Lattice Capital Management LLC Has $796,000 Position in QUALCOMM Incorporated $QCOM

Key Points

• Lattice Capital Management LLC reduced its position in QUALCOMM by 41%, resulting in 5,000 shares valued at approximately $796,000.
• Other institutional investors made significant adjustments, with Kingstone Capital Partners boosting its stake by an astonishing 656,661% to over 58.7 million shares worth about $9.36 billion.
• QUALCOMM reported earnings of $2.77 per share, beating estimates, and set Q4 2025 guidance between $2.750 and $2.950 EPS.

Lattice Capital Management LLC lowered its stake in QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM - Free Report) by 41.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,000 shares of the wireless technology company's stock after selling 3,478 shares during the period. QUALCOMM accounts for 0.9% of Lattice Capital Management LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 14th largest position. Lattice Capital Management LLC's holdings in QUALCOMM were worth $796,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC boosted its stake in QUALCOMM by 656,661.0% in the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 58,773,542 shares of the wireless technology company's stock valued at $9,360,274,000 after acquiring an additional 58,764,593 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in QUALCOMM in the first quarter valued at approximately $529,713,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its stake in QUALCOMM by 24.1% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 7,254,759 shares of the wireless technology company's stock valued at $1,114,403,000 after acquiring an additional 1,407,797 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its stake in QUALCOMM by 222.9% in the first quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,385,326 shares of the wireless technology company's stock valued at $212,800,000 after acquiring an additional 956,311 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG boosted its stake in QUALCOMM by 11.2% in the first quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 8,665,910 shares of the wireless technology company's stock valued at $1,331,170,000 after acquiring an additional 875,412 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 74.35% of the company's stock.

QUALCOMM Trading Down 1.9%

QCOM opened at $165.46 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $178.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.96, a P/E/G ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 1.23. QUALCOMM Incorporated has a 12 month low of $120.80 and a 12 month high of $182.10. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $159.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $153.39. The company has a current ratio of 3.19, a quick ratio of 2.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54.

QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The wireless technology company reported $2.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.71 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $10.37 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $10.33 billion. QUALCOMM had a net margin of 26.77% and a return on equity of 40.35%. The firm's revenue was up 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.33 EPS. QUALCOMM has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.750-2.950 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that QUALCOMM Incorporated will post 9.39 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Cristiano R. Amon sold 150,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $165.56, for a total value of $24,834,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 149,304 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $24,718,770.24. The trade was a 50.12% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Heather S. Ace sold 1,600 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $146.40, for a total transaction of $234,240.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 21,193 shares in the company, valued at $3,102,655.20. This represents a 7.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 159,767 shares of company stock worth $26,322,745 in the last ninety days. 0.08% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on shares of QUALCOMM from $190.00 to $175.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Citigroup reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of QUALCOMM in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of QUALCOMM in a research note on Saturday, September 27th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of QUALCOMM from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Sunday, August 3rd. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of QUALCOMM from $145.00 to $165.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, July 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $182.82.

QUALCOMM Company Profile

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 based on 3G/4G/5G and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, computing, multimedia, and position location products.

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