The price of QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) on October 9, 2026 is 175.50 USD, -0.29% on the day. Over 52 weeks the stock traded between 121.99 USD and 259.92 USD; the price now sits 39% of the way up that range. Over the past year the price changed by +4.61%. The P/E ratio is 18.6, which is below the sector median (35.6). Market capitalization is 184.48 billion USD, rank 1 among 16 stocks of the same industry with a known capitalization.
Closing prices for 09 October 2026
Next earnings report: 04 November 2026 · Earnings calendar
QUALCOMM Incorporated trades on Nasdaq under the ticker QCOM. The company belongs to the Technology sector. The trading history on this page starts on 22 August 2016.
Over the past 52 weeks QCOM has traded between 121.99 $ and 259.92 $. As of 09 October 2026 the price stood 38.80 % of the way from the 52-week low to the high.
Over one year QCOM shares rose 4.61 %; over six months they rose 37.05 %. Volatility over 90 days is 55.40 %. Dividends are not included: this is price change only, as of 09 October 2026.
QCOM trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.6, below the sector median of 35.6. Price to sales is 4.1, above the sector median of 3.6. Price to book is 6.8, above the sector median of 3.9. Calculated from reports for the period ending 31 March 2026.
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume, shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 October 2026 | 176.40 | 176.40 | 171.79 | 175.50 | 8M |
| 08 October 2026 | 174.48 | 176.28 | 171.02 | 176.01 | 10M |
| 07 October 2026 | 178.92 | 179.82 | 175.35 | 177.12 | 8M |
| 06 October 2026 | 182.03 | 183.09 |
The series is stated in the current share scale after splits; dividends are not included in the price
Based on the last 12 months of reports, through 31 March 2026
The sector median covers every company in the sector on the US market, loss-making ones included.
Qualcomm earns twice over: it sells smartphone chips and collects licence royalties on its wireless patents.
The first half of the business is Snapdragon processors and modems for phones, plus growing automotive and internet-of-things lines. Here the company depends on smartphone replacement cycles and on the decisions of large handset makers: one customer moving to an in-house modem visibly changes the outlook.
The second half is licensing. Patents on cellular standards earn a royalty on close to every smartphone sold worldwide, whoever made the chip inside. That revenue is small in volume but extremely high-margin and therefore supplies a large share of profit; it is also a recurring subject of litigation and antitrust proceedings.
The strategic risk is customer vertical integration: large handset makers develop their own modems to stop paying for someone else's. The company's answer is diversification into automotive and into Arm-based personal computers. Qualcomm pays a dividend and buys back stock.
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QUALCOMM Incorporated reported revenue of 44.5B $ and net income of 9.9B $ over the last four quarters. Net margin is 22.31 %. Revenue changed by +5.20 % year over year. Earnings per share are 9.30 $. Market capitalisation is 184.5B $.
QCOM has a return on equity of 36.38 %, above the sector median of 1.63 %. Return on assets is 17.37 %, above the sector median of 0.49 %. Operating margin is 25.53 %, above the sector median of 1.10 %.
QUALCOMM Incorporated pays dividends quarterly: 3.62 $ per share over the past twelve months, a yield of 2.08 %. The latest payment was 0.92 $, with an ex-dividend date of 03 September 2026. The company has raised its payout for 12 years in a row.
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| 179.33 |
| 181.03 |
| 8M |
| 05 October 2026 | 185.08 | 185.48 | 180.30 | 180.79 | 12M |
| 02 October 2026 | 186.72 | 188.95 | 183.36 | 184.87 | 10M |
| 01 October 2026 | 185.18 | 186.37 | 181.77 | 182.09 | 11M |
| 30 September 2026 | 184.88 | 188.34 | 183.15 | 184.04 | 7M |
| 29 September 2026 | 189.48 | 190.03 | 182.23 | 184.10 | 10M |
| 28 September 2026 | 199.16 | 199.16 | 186.71 | 187.48 | 17M |
| 25 September 2026 | 195.03 | 205.85 | 194.53 | 201.97 | 18M |
| 24 September 2026 | 196.58 | 196.77 | 191.75 | 194.26 | 9M |
| 23 September 2026 | 199.61 | 199.61 | 193.22 | 197.24 | 10M |
| 22 September 2026 | 192.00 | 199.15 | 191.66 | 198.27 | 12M |
| 21 September 2026 | 180.61 | 195.31 | 179.23 | 194.23 | 18M |
| 18 September 2026 | 191.34 | 192.12 | 175.97 | 177.72 | 54M |
| 17 September 2026 | 190.35 | 191.91 | 187.76 | 188.71 | 12M |
| 16 September 2026 | 189.17 | 191.28 | 183.37 | 184.84 | 10M |
| 15 September 2026 | 180.54 | 190.06 | 180.54 | 187.80 | 14M |
| 14 September 2026 | 170.78 | 181.71 | 170.51 | 180.15 | 14M |