Two businesses make up Qualcomm: chip sales, mostly Snapdragon processors and modems for Android phones, and a licensing arm that collects patent royalties on nearly every 3G, 4G, and 5G handset sold. Automotive and Snapdragon X laptop chips are newer lines.
QUALCOMM INC/DE (QCOM) is a radio & tv broadcasting & communications equipment company. Piotroski F-Score 6/8. 9 insider Form 4 filings in the last 90 days. Next earnings projected around 2026-07-29 from QCOM's year-over-year reporting pattern (not yet company-confirmed). Fundamentals from SEC filings; prices are end-of-day.
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EOD daily bars · delayed, not real-time · data: DatabentoCharting by TradingView Lightweight Charts™
XBRL company facts, SEC EDGAR. TTM = last four reported quarters. Valuation ratios arrive with a price source — we don't fake quotes.
FY ending 2025-09-28 vs 2024-09-29. original 1968 formula; calibrated on manufacturers, read financials/REITs with care
A plain-English read on QCOM plus an auto-SWOT — built from QCOM's SEC filings and market data, every point cited, nothing invented. Educational, not investment advice.
Four AI analysts — a bull, a bear, a risk manager, and a PM — debate QCOM using only the SEC-filing and market facts below. Every point cites its evidence; nothing is invented. This is educational research, not investment advice.
Educational only — not financial advice. Data from SEC EDGAR public filings; no live market data is shown. Figures reflect the company's own reported XBRL facts and may lag.
| Maria Elvira SalazarU.S. Representative · FL-27 | BUY | $15,001 - $50,000 | filed 2026-06-08 |
| Maria Elvira SalazarU.S. Representative · FL-27 | BUY | $1,001 - $15,000 | filed 2026-06-08 |
| Sara JacobsU.S. Representative · CA-53 | SELL | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | filed 2026-05-20 |
| Sara JacobsU.S. Representative · CA-53 | SELL | $500,001 - $1,000,000 | filed 2026-05-20 |
| Company | Stake value | % of company owned |
|---|---|---|
| QUALCOMM INC | $32.1M | — |
Long US equity positions from QCOM's own 13F-HR (SEC), reported quarterly and lagged up to 45 days. “% of company owned” = reported shares ÷ that company's latest shares outstanding.
Projected from QCOM's own SEC 8-K filing history — the year-over-year reporting pattern (~50% land the exact day, ~90% within a week). No analyst estimates, no scraped calendars, nothing invented. It upgrades to a confirmed date + time the moment QCOM files its announcement.
QCOM has sold off after 5 of its last 8 earnings reports.
Large earnings reactions have been common.
QCOM has traded lower after most recent earnings releases.
The average is inflated by its most volatile prints (+19.7% and -9.5%).
A more typical earnings reaction has been approximately ±5.8%.
Realized close-to-close history only — no options-implied move, no analyst estimates.
| Reported | Close-to-close |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | +19.7% |
| 2026-02-04 | -7.4% |
| 2025-11-05 | +0.2% |
| 2025-07-30 | -9.5% |
| 2025-04-30 | -7.9% |
| 2025-02-05 | -2.1% |
| 2024-11-06 |
Earnings dates are the company's 8-K Item 2.02 filings (SEC). Reactions from Databento EOD.
| +4.2% |
| 2024-07-31 | -1.8% |
| Palkhiwala Akash J.EVP, CFO & COO | SELL | $493K | view → |
| Grech Patricia YSVP, Chief Accounting Officer | SELL | $167K | view → |
| Palkhiwala Akash J.EVP, CFO & COO | SELL | $530K | view → |
| AMON CRISTIANO RPresident & CEO | SELL | $1.9M | view → |
| ACE HEATHER SEVP, Chief HR Officer | SELL | $569K | view → |
| AMON CRISTIANO RPresident & CEO | SELL | $1.8M | view → |
| Grech Patricia YSVP, Chief Accounting Officer | SELL | $33K | view → |
| Palkhiwala Akash J.EVP, CFO & COO | SELL | $326K | view → |