XNAS · Semiconductors
Last stored close · Nov 10, 2026
Close · Nov 10, 2026
$173.53+1.20%
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Valuation methods
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TickerWhale Score
47/100
Moderate
Score components
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Qualcomm scores 47 out of 100 overall, which we rate moderate. Valuation is its strongest area and Risk its weakest.
What helps
- Valuation
What to watch
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Risk
Quality & growth
30%31Weak
- Revenue growth 1.9%
- EPS growth -16.6%
Valuation
25%85Strong
- P/E 20.0
- EV/Sales 4.5
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.
#66 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
#110 / 205sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 47 vs sector average 47.9 (-0.9)
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
42/100Weak vs universe
Ranks 42nd of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 51/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Neutral
2 buy · 2 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates QCOM's technical setup weak — 42nd percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean neutral, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
4 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+2.2%
- vs 50-day-2.7%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)50 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength14· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.319)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 4 buy vs 3 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 1 buy · 2 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 2 sell of 8 votes = Neutral. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-11-10 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)20.0
- P/S (TTM)4.2
- P/B6.7
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales4.5
- 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 — $185.5B
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 | 47 | 51 | 20.0 | — | 6.7 | 4.5 | $173.53 | +1.20% | +1.9% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 77 | 67 | 19.1 | — | 5.6 | 5.8 | $156.67 | +1.57% | +29.4% | ||
| GGenpact | 75 | 78 | 12.6 | — | 2.8 | 1.5 | $43.07 | +1.22% | +6.5% | ||
| LYFTLyft Inc Cls A | 75 | 57 | 2.3 | — | 2.2 | 0.9 | $17.02 | +1.55% | +10.8% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 75 | 71 | 29.7 | — | 9.0 | 12.0 | $533.16 | -2.20% | +17.8% | ||
| KVYOKlaviyo Inc - Series A | 71 | 62 | 893.2 | — | 6.3 | 3.8 | $20.43 | -1.87% | +28.9% |
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