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Qualcomm

US · QCOM #90 by market cap Listed 1991 AI Rating C 56
168.74 +0.17 +0.10%
Collector offline (last heartbeat: 15903s ago) · 2026-09-04 19:59
Pre-market 169.47 +0.53%
After-hours 168.64 -0.06%
Overnight 170.69 +1.26%
Mkt cap
177.18B
P/B
6.41
EPS
5.01

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +13.66% YoY

Margins

Gross margin
55.43%
Operating margin
27.99%
Net margin
12.51%

Key ratios & quality

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

AI Financial Health how this is computed

Good
  • Altman Z-Score is 6.35, above the 3.0 "safe zone" threshold.
  • Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Income statement

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Revenue 22.61B24.27B23.53B33.57B44.20B35.82B38.96B44.28B
Gross profit 12.37B15.67B14.28B19.30B25.57B19.95B21.90B24.55B
Selling & admin expenses 2.99B2.20B2.07B2.34B2.57B2.48B2.76B3.11B
Research & development 5.63B5.40B5.98B7.18B8.19B8.82B8.89B9.04B
Operating profit 621.00M7.67B6.26B9.79B15.86B8.65B10.25B12.39B
Pretax profit 392.00M7.48B5.72B10.27B15.00B7.44B10.34B12.66B
Tax 5.36B3.10B521.00M1.23B2.01B104.00M226.00M7.12B
Net profit -4.96B4.39B5.20B9.04B12.94B7.23B10.14B5.54B
Basic EPS -345812695
Diluted EPS -3.393.594.527.8711.376.428.975.01

Balance sheet

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total current assets 17.38B16.77B18.52B20.08B20.72B22.46B25.23B25.75B
Cash & ST investments 12.09B12.26B11.21B12.41B6.38B11.32B13.30B10.16B
Inventory 1.69B1.40B2.60B3.23B6.34B6.42B6.42B6.53B
Total assets 32.72B32.96B35.59B41.24B49.01B51.04B55.15B50.14B
Total current liabilities 11.39B8.94B8.67B11.95B11.87B9.63B10.50B9.14B
Short-term debt 1.01B2.50B500.00M2.04B1.95B914.00M1.36B--
Long-term debt 15.37B13.44B15.23B13.70B13.54B14.48B13.27B14.81B
Total liabilities 31,911,000,000.0028,048,000,000.0029,517,000,000.0031,290,000,000.0031,001,000,000.0029,459,000,000.0028,880,000,000.0028,937,000,000.00
Total equity 807.00M4.91B6.08B9.95B18.01B21.58B26.27B21.21B
Retained earnings 542.00M4.47B5.28B9.82B17.84B20.73B25.69B20.65B

Cash flow

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Operating cash flow 3.91B7.29B5.81B10.54B9.10B11.30B12.20B14.01B
Depreciation & amortization 1.56B1.40B1.39B1.58B1.76B1.81B1.71B1.60B
Free cash flow 3.12B6.40B4.41B8.65B6.83B9.85B11.16B12.82B
Dividends paid -3.47B-2.97B-2.88B-3.01B-3.21B-3.46B-3.69B-3.81B
Stock buybacks / issuance -21.98B-1.38B-2.12B-3.02B-2.77B-2.54B-3.74B-8.39B
Ending cash balance 11.78B11.84B6.71B7.12B3.10B8.53B7.85B7.84B

Returns & efficiency

Line item 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
ROE % -30.71150.2894.63112.8592.5236.5342.3923.34
ROA % -9.9113.3615.1723.5428.6714.4619.1010.52
ROIC % -13.6124.1926.2839.8444.8821.5926.1014.72
5-year avg ROE % 6.1032.5648.5067.4684.4098.0075.7861.53
EBIT margin % 5.6433.4026.8632.2735.0422.7228.3230.09
FCF / sales % 13.6926.3618.7325.7615.4627.5028.6528.95
Current ratio 1.531.882.141.681.752.332.402.82
Quick ratio 1.321.651.751.341.011.511.641.58
Debt / assets 2,028.50324.57258.78158.2485.9571.3555.7069.84
LT debt / equity 1,903.97273.72250.55137.7075.1567.1150.5169.84
Interest coverage 1.6712.9310.5019.3831.6111.7215.8320.07
Revenue CAGR (3Y) % -3.651.011.8714.0822.1115.035.090.06
Net income CAGR (3Y) % ---8.3928.58--43.4111.643.90-24.62
FCF CAGR (3Y) % -11.53-3.370.7440.412.2230.748.8823.33

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Qualcomm Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Technologies (QCT)85.49%
QUALCOMM Technology Licensing (QTL)12.85%
Nonreportable segments1.66%