In the latest trading session,, 0.87 million Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.27. With the company’s most recent per share price at $152.87 changed hands at -$0.83 or -0.54% at last look, the market valuation stands at $167.85B. QCOM’s current price is a discount, trading about -50.87% off its 52-week high of $230.63. The share price had its 52-week low at $120.80, which suggests the last value was 20.98% up since then.
Analysts gave the Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.19. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 25 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 8 recommended QCOM as a Hold, 16 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) trade information
Instantly QCOM was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 1.01%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -0.49%, with the 5-day performance at 1.01% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) is 12.29% up.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 215, meaning bulls need an upside of 28.9% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, QCOM’s forecast low is 215 with 215 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -40.64% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -40.64% for it to hit the projected low.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 20.08%. The 2025 estimates are for Qualcomm, Inc earnings to increase by 15.40%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 6.55% per year.
QCOM Dividends
Qualcomm, Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in June. The 2.22% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 3.40. It is important to note, however, that the 2.22% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM)’s Major holders
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 8.5913% or 95.88 million shares worth $19.1 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund . With 34.8 shares estimated at $5.32 billion under it, the former controlled 3.17% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.74% of the shares, roughly 30.07 shares worth around $4.6 billion.
