The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

QCOM

Concerning the House

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 Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software with connectivity and computing technologies for use in mobile devices; automotive systems for connectivity, digital cockpit, and ADAS/AD; and IoT, including consumer electronic devices, industrial devices, and edge networking products. The QTL segment grants licenses or provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which include various patent rights useful in the manufacture and sale of wireless products comprising products implementing LTE, and/or OFDMA-based 5G products and derivatives; to use cellular standard-essential patents, including 3G, 4G and 5G for cellular devices. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including 5G, artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer, enterprise, cloud, IoT, and extended reality, and investments, including non-marketable equity securities and, to a lesser extent, marketable equity securities, and convertible debt instruments. It also provides development, and other services and sells related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. In addition, the company is also involved in Qualcomm government technologies and data center businesses. Further, it provides security and intelligence services for unmanaged networks through software-based network security solutions. QUALCOMM Incorporated was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

United States · www.qualcomm.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$35.82B+8.0%
Operating income$7.79B+8.1%
Net income$5.54B+3.8%
Cash from ops$14.01B+4.3%
Quotation

$163.07

+0.39 (+0.2%)

52w hi$250.10
52w lo$123.61
Vol7.72M
As ofAug 12
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.12

Short-0.57
Medium+0.13
Long+0.27

computed 2026-08-12

By the Numbers

QUALCOMM Incorporated

Technology · Semiconductors

Market cap$171.22B
Enterprise value$177.82B
Trailing P/E18.64x
Forward P/E15.95x
EV / EBITDA14.82x
P / S (ttm)3.89x
Profit margin21.0%
Return on equity33.8%
Revenue growth-4.0%
Earnings growth-23.0%
Debt / equity55.21
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.69
Corr SPX0.60
Annual vol46.0%
Annual ret+12.7%
Sharpe0.28
Max DD-41.2%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.16
Sector+0.19
Technical-0.29
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-12

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 12$166.89$166.94$161.07$163.077.72M
Aug 11$163.75$164.61$161.43$162.686.33M
Aug 10$168.16$168.87$162.08$162.179.26M
Aug 7$163.07$167.99$162.30$167.869.72M
Aug 6$155.42$162.60$155.22$160.397.23M