QUALCOMM Stock Forecast, Price & News

30 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for QUALCOMM in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings, 19 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" QUALCOMM stock.
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QUALCOMM is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 28th 2021.
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QUALCOMM will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 3rd. The wireless technology company reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.10 by $0.07. The wireless technology company earned $8.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.26 billion. QUALCOMM had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 90.74% and a net margin of 22.09%. QUALCOMM's revenue for the quarter was up 62.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.80 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 85.3% and is now trading at $138.21.
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QUALCOMM announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share on Thursday, June 24th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.97%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 2nd. This is a boost from QUALCOMM's previous quarterly dividend of $0.65.
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QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.93%. QUALCOMM does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of QUALCOMM is 77.84%. 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 32.46% next year. This indicates that QUALCOMM will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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QUALCOMM updated its second quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.55-1.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.2-8.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.07 billion.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for QUALCOMM's shares. Their forecasts range from $61.00 to $200.00. On average, they expect QUALCOMM's share price to reach $163.72 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.5% 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), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Motorola Solutions (MSI), F5 Networks (FFIV), Ciena (CIEN), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Viasat (VSAT), Calix (CALX), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Infinera (INFN), Plantronics (PLT), Ribbon Communications (RBBN), NETGEAR (NTGR) and Extreme Networks (EXTR).
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.09%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%), Private Asset Management Inc. (0.05%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.04%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.03%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own QUALCOMM stock include Akash J Palkhiwala, Alexander H Rogers, Brian Modoff, Clark T Jr Randt, Cristiano R Amon, Donald J Rosenberg, Erin L Polek, Inc/De Qualcomm, 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 Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., FDx Advisors Inc., Hamlin Capital Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, and Abner Herrman & Brock LLC. Company insiders that have sold QUALCOMM company stock in the last year include Akash J Palkhiwala, Alexander H Rogers, Cristiano R Amon, Donald J Rosenberg, Erin L Polek, and Steven M Mollenkopf.
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QCOM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, Everence Capital Management Inc., DnB Asset Management AS, Advisors Management Group Inc. ADV, Hohimer Wealth Management LLC, Hodges Capital Management Inc., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., and Global Retirement Partners LLC.
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One share of QCOM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $138.21.

QUALCOMM has a market capitalization of $157.01 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]