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QUALCOMM Incorporated

QCOM

Technology · 181.95 +2.9% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

QUALCOMM Incorporated's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 17 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 27 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Net income increased 162.1% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Revenue decreased 3.5% versus the comparable filing period.
Company+2.9% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 17 activeSemiconductors · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 8 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • QCOM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if QCOM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Semiconductors

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 17 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 27 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Net income increased 162.1% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Revenue decreased 3.5% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 6.6 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • QCOM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations602
Usable filing statements42
Verified relationships17
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +13.7% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +2.1 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 2.53x in the latest annual period.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Net margin changed -13.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 72% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 73% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

181.95
6m+38.7%12m+14.5%24m+15.0%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-09-26$33.6B+42.6%$7.87+0.0%
2022-09-25$44.2B+31.7%$11.37-1.0%
2023-09-24$35.8B-19.0%$6.42-1.0%
2024-09-29$39.0B+8.8%$8.97+0.4%
2025-09-28$44.3B+13.7%$5.01-2.2%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Legal and regulatory exposurepositive · 3 filings
For example, the automotive industry is subject to long design-in time frames, long product life cycles and a high degree of regulatory and safety requirements, necessitating suppliers to the industry to comply with stringent qualification processes, very low…
10-Q · Apr 29, 2026
Product pipeline and R&Dnegative · 2 filings
The components of other intangible assets, net were as follows (in millions): September 28, 2025 September 29, 2024 Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Weighted-average amortization period (years) Gross Carrying Amount Accumulated Amortization Weig…
10-K · Nov 5, 2025
Demand and volumepositive · 1 filings
The time period between placing purchase orders with our suppliers and receiving contractually binding forecasts and/or purchase orders from our customers has increased and may continue to increase as a result of extended manufacturing lead-times, driven in p…
10-K · Nov 5, 2025

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 4.5× · EV/sales 4.7×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

181.95+2.9% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for QCOM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

The latest filing shows material pressure

10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-30.

cautious
OperationscautiousEvidence score -2
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationdiscount

What improved

  • Net income increased 162.1% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

  • Revenue decreased 3.5% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 6.6 percentage points.

Filing receipts

Further, to the extent our customers procure supply of our products beyond their current needs (i.e., build up inventory of our products), whether due to concerns over supply, overestimating demand and/or a decline in macroeconomic conditions, or otherwise, they may not purchase expected quantities of our products in subsequent quarters, which may negatively impact our results of operations and cash flows in such quarters.

Further, inflationary pressure may increase our costs, including employee compensation costs, reduce demand for our products or those of our customers or licensees due to increased prices of those products, or result in employee attrition to the extent our compensation does not keep up with inflation, particularly if our competitors’ compensation does.

Due to the higher margin contribution of our licensing business relative to our chipset business, any reduction in licensing revenues could have a disproportionate impact on the cash resources we have available for other purposes, such as research and development.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind QCOM

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

AAPLApple Inc.customerApr 29, 2026

Consequently, to the extent Apple devices using our MDM products take share from our customers who purchase our integrated modem and application processor products, our revenues and margins may be negatively impacted.

AVGOBroadcom Inc.partnerApr 29, 2026

Examples (some of which are strategic partners of ours in other areas) include Broadcom, HiSilicon, MediaTek, Mobileye, Nvidia, NXP Semiconductors, Qorvo, Samsung, Skyworks, Texas Instruments and UNISOC.

Depended on by

UIUbiquiti Inc.supplierMay 8, 2026

For example, we currently rely upon some chipset suppliers, such as Qualcomm and Broadcom, as single-source suppliers of certain components for some of our products, and a disruption in the supply of those components would significantly disrupt our business.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

QCOM is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Semiconductors. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.