, tools, and cloud-based services that enable developers and enterprises to build, deploy, and scale AI applications across heterogeneous computing environments. QUALCOMM Incorporated was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Company profile record
Qualcomm Incorporated
Common Stock · Information Technology · Semiconductors
Company
- Company / asset
- Qualcomm Incorporated
- Security type
- Common Stock
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Head office
- 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA, United States, 92121-1714
Leadership & scale
- Chief executive
- Mr. Cristiano Renno Amon
- CEO year born
- 1970
- Full-time employees
- 57K
- Fiscal year end
- September
- IPO date
- 1991-12-13
Fundamentals snapshot
- Market Cap
- USD 186.2B
- P/E
- 13.7x
- Revenue (Q3 26)
- USD 10.3B
- Profit (Q3 26)
- USD 1.3B
- Dividend Yield
- 1.5%
- Revenue (FY 26)
- USD 43.1B
- Shares in public float
- 1.1B
- Insider ownership
- 0.12%
Reporting & identifiers
- Symbol
- QCOM.NASDAQ
- Listing
- 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
- Ticker Currency
- USD
- Income Statement Currency
- USD
- Balance Sheet Currency
- USD
- Cash Flow Currency
- USD
- EPS Currency
- USD
- Contract Type
- SPOT
- ISIN
- US7475251036
- Asset ID
- equity_17b2425d-f3ab-5bfe-809e-eafb5bdb1610
QUALCOMM Incorporated: Ownership
Shares Outstanding
Latest: 1.1B | Max: 1.5B | Min: 1.1B
Latest reported ownership snapshot
Float Shares
99.55%
1.1B latest reported shares
Insider Ownership
0.12%
Latest reported insider stake
Short Float
0.03%
Latest reported short interest / float
Top Holders
Source tablesView ownership tables
Shares Outstanding
Annual reported shares outstanding; up to 10 reporting dates.
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| Reporting date | Shares outstanding |
|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | 1,477,000,000 |
| 2018-01-01 | 1,223,000,000 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1,159,000,000 |
| 2020-01-01 | 1,156,000,000 |
| 2021-01-01 | 1,142,000,000 |
| 2022-01-01 | 1,131,000,000 |
| 2023-01-01 | 1,127,000,000 |
| 2024-01-01 | 1,122,000,000 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1,079,000,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 1,073,000,000 |
Top Holders
Available reported ownership records.
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| Holder | Shares | Ownership | Reported date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc | 95,151,875 | 8.91% | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard Capital Management, LLC | 68,837,417 | 6.45% | 2026-06-30 |
| State Street Corp | 52,763,263 | 4.94% | 2026-06-30 |
| Amvescap Plc. | 36,101,702 | 3.38% | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC | 33,847,770 | 3.17% | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest | 33,329,303 | 3.12% | 2026-09-30 |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 29,645,446 | 2.78% | 2026-06-30 |
| Vanguard 500 Index Investor | 28,055,022 | 2.63% | 2026-09-30 |
| Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™ | 27,647,932 | 2.59% | 2026-10-31 |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 22,310,326 | 2.09% | 2026-06-30 |
| Invesco QQQ Trust | 21,847,762 | 2.05% | 2026-10-30 |
| Van Eck Associates Corporation | 17,202,619 | 1.61% | 2026-06-30 |
| Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts | 17,100,302 | 1.6% | 2026-06-30 |
| NORGES BANK | 16,209,022 | 1.52% | 2026-06-30 |
| VanEck Semiconductor ETF | 15,625,474 | 1.46% | 2026-10-31 |
QUALCOMM Incorporated: Earnings, Profitability & Valuation
Latest Financials Filed On
Earnings & Revenue
Earnings and Revenue Trajectory
AI Review
Qualcomm's financial results show strong, steady cash generation beneath noisy headline numbers. Trailing twelve-month revenue hovered near 44.1 billion dollars through June 2026, navigating a twenty percent drop in handset sales caused by high component costs and slower consumer upgrades. This mobile softness was largely balanced by explosive sixty-one percent growth in automotive silicon, proving the core business is expanding beyond smartphones. While reported net income swung widely due to one-time tax accounting adjustments, underlying cash flow remained exceptionally healthy at 10.42 billion dollars. This remarkable cash conversion confirms that the company easily funds its technological research and substantial share buybacks without operational strain.
Qualcomm's financial results show strong, steady cash generation beneath noisy headline numbers. Trailing twelve-month revenue hovered near 44.1 billion dollars through June 2026, navigating a twenty percent drop in handset sales caused by high component costs and slower consumer upgrades. This mobile softness was largely balanced by explosive sixty-one percent growth in automotive silicon, proving the core business is expanding beyond smartphones. While reported net income swung widely due to one-time tax accounting adjustments, underlying cash flow remained exceptionally healthy at 10.42 billion dollars. This remarkable cash conversion confirms that the company easily funds its technological research and substantial share buybacks without operational strain.
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Latest: USD 43.1B | Max: USD 44.3B | Min: USD -5.0B
Valuation
P/E Ratio (TTM)iPublished valuation snapshots use the earnings basis recorded with each observation. Source tables retain that basis.
Latest: 32x
Profitability & Margins
Margins and Operating Efficiency
AI Review
Profitability remains structurally protected by a unique dual-business design. Fiscal 2025 gross margin reached 55.4 percent, anchored by the patent licensing division, which consistently generates pre-tax profit margins near seventy percent. This licensing engine provides a reliable profit cushion that competitors cannot match. Chip operating margins recently faced mild compression toward twenty-six percent due to memory cost inflation and higher advanced foundry fees. However, as high-margin automotive software and premium computing chips scale, improving product mix and recent price hikes will stabilize corporate margins through the five-year forecast horizon.
Profitability remains structurally protected by a unique dual-business design. Fiscal 2025 gross margin reached 55.4 percent, anchored by the patent licensing division, which consistently generates pre-tax profit margins near seventy percent. This licensing engine provides a reliable profit cushion that competitors cannot match. Chip operating margins recently faced mild compression toward twenty-six percent due to memory cost inflation and higher advanced foundry fees. However, as high-margin automotive software and premium computing chips scale, improving product mix and recent price hikes will stabilize corporate margins through the five-year forecast horizon.
Profitability Margins
Latest: 53.1% | Max: 64.6% | Min: -21.8%
Latest Profitability Ratios as of 2026-09-30
Gross Margin
53.1%
Gross profit / revenue
Operating Margin
20.1%
Operating income / revenue
Net Margin
31.6%
Net income / revenue
FCF Margin
20.1%
Free cash flow / revenue
Source tablesView earnings, profitability & valuation tables
Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow
Annual reported results, using the source statement's recorded USD conversion. Up to 10 reporting periods; missing values are not estimated.
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| Period end | Revenue (USD) | Net income (USD) | Free cash flow (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-30 | 22,291,000,000 | 2,466,000,000 | 4,003,000,000 |
| 2018-09-30 | 22,732,000,000 | -4,964,000,000 | 3,111,000,000 |
| 2019-09-30 | 24,273,000,000 | 4,386,000,000 | 6,399,000,000 |
| 2020-09-30 | 23,531,000,000 | 5,198,000,000 | 4,407,000,000 |
| 2021-09-30 | 33,566,000,000 | 9,043,000,000 | 8,648,000,000 |
| 2022-09-30 | 44,200,000,000 | 12,936,000,000 | 6,834,000,000 |
| 2023-09-30 | 35,820,000,000 | 7,232,000,000 | 9,849,000,000 |
| 2024-09-30 | 38,962,000,000 | 10,142,000,000 | 11,161,000,000 |
| 2025-09-30 | 44,284,000,000 | 5,541,000,000 | 12,820,000,000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 43,120,000,000 | 13,628,000,000 | 8,651,000,000 |
Published P/E Ratio
Published valuation snapshots retain each observation's earnings basis.
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| Period end | P/E (times earnings) | Earnings basis |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 32.4 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2024-09-30 | 18.8 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2023-09-30 | 17.3 | Trailing four quarters |
| 2022-09-30 | 9.9 | Annual net income |
| 2021-09-30 | 16.3 | Annual net income |
Profitability Margins
Matching annual reporting dates. Values are percentages.
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| Period end | Gross margin (%) | Operating margin (%) | Net margin (%) | Free cash flow margin (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-30 | 56.07 | 11.58 | 11.06 | 17.96 |
| 2018-09-30 | 54.94 | 2.73 | -21.84 | 13.69 |
| 2019-09-30 | 64.57 | 31.59 | 18.07 | 26.36 |
| 2020-09-30 | 60.67 | 26.58 | 22.09 | 18.73 |
| 2021-09-30 | 57.51 | 29.16 | 26.94 | 25.76 |
| 2022-09-30 | 57.84 | 35.88 | 29.27 | 15.46 |
| 2023-09-30 | 55.7 | 21.74 | 20.19 | 27.5 |
| 2024-09-30 | 56.21 | 25.85 | 26.03 | 28.65 |
| 2025-09-30 | 55.43 | 27.9 | 12.51 | 28.95 |
| 2026-09-30 | 53.1 | 20.08 | 31.6 | 20.06 |
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