QCOM · Technology
What a holder would want to know before buying QCOM: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 41% above the lowest point of the past year and 30% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 63% of days and more expensive on 37%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 92% of days.
4% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 8 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 46%; the longest took 2.4 years to get back to its peak. 7 of 8 have recovered so far.
It is in one now: 30% below the May 2026 peak.
QUALCOMM Incorporated · Technology · Semiconductors · a large company worth $187.41B
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…
revenue profit
Sales of $44.28B in 2025, with $5.54B of profit. Sales grew in 2 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 21 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 1.5 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $20 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $17 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 2.09% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 3.
37 analysts: 11 say buy, 23 hold, 3 sell. Their average 12-month target is $194.13 (range $100.00–$400.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 14 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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