QCOM
Qualcomm Inc/de Information Technology Radio & Tv Broadcasting & Communications Equipment S&P 500Nasdaq-100Russell 3000
$164.79Close
$177.0BMarket cap
$122.94 – $248.7452-week range
Nov 4, 2026Next report · after the close
Highlights
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 3 of 8 trend conditions
- Far from its high 34% below its 52-week high
- Earnings shrinking EPS −23% year on year
- Results soon Nov 4, 2026, in 3 days
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
34%
1wk
down 6.3%
price change
1mo
down 10.5%
price change
12-month return
down 5%
market up 11% ·
its own down 17%
F-score
6 / 9
Mixed
Altman Z
6.34
Low risk
P/E
31.9×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
8.3×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 6.6%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
59%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 14%
year on year
EPS growth
down 23%
latest quarter · -195 pts
Sales growth
down 4%
latest quarter · -1 pts
ROE
up 23%
return on equity
Free cash margin
up 29%
$12.8B FCF
D/E
0.70
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
0.7×
Interest cover
18.6×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
- profitability slipped from last year
- took on more long-term debt
- gross margin narrowed
- profitable on its assets
- generating cash from operations
- profits backed by cash
- short-term liquidity improved
- no new shares issued
- assets working harder
Trade setup
ATR%
4.6%
$7.62 a day · 2×ATR $149.56
RS
50 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
3 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
2.0×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.10
50 sessions
Implied move
9.9%
by Nov 6, 2026 · report Nov 4, 2026
Trend template · 3 of 8
- Price above the 150 and 200-day averages: fails
- 150-day average above the 200-day: passes
- 200-day average rising for a month: passes
- 50-day average above the 150 and 200-day: fails
- Price above the 50-day average: fails
- At least 30% above the 52-week low: passes
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: fails
- RS rank 70 or higher: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- No restatement or impairment
- Equity positive
- Interest covered
- No material dilution
- Profits tracking cash
- Margins and revenue not shrinking
Last reported
Jul 29, 2026
Options
$81.5M58.8% IV · activity
Financials
- Gross 55%
- Net 13%
- Free cash 29%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Sep 27, 2020 | FY2021Sep 26, 2021 | FY2022Sep 25, 2022 | FY2023Sep 24, 2023 | FY2024Sep 29, 2024 | FY2025Sep 28, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $23.5B | $33.6B | $44.2B | $35.8B | $39.0B | $44.3B |
| Gross margin | 61% | 58% | 58% | 56% | 56% | 55% |
| Operating income | $6.3B | $9.8B | $15.9B | $7.8B | $10.1B | $12.4B |
| Net income | $5.2B | $9.0B | $12.9B | $7.2B | $10.1B | $5.5B |
| Net margin | 22% | 27% | 29% | 20% | 26% | 13% |
| Earnings per share | $4.52 | $7.87 | $11.38 | $6.42 | $8.98 | $5.01 |
| Free cash flow | $4.4B | $8.6B | $6.8B | $9.8B | $11.2B | $12.8B |
| Free cash margin | 19% | 26% | 15% | 27% | 29% | 29% |
| Cash | $6.7B | $7.1B | $2.8B | $8.4B | $7.8B | $5.5B |
| Long-term debt | $15.2B | $13.7B | $13.5B | $14.5B | $13.3B | $14.8B |
| Shareholders' equity | $6.1B | $9.9B | $18.0B | $21.6B | $26.3B | $21.2B |
| Shares outstanding | 1.13bn | 1.12bn | 1.12bn | 1.11bn | 1.11bn | 1.07bn |
Next report
Nov 4, 2026 · after the close
Expected move The move, either way, the option market prices in through the next scheduled report: the at-the-money straddle for the first expiry that contains it, over the price. It includes the days around the report, so it slightly overstates the report alone. Methodology
±9.9%
$149 – $182 by Nov 6, 2026
Usual move The median, over the company's last four reports, of how far the stock moved either way from the close before the filing to the close of the session after it. Methodology
±7.2%
last 4: -6.9% · +19.7% · -7.4% · +0.2%
Expected against usual The move the options price through this report over the move the last four reports delivered. Above 1 the event is priced bigger than the company's own record; below 1, smaller. A price, not a forecast: it says what protection through the report costs, not which way the stock will go. Methodology
Bigger than usual
1.4× the usual move
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $144 – $187 ±13.0% by Nov 27, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 58.8% priced · 51.9% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Choppier
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs more
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $81.5M calls $34.1M · puts $47.4M · latest session
- 1.39× -2.32 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls -36.77k · puts -25.42k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 58.8% (+1.7% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 1.22 · 25Δ skew 3.6 pts · Net GEX -$15.0M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 28, 2026 | 31d |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 29, 2026 | 31d |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 28, 2025 | 38d |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Sep 28, 2025 | 38d |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 29, 2025 | 31d |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 30, 2025 | 31d |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 29, 2024 | 38d |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Sep 29, 2024 | 38d |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 23, 2024 | 38d |
| May 1, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 24, 2024 | 38d |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Dec 24, 2023 | 38d |
| Nov 1, 2023 | Annual ↗ | Sep 24, 2023 | 38d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Unregistered share sale ↗ |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Unregistered share sale ↗ |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Charter or bylaws ↗ |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Results ↗ |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Director or officer change ↗ |