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Qualcomm (QCOM) stock analysis

$177.96+1.28%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • QCOM lost 10.2% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 455th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +7.8%, 8.0 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 28.8% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 1 analyst raised earnings estimates and 1 cut; forward EPS moved −0.2% (−7.4% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Mobile & edge SoCs segment of the Semiconductor Value Chain, where the 1-month median return is −10.2%.
  • The daily chart reads Trend transition · Unresolved structure (since Oct 8, 2026).
Market cap$190.0B
12-month return+7.8%
Forward P/E17.4×
Mean target vs price+9.1%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

QCOM−10.2%
Sector median−3.0%
S&P 5000.0%
QCOM+4.0%
Sector median−0.1%
S&P 500+4.7%
QCOM+30.8%
Sector median+0.8%
S&P 500+8.7%
QCOM+7.8%
Sector median0.0%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500455 / 497
1-month rank in the Nasdaq 10085 / 100
3-month rank in its sector · Technology279 / 650

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Trend transition · Unresolved structureAwaiting confirmation

Holding since Oct 8, 2026

  • Price and averages have mixed alignment
  • EMA50 fell over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are falling
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
  • Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
This pattern on this stock

81 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was −1.2%, positive 44% of the time, against +0.4% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$10.20
30-day change−0.2%
90-day change−7.4%
Mean target$194.13 +9.1%
Raised (30d) 1Cut (30d) 1

30 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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Ahead of peersMomentum

Behind peersGrowth, Profit

PeersNVDA · TSM · AVGO · SKHY

Where it sits in the supply chain

Semiconductor Value Chain · Chip products

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Supplied by
EDA & architecture IP+7.6%
SNPS+10.3%1 monthCDNS+7.6%1 monthARM−32.0%1 month
Leading-edge foundry−14.6%
TSM−4.4%1 monthINTC−24.9%1 month
Its segment
Mobile & edge SoCs−10.2%
QCOM−10.2%1 month

Main chips for phones, PCs and car cockpits; shipments follow upgrade cycles, with on-device AI adding a reason to upgrade.

Sells into
Outsourced assembly & test−13.0%
AMKR−19.9%1 monthASX−6.2%1 month

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−41.0%
Volatility, 60D45.0%
From 52-week high−28.8%
From 52-week low+43.4%
Trailing P/E20.3×
Forward P/E17.4×

Themes

  • Semiconductors3M rank 25 / 135
SNPSSynopsysCDNSCadence Design SystemsTSMTaiwan SemiconductorINTCIntelNVDANVIDIAAVGOBroadcomMUMicron TechnologyAMDAdvanced Micro Devices

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