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How to buy QUALCOMM Incorporated stock | $114.5
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QUALCOMM Incorporated is a semiconductors business based in the US. QUALCOMM Incorporated shares (QCOM) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. QUALCOMM Incorporated employs 37,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$20 billion.
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- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$114.5, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of QUALCOMM Incorporated, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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- QCOM shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is QCOM stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short QCOM shares?
- Is QCOM suitable for ethical investing?
- Are QCOM shares over-valued?
- QUALCOMM Incorporated's financials
- How volatile are QCOM shares?
- Does QUALCOMM Incorporated pay a dividend?
- Have QCOM shares ever split?
- Other common questions
QUALCOMM Incorporated share price
Use our graph to track the performance of QCOM stocks over time.QUALCOMM Incorporated shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-09-25.
| Latest market close | USD$114.5 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$58 - USD$123.93 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$113.8137 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$89.8065 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$123.75 |
| PE ratio | 48.4726 |
| Dividend yield | USD$2.6 (2.32%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$2.355 |
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Is it a good time to buy QUALCOMM Incorporated stock?
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QUALCOMM Incorporated price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $114.5 from 2020-09-25
| 1 week (2020-09-22) | 0.60% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-08-28) | -3.13% |
| 3 months (2020-06-29) | 28.64% |
| 6 months (2020-03-27) | 71.95% |
| 1 year (2019-09-27) | 49.42% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2018-09-28) | 58.96% |
| 3 years (2017-09-29) | 120.87% |
| 5 years (2015-09-29) | 118.39% |
Is QUALCOMM Incorporated under- or over-valued?
Valuing QUALCOMM Incorporated stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of QUALCOMM Incorporated's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's P/E ratio
QUALCOMM Incorporated's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 48x. In other words, QUALCOMM Incorporated shares trade at around 48x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's PEG ratio
QUALCOMM Incorporated's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.8807. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into QUALCOMM Incorporated's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's EBITDA
QUALCOMM Incorporated's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$4.9 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a QUALCOMM Incorporated's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
QUALCOMM Incorporated financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$20 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 17.43% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$15.7 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.56% |
| Return on equity TTM | 62.58% |
| Profit margin | 13.72% |
| Book value | $2.931 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$126.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting QUALCOMM Incorporated shares
There are currently 13.4 million QUALCOMM Incorporated shares held short by investors – that's known as QUALCOMM Incorporated's "short interest". This figure is 18.3% down from 16.5 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting QUALCOMM Incorporated shares can be evaluated.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
QUALCOMM Incorporated's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of QUALCOMM Incorporated shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of QUALCOMM Incorporated shares traded daily (recently around 10.1 million). QUALCOMM Incorporated's SIR currently stands at 1.33. In other words for every 100,000 QUALCOMM Incorporated shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1330 shares are currently held short.
However QUALCOMM Incorporated's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of QUALCOMM Incorporated shares, or, against the total number of tradable QUALCOMM Incorporated shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case QUALCOMM Incorporated's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 QUALCOMM Incorporated shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0119% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable QUALCOMM Incorporated shares, roughly 12 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against QUALCOMM Incorporated.
Find out more about how you can short QUALCOMM Incorporated stock.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like QUALCOMM Incorporated.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 25.01
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and QUALCOMM Incorporated's overall score of 25.01 (as at 08/01/2020) is excellent – landing it in it in the 19th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like QUALCOMM Incorporated is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
QUALCOMM Incorporated's environmental score
Environmental score: 5.4/100
QUALCOMM Incorporated's environmental score of 5.4 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that QUALCOMM Incorporated is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's social score
Social score: 9.39/100
QUALCOMM Incorporated's social score of 9.39 puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that QUALCOMM Incorporated is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's governance score
Governance score: 16.72/100
QUALCOMM Incorporated's governance score puts it squarely in the 8th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that QUALCOMM Incorporated is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's controversy score
Controversy score: 4/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. QUALCOMM Incorporated scored a 4 out of 5 for controversy – the second-lowest score possible, reflecting that QUALCOMM Incorporated has a damaged public profile.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
QUALCOMM Incorporated was last rated for ESG on: 2020-08-01.
| Total ESG score | 25.01 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 18.88 |
| Environmental score | 5.4 |
| Environmental score percentile | 8 |
| Social score | 9.39 |
| Social score percentile | 8 |
| Governance score | 16.72 |
| Governance score percentile | 8 |
| Level of controversy | 4 |
QUALCOMM Incorporated share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 105.91% of net profits
Recently QUALCOMM Incorporated has paid out, on average, around 105.91% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.32% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), QUALCOMM Incorporated shareholders could enjoy a 2.32% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In QUALCOMM Incorporated's case, that would currently equate to about $2.6 per share.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
QUALCOMM Incorporated's most recent dividend payout was on 24 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 2 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have QUALCOMM Incorporated's shares ever split?
QUALCOMM Incorporated's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 16 August 2004. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your QUALCOMM Incorporated shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for QUALCOMM Incorporated shares which in turn could have impacted QUALCOMM Incorporated's share price.
QUALCOMM Incorporated share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, QUALCOMM Incorporated's shares have ranged in value from as little as $58 up to $123.93. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while QUALCOMM Incorporated's is 1.3852. This would suggest that QUALCOMM Incorporated's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
QUALCOMM Incorporated overview
QUALCOMM Incorporated designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital communication products 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 code division multiple access (CDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access, and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia, and global positioning system products. This segment also provides products designed for the implementation of small cells. 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 CDMA2000, wideband CDMA, CDMA time division duplex, long term evolution, and/or fifth generation standards and their derivatives. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including artificial intelligence, automotive, digital healthcare, enterprise software and solutions, mobile and networking and investment for supporting the design and introduction of new products and services for voice and data communications, and new industry segments. The company also provides development, and other services and related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. QUALCOMM Incorporated was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.
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