Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM · NASDAQ)
QCOM · MARKET VIEW
Market view · as of Oct 5, 2026
Price (last ~year)
Qualcomm shares closed at $184.87, up 1.5% on the day, after announcing a multi-year cross-license patent agreement with Huawei covering 5G, AI, compute, and networking technologies. Fundamentals show pressure, with revenue down 4.0% year over year and earnings down 23.0%, though the company beat estimates in three of its last four quarters and posted $9.95B in revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. The balance sheet remains solid, with debt/EBITDA at 1.3x, a current ratio of 2.02, and ROE of 33.8%, while the stock trades at a P/E of 21.15 with a PEG of 0.88 against an analyst target of $194.13. Shares sit 25.7% below their 52-week high and 10.2% above the 200-day moving average.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $197.45B
- P/E
- 21.15
- PEG
- 0.88
- P/B
- 7.66
- P/S
- 4.481
- EV/EBITDA
- 16.15
- Beta
- 1.679
- Analyst target
- $194.13
Quality & returns
- Gross margin
- 54.2%
- Operating margin
- 18.5%
- Profit margin
- 21.0%
- ROE
- 33.8%
- ROA
- 11.6%
Price movement
- Last
- $184.87
- 1-month
- +9.7%
- 3-month
- -2.7%
- RSI (14)
- 53
- vs SMA200
- +10.2%
- 52-wk position
- 49.2% -25.7% vs high
Quarterly trajectory
Revenue by quarter (oldest → newest)
| Quarter | Revenue | Op income | Net income | EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $9.95B | $1.63B | $2.00B | $3.04B |
| 2026-03-31 | $10.60B | $2.31B | $7.37B | $2.82B |
| 2025-12-31 | $12.25B | $3.37B | $3.00B | $4.11B |
| 2025-09-30 | $11.27B | $2.92B | $-3.12B | $3.51B |
Recent news
- Somewhat-Bullish QCOM Gains Overnight After Patent Deal With China’s Huawei Covering AI Chip Tech · 2026-10-05
- Bullish Huawei and Qualcomm Announce Broad Patent License Agreement · 2026-10-05
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- Bullish Huawei and Qualcomm Announce Broad Patent License Agreement · 2026-10-05
- Somewhat-Bullish Why Is PTC Stock Soaring Over 15% In Overnight Trading? · 2026-10-05
Sources this view read
- fundamentals Company overview & valuation (Alpha Vantage OVERVIEW)
- filing Quarterly financial statements (Alpha Vantage INCOME/BALANCE/CASH)
- earnings Reported earnings history (Alpha Vantage EARNINGS)
- prices Adjusted daily prices (Alpha Vantage TIME_SERIES_DAILY_ADJUSTED)