profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Qualcomm
$164.79-11.12% today
-7.0% in 1 year
1-year low $124.071-year high $251.02
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $31.76 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Qualcomm sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $44.2 billion in 2022 to $44.3 billion in 2025, with $5.54 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Qualcomm handed back 98% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $8.8B$3.8B
Free cash flow 2025$12.8B
Bought back its own shares$8.8B
Paid as dividends$3.8B
Cash vs. debt$5.5B vs. $14.8B
Qualcomm vs. similar companies
Qualcomm grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualcomm | 31.8× · Expensive | ||
 Nvidia | 41.2× · Expensive | ||
 TSMC | 40.5× · Expensive | ||
 Broadcom | 67.3× · Very expensive | ||
 Micron Technology | 117.2× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
Qualcomm earns from chips and patents, with licensing still powerful
Read the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44,200 | 35,820 | 38,962 | 44,284 | |
| 25,565 | 19,951 | 21,902 | 24,546 | |
| 15,860 | 8,650 | 10,253 | 12,394 | |
| 17,250 | 9,946 | 12,739 | 14,929 | |
| 12,936 | 7,232 | 10,142 | 5,541 | |
| 11.37 | 6.42 | 8.97 | 5.01 | |
| 57.8% | 55.7% | 56.2% | 55.4% | |
| 35.9% | 24.1% | 26.3% | 28.0% | |
| 29.3% | 20.2% | 26.0% | 12.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 49,014 | 51,040 | 55,154 | 50,143 |
| Cash | 2,773 | 8,450 | 7,849 | 5,520 |
| Total debt | 15,482 | 15,398 | 14,634 | 14,811 |
| Total liabilities | 31,001 | 29,459 | 28,880 | 28,937 |
| 18,013 | 21,581 | 26,274 | 21,206 | |
| 1,137 | 1,126 | 1,130 | 1,105 | |
| 36.5% | 17.4% | 21.3% | 29.2% | |
| 71.8% | 33.5% | 38.6% | 26.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,096 | 11,299 | 12,202 | 14,012 | |
| 2,262 | 1,450 | 1,041 | 1,192 | |
| 6,834 | 9,849 | 11,161 | 12,820 | |
| Dividends paid | 3,212 | 3,462 | 3,687 | 3,805 |
| 3,129 | 2,973 | 4,121 | 8,791 | |
| 2,031 | 2,484 | 2,648 | 2,783 |
Valuation
- 31.8×
- 15.3×
- –
- 8.1×
- 4.0×
- 13.7×
- 12.4×
- 7.3%
- 3.1%
- 1.5%
Profitability
- 55.4%
- 28.0%
- 12.5%
- 30.0%
- 30.0%
- 26.8%
- 40.2%
- 17.4%
- 24.0%
- 21.4%
Growth
- +0.1%
- −23.9%
- +14.9%
- +6.5%
- −0.9%
Financial health
- 0.6×
- 0.70
- 26.7%
- 20.1×
- 2.82
- 1.61
- 0.78
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 3%of 978
Top 9%of 982
Top 39%of 764
Bottom 27%of 982
Top 14%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $175.00
- Range
- $120.00 – $300.00
- 16 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 2.65 | 2.56 | +3.5% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 3.50 | 3.39 | +3.2% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 3.00 | 2.87 | +4.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 2.77 | 2.71 | +2.2% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 2.85 | 2.82 | +1.1% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 3.41 | 2.96 | +15.2% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 2.69 | 2.56 | +5.1% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 2.33 | 2.25 | +3.6% |
1.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$15a year at today's yield, before tax
+6.5%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.86 in 2015 → $3.52 in 2025
How safe it looks
68.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 29.7%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
4/7Passes 4 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass. Context about the kind of company it is, not a recommendation.
Warren Buffett
74Pass
Benjamin Graham
83Pass
Philip Fisher
51No pass
Peter Lynch
20No pass
Joel Greenblatt
47No pass
Charlie Munger
80Pass
Terry Smith
76Pass
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