Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM)
Technology · NASDAQ · US
Price as at 17 Aug 2026, 22:47 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Qualcomm Inc. trades at $162.18, which is 17% below the $190.00 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On that measure alone it screens as undervalued, though a valuation model is an argument rather than a measurement, and the market is frequently right about why something is cheap.
Our moat model scores it 72 out of 100, which is a wide moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 20.3 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
QCOM dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $2.73 | 3 |
| 2025 | $3.52 | 4 |
| 2024 | $3.35 | 4 |
| 2023 | $3.15 | 4 |
| 2022 | $2.93 | 4 |
| 2021 | $2.69 | 4 |
| 2020 | $2.57 | 4 |
| 2019 | $2.48 | 4 |
| 2018 | $2.43 | 4 |
| 2017 | $2.24 | 4 |
| 2016 | $2.07 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
QCOM earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 37 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Qualcomm Inc.
QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide. 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 consumer electronic devices, industrial devices, and edge networking 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; 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 5G, artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer, enterprise, cloud, IoT, and extended reality, and investments, including non-marketable equity securities and, to a lesser extent, marketable equity securities, and convertible debt instruments. It also provides development, and other services and sells related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. In addition, the company is also involved in Qualcomm government technologies and data center businesses. Further, it provides security and intelligence services for unmanaged networks through software-based network security solutions. QUALCOMM Incorporated was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
QCOM passes 4 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
24 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Andreas Halvorsen, VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP$279.81M · 0.8% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$265.78M · 0.0% of book
- Philippe Laffont, COATUE MANAGEMENT LLC$256.36M · 0.5% of book
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$200.16M · 0.1% of book
- Capital Research Global, Capital Research Global Investors$184.66M · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
Common questions
Is Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $190.00, QCOM at $162.18 is 17% below fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own QCOM?
24 of the institutions we track reported a position in QCOM in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
What is QCOM's P/E ratio?
QCOM trades at 20.3 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
Does Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) pay a dividend?
Yes. Qualcomm Inc. yields 1.95% at the current share price. It has paid $3.62 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 23 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its QCOM data?
Fundamentals for QCOM come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NASDAQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 17 Aug 2026, 22:47 UTC and is delayed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.