XNAS · Semiconductors
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$177.72-5.82%
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
51/100
Moderate
Score components
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Qualcomm scores 51 out of 100 overall, which we rate moderate. Valuation is its strongest area and Risk its weakest.
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- Technical
- Valuation
What to watch
- Quality & growth
- Risk
- Sentiment Signal
Quality & growth
30%33Weak
- Revenue growth 1.9%
- EPS growth -16.6%
Valuation
25%88Strong
- P/E 20.5
- EV/Sales 4.6
Qualcomm develops and licenses wireless technology and designs chips for smartphones. The company's key patents revolve around CDMA and OFDMA technologies, which are standards in wireless communications that are the backbone of all 3G, 4G, and 5G networks. Qualcomm's IP is licensed by virtually all wireless device makers. The firm is also the world's largest wireless chip vendor, supplying nearly every premier handset maker with leading-edge processors. Qualcomm also sells RF-front end modules into smartphones, as well as chips into automotive and Internet of Things markets.
#61 by market cap in our coverage · ~52,000 employees · Listed 1991-12-13 · www.qualcomm.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#127 / 207sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 51 vs sector average 53.5 (-2.5)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 90%
Gross margin (industry)Top 53%
Return on equity (industry)Top 17%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 92%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
53/100Moderate vs universe
Ranks 53rd of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 49/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Strong Buy
4 buy · 1 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates QCOM's technical setup middling — 53rd percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
6 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+5.4%
- vs 50-day+5.5%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)54 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Constructive
- ADX (14) trend strength27· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)buy(histogram 1.569)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 6 buy vs 2 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 3 buy · 1 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 4 buy vs 1 sell of 8 votes = Strong Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)20.5
- P/S (TTM)4.3
- P/B6.9
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales4.6
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin54.2%
- Net margin21.0%
- ROE33.7%
- Debt/Equity0.55
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)1.9%
- EPS growth (YoY)-16.6%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $190.0B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
| Metric | Sep '25 | Sep '24 | Sep '23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $44.3B | $39.0B | $35.8B |
| Gross profit | $24.5B | $21.9B | $20.0B |
| Operating income | $12.4B | $10.1B | $7.8B |
| Net income | $5.5B | $10.1B | $7.2B |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.01 | $8.97 | $6.42 |
| Free cash flow | $12.8B | $11.2B | $10.0B |
| Cash | $7.8B | $7.8B | $8.4B |
| Total debt | $14.8B | $14.6B | $15.4B |
| Equity | $21.2B | $26.3B | $21.6B |
| Net debt | $7.0B | $6.8B | $6.9B |
| Debt / equity | 0.70 | 0.56 | 0.71 |
| Liabilities / assets | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.58 |
Fundamentals are stored revised/latest (ADR-009): each period reflects the most recent vendor refresh, NOT point-in-time as-reported values. Do not use this series to claim what was known on a past date.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QCOMCurrentQualcomm | 51 | 49 | 20.5 | — | 6.9 | 4.6 | $177.72 | -5.82% | +1.9% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 79 | 67 | 27.5 | — | 8.3 | 11.1 | $493.78 | -0.80% | +17.8% | ||
| MUMicron Technology | 77 | 57 | 23.0 | — | 11.5 | 12.7 | $1,015.80 | +3.92% | +167.0% | ||
| NVDANVIDIA | 77 | 68 | 28.0 | — | 23.6 | 17.9 | $222.27 | +1.34% | +83.4% | ||
| NTNXNutanix Inc - | 76 | 73 | 13.6 | — | 29.1 | 7.4 | $69.80 | -0.24% | +12.4% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 75 | 50 | 17.3 | — | 5.0 | 5.2 | $141.90 | -3.54% | +29.4% |
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