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QCOM Stock Forecast: QUALCOMM, Inc. Price Predictions for 2026-2027

Last close, 23 Sept 2026
$197
−0.52% on the day

The 37 Wall Street analysts covering QUALCOMM, Inc. hold a median 12-month price target of $175 — -11.3% from the last close. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model, run across ~4,600 US stocks, ranks it 58 of 100 as at 23 Sept 2026 — in the upper half.

Market cap
$207.4B
Ticker Nerd rank
58 / 100
Median analyst target
$175
Analysts covering
37
Revenue$9.9B−4.0% y/y
Operating income$1.6B
Net income$2.0B
Free cash flow$495.0M
Quarterly, 8 quarters to 30 June 2026 · latest quarter's figure shown
Total return, dividends reinvested
1W
+6.7%
1M
+23.4%
YTD
+17.5%
1Y
+19.1%
From 52W high
−20.5%
From 52W low
+60.9%
$123
$248
52-week range, adjusted closes · the dot is the last close
Ticker Nerd rank

QCOM stock analysis: one number for the whole business

Consensus tells you what everyone already believes. The model scores QUALCOMM, Inc. on its factor families — the same systematic rank behind the Ticker Nerd portfolio.

Where the model ranks itAs at 23 Sept 2026
58 / 100

Percentile across ~4,600 US stocks on Ticker Nerd’s systematic factor model. Higher is better. How the model is built and tested

Value
97
Quality
80
Volatility
79
Issuance
69
Momentum
56
Revisions
51
Accruals
47
Growth
27
Size
1

Value (97): The shares cost little relative to the profits and assets behind them — which can mean the market is too gloomy, or that the business really is in trouble.

Growth (27): Sales and profits are flat, shrinking, or growing more slowly than they were.

Size (1): Larger than most of the companies we track — more scrutinised, less often mispriced.

Built and run by Aslam Ghouse, an ex-Goldman Sachs quant trader with fourteen years in markets.

Wall Street

QCOM stock forecast 2026-2027: analyst price targets & predictions

The bullish and bearish analyst opinions on QCOM, reported as data — targets and ratings, the market's view beside the model's.

Share price and the analyst range, 12 monthsAdjusted close, US dollars
$100$200$300$400Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26QCOMHigh $400Median $175Low $100

Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Data provided by Twelve Data

What Wall Street says37 analysts
11 Buy23 Hold3 Sell
Low $100Median $175High $400

The green dot is the last close — the median target sits −11.3% from it.

Recent analyst actionsNewest first

Of the 20 most recent actions, 1 moved their price target up and 8 moved it down.

DateFirmActionRatingTarget
10 Sept 2026Piper SandlerInitiatesNeutral$190
9 Sept 2026RBC CapitalMaintainsSector Perform$160 → $180
9 Sept 2026RosenblattMaintainsBuy$235
30 July 2026BenchmarkMaintainsBuy$300 → $270
30 July 2026BenchmarkMaintainsBuy—
30 July 2026Cantor FitzgeraldMaintainsNeutral—
30 July 2026Cantor FitzgeraldMaintainsNeutral$200 → $165
30 July 2026CitigroupMaintainsNeutral—
30 July 2026CitigroupMaintainsNeutral$198 → $175
30 July 2026Evercore ISI GroupMaintainsIn-Line$179 → $159
30 July 2026Evercore ISI GroupMaintainsIn-Line—
30 July 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainsEqual-Weight$231 → $220
30 July 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainsEqual-Weight—
30 July 2026RBC CapitalMaintainsSector Perform—
30 July 2026RBC CapitalMaintainsSector Perform$250 → $160
30 July 2026RosenblattMaintainsBuy—
30 July 2026RosenblattMaintainsBuy$265 → $235
30 July 2026SusquehannaMaintainsNeutral—
30 July 2026SusquehannaMaintainsNeutral$190 → $160
30 July 2026TD CowenMaintainsBuy—

Price targets and ratings are third-party analyst estimates, reported here as data. They are not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Market Radar

This page is one stock. Monday covers all of them.

Computed off the Friday close and sent before the US open.

Market Radar reports the week’s largest rank changes across roughly 4,600 US stocks, the factor behind each one, and where the market went. QCOM appears on the weeks it earns a place.

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Performance

QCOM vs the S&P 500

Both lines are total return — dividends reinvested — so the comparison is honest on both sides.

Over the twelve months to 23 Sept 2026, QUALCOMM, Inc. returned +19.1% against +17.0% for the S&P 500, dividends included.

QCOM vs S&P 500, last 12 monthsTotal return, rebased to 100
80100120140Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26QCOMS&P 500

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Data provided by Twelve Data

Estimates

QCOM analyst estimate revisions

Not the forecast itself — the direction analysts are revising it. Revision direction is one of the model's factor families.

Which way the estimates are movingNext fiscal year
EPS revision, 90 days
−2.9%
Analysts raising
1
Analysts cutting
27
Fundamentals

QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM) financial data

A margin means little on its own. Each bar marks where the figure sits across the whole US universe we score.

Valuation
Trailing P/E
22.2×

Cheaper than 34% of US stocks

Price / sales
4.7×

Cheaper than 26% of US stocks

Price / book
7.4×

Cheaper than 13% of US stocks

EV / EBITDA
17.6×

Cheaper than 18% of US stocks

Growth & margins
Revenue growth (YoY)
−4.0%

Higher than 21% of US stocks

Earnings growth (YoY)
−24.9%

Higher than 18% of US stocks

Gross margin
53.1%

Higher than 66% of US stocks

Operating margin
18.5%

Higher than 77% of US stocks

Net margin
21.0%

Higher than 83% of US stocks

Returns & dividend
Return on equity
33.8%

Higher than 89% of US stocks

Return on assets
11.6%

Higher than 94% of US stocks

Dividend yield
1.9%

Higher than 42% of US dividend payers

Bars mark the percentile across the ~4,600 US stocks Ticker Nerd covers, among those reporting the figure.

Key statistics

QUALCOMM, Inc. (QCOM) statistics: revenue, profit & scale

The headline figures, each with its date. Every row carries its own link — cite it straight from here.

  • QUALCOMM, Inc. has a market value of $207.4B and an enterprise value of $211.0B.

  • Revenue in the twelve months to 30 June 2026: $44.1B. The latest quarter shrank 4.0% year on year.

  • Net income over the same four quarters: $9.3B, a 21.0% net margin.

  • Diluted earnings per share, trailing twelve months: $8.64.

  • Free cash flow in the twelve months to 30 June 2026: $10.4B, after $2.0B of capital spending.

  • QUALCOMM, Inc. spent $9.3B on share buybacks and $3.8B on dividends in the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

  • Shares outstanding: 1.1B.

  • Trailing P/E: 22.2×; forward P/E: 19.0× — the forward figure prices analyst consensus estimates, not reported earnings.

  • Forward dividend yield: 1.89%, paying out 41% of earnings.

  • QUALCOMM, Inc. employs 52,000 people — $847K of revenue per employee.

Statement figures: company filings via Twelve Data, four quarters to 30 June 2026 · market figures as at 24 Sept 2026

Data provided by Twelve Data

Peers

QCOM vs competitors

The nearest names by industry and size, scored by the same model — like for like.

Its peer group, ranked by the same modelSemiconductors
CompanyMarket capTKN rank
QCOMQUALCOMM, Inc.$207.4B
58
MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc.$228.1B
51
ADIAnalog Devices, Inc.$186.7B
92
TXNTexas Instruments Incorporated$247.7B
89
INTCIntel Corp.$648.1B
72
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems, Inc.$64.9B
68
ALABAstera Labs, Inc.$61.4B
43

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News

Latest QCOM news & analysis

Qualcomm Unveils Personal AI Push With Snapdragon-Powered Glasses, Hearables and PCs

MarketBeat · 23 Sept 2026positive

Qualcomm presented its "personal AI" vision at the Snapdragon Summit, unveiling on-device AI software, wearable reference designs, audio platforms, and partnerships for agentic experiences across phones, PCs, cars, glasses, and other connected devices.

Why it matters — The announcement signals Qualcomm's expansion of its AI and on-device computing strategy into new wearable and connected-device categories, broadening its potential market beyond smartphones.

Qualcomm Takes AI To The Edge With New Mobile Chips

Investors Business Daily · 23 Sept 2026neutral

Qualcomm unveiled new mobile processors designed to power edge devices running AI applications. The announcement was accompanied by a decline in Qualcomm's stock price on Wednesday.

Why it matters — A QCOM watcher would care because the new chips signal Qualcomm's push into AI-capable edge devices, a key area for its mobile processor business.

Chips to Bots: Qualcomm's Agentic AI Breakout

MarketBeat · 23 Sept 2026positive

Qualcomm is pairing its two-nanometer AI phone chips with the acquisition of PickNik Robotics, extending its reach across both digital and physical edge computing. The piece notes that Wall Street often views Qualcomm through the lens of cyclical smartphone upgrade cycles, overlooking this broader transformation in its product portfolio.

Why it matters — A Qualcomm watcher would care because the company is broadening beyond smartphones into agentic AI and robotics, positioning itself across both digital and physical edge-computing markets.

Liquid AI, in Collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, Brings Personal AI Context to Devices Powered by Snapdragon

Business Wire · 23 Sept 2026positive

At Snapdragon Summit 2026, Liquid AI announced that Liquid Context, an on-device context layer, is now optimized for Snapdragon processors, using the Qualcomm Hexagon NPU. In collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, it builds persistent user understanding from Snapdragon-powered device signals and provides relevant context to AI agents running on-device, in the cloud, or across both.

Why it matters — This collaboration extends the AI capabilities available on Snapdragon-powered devices, strengthening Qualcomm's on-device AI positioning.

We finally have clarity what an AI smartphone looks like, says Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon

CNBC Television · 23 Sept 2026positive

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon spoke with CNBC about the development of an AI smartphone, describing what an AI smartphone looks like and discussing the current smartphone landscape and chip demand.

Why it matters — Qualcomm investors would monitor these remarks for signals about the company's AI smartphone strategy and the demand outlook for its chips.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about QCOM stock

What is the QCOM stock price forecast for 2026-2027?

The 37 Wall Street analysts covering QUALCOMM, Inc. have a median 12-month price target of $175, with estimates ranging from $100 to $400. These are third-party analyst estimates, not Ticker Nerd forecasts, and they are frequently wrong.

Is QCOM stock a buy right now?

Of the 37 analysts covering QUALCOMM, Inc., 11 rate it a Buy, 23 a Hold and 3 a Sell. Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model ranks QUALCOMM, Inc. 58 out of 100 across roughly 4,600 US stocks as at 23 Sept 2026. None of this is personal advice — it does not consider your circumstances.

How does Ticker Nerd's model rank QCOM?

As at 23 Sept 2026, QUALCOMM, Inc. ranks 58 out of 100 on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model — a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks, built from its factor families. Its strongest factor family is Value (97 of 100).

Will QCOM stock go up?

No one can know that. What the data says: the median 12-month target from 37 analysts implies -11.3% from the last close, and Ticker Nerd's factor model ranks QUALCOMM, Inc. 58 out of 100 as at 23 Sept 2026. Analyst targets are third-party estimates and frequently wrong; none of this is personal advice.

What is the QCOM stock forecast for 2030?

No analyst covering QUALCOMM, Inc. publishes a 2030 price target — Wall Street targets run 12 to 18 months out. Sites quoting a 2030 price for QCOM are extrapolating price history, which says nothing about the business. The furthest attributed numbers are the current analyst targets: $100 to $400 over the next 12 months.

How has QCOM stock performed over the past year?

QUALCOMM, Inc. returned +19.1% over the 12 months to 23 Sept 2026, with dividends reinvested. Past performance does not indicate future returns.

What does QUALCOMM, Inc. do?

QUALCOMM Incorporated is a semiconductor and wireless technology company that develops and commercializes foundational products for mobile devices, connected systems, and other wireless applications. QUALCOMM Incorporated designs chipsets and system software used in smartphones, networking equipment, automotive electronics, Internet of Things devices, and edge computing platforms, with a growing focus on on-device artificial intelligence.

What is the latest news on QCOM?

The most recent item we track (MarketBeat, 23 Sept 2026): "Qualcomm Unveils Personal AI Push With Snapdragon-Powered Glasses, Hearables and PCs". Qualcomm presented its "personal AI" vision at the Snapdragon Summit, unveiling on-device AI software, wearable reference designs, audio platforms, and partnerships for agentic experiences across phones, PCs, cars, glasses, and other connected devices.

Company

About QUALCOMM, Inc.

QUALCOMM Incorporated is a semiconductor and wireless technology company that develops and commercializes foundational products for mobile devices, connected systems, and other wireless applications. QUALCOMM Incorporated designs chipsets and system software used in smartphones, networking equipment, automotive electronics, Internet of Things devices, and edge computing platforms, with a growing focus on on-device artificial intelligence. The company also licenses intellectual property related to wireless communication standards through its technology licensing business, making it an important participant in the mobile ecosystem. Its operations are organized across semiconductor solutions, licensing, and strategic initiatives, allowing it to serve device makers, network operators, automotive suppliers, and industrial customers. Headquartered in San Diego, California, QUALCOMM Incorporated plays a central role in enabling global wireless connectivity and advanced computing across consumer and enterprise markets.

CEO Mr. Cristiano Renno Amon · 52,000 employees · United States · https://www.qualcomm.com