QUALCOMM Stock Forecast, Price & News

28 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for QUALCOMM in the last twelve months. There are currently 11 hold ratings, 16 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" QUALCOMM stock.
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QUALCOMM saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 17,390,000 shares, a decrease of 19.7% from the May 13th total of 21,650,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 9,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days.
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QUALCOMM is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 28th. The wireless technology company reported $1.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.49. The wireless technology company earned $7.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.62 billion. QUALCOMM had a net margin of 27.28% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 103.71%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 52.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.88 earnings per share.
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QUALCOMM's stock was trading at $74.59 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, QCOM stock has increased by 80.5% and is now trading at $134.62.
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QUALCOMM declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.68 per share on Thursday, June 24th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 2nd. This is an increase from QUALCOMM's previous quarterly dividend of $0.65.
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QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.03%. QUALCOMM does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of QUALCOMM is 81.44%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, QUALCOMM will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.13% next year. This indicates that QUALCOMM will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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QUALCOMM updated its third quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.550-1.750 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.520. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.10 billion-$7.90 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.11 billion.

28 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for QUALCOMM's stock. Their forecasts range from $125.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect QUALCOMM's stock price to reach $166.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.8% from the stock's current price.
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2,209 employees have rated QUALCOMM CEO Steve Mollenkopf on Glassdoor.com. Steve Mollenkopf has an approval rating of 87% among QUALCOMM's employees.

Some companies that are related to QUALCOMM include Cisco Systems (CSCO), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), F5 Networks (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), Viasat (VSAT), Calix (CALX), InterDigital (IDCC), EchoStar (SATS), Infinera (INFN), Extreme Networks (EXTR), NETGEAR (NTGR), Ribbon Communications (RBBN) and ADTRAN (ADTN).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other QUALCOMM investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AT&T (T), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), The Walt Disney (DIS), Alibaba Group (BABA), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

QUALCOMM trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "QCOM."

QUALCOMM's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.41%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.19%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.58%), Northern Trust Corp (1.35%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.31%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.25%). Company insiders that own QUALCOMM stock include Akash J Palkhiwala, Alexander H Rogers, Brian Modoff, Cristiano R Amon, Donald J Rosenberg, Erin L Polek, Mark D Mclaughlin, Michelle M Sterling and Steven M Mollenkopf.
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QCOM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Primecap Management Co. CA, Putnam Investments LLC, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, Capital International Investors, Fred Alger Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Waddell & Reed Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold QUALCOMM company stock in the last year include Akash J Palkhiwala, Alexander H Rogers, Brian Modoff, Cristiano R Amon, Donald J Rosenberg, Erin L Polek, and Steven M Mollenkopf.
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QCOM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brilliance Asset Management Ltd., BlackRock Inc., Morgan Stanley, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Rafferty Asset Management LLC, and Van ECK Associates Corp.
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One share of QCOM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $134.62.

QUALCOMM has a market capitalization of $151.85 billion and generates $23.53 billion in revenue each year. The wireless technology company earns $5.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.34 on an earnings per share basis.

QUALCOMM employs 41,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of QUALCOMM: AMD, Airgo Networks, Atheros Communications, Berkäna Wireless, Bigfoot Networks, Bitboys Oy, Black Sand Technologies, CSR, Capsule Tech, DesignArt Networks, Digital Fountain, ELATA, Empowered Careers, Euvision Technologies, Firethorn, Flarion Technologies, FleetAdvisor, HaloIPT, InnoPath Software, Iridigm Display Corporation, NUVIA, Now Software, Orb Networks, Pixtronix, QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd., Qualcomm Atheros, Qualcomm Global Trading Pte. Ltd., Qualcomm India Private Limited, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd., Qualphone, RF360 Europe GmbH, RF360 Holdings, RF360 Singapore Pte. Ltd., Sandbridge Technologies, Scyfer, SnapTrack, SoftMax, Spike Technologies, Stonestreet One, Summit Microelectronics, Sylectus, Tapioca Mobile, TeleCIS Wireless, Trigenix, Ubicom, Ultra-Scan Corporation, Wilocity, Within Technology, Xiam, iSkoot, kooaba, and nPhase.

QUALCOMM was founded in 1985.

The official website for QUALCOMM is www.qualcomm.com.

QUALCOMM is headquartered at 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA, 92121.

QUALCOMM's mailing address is 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA, 92121. The wireless technology company can be reached via phone at 858-587-1121 or via email at [email protected]