Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is 21.69% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $106.18 and a high of $230.63 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The QCOM stock was last observed hovering at around $172.22 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.78%.
Currently trading at $176.00, the stock is 3.25% and 4.06% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.3 million and changing 2.19% at the moment leaves the stock 0.70% off its SMA200. QCOM registered 65.32% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 6.12%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $169.1294 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $174.7727.
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The stock witnessed a 3.50% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -2.74%, and is 1.63% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.89% over the week and 2.88% over the month.
Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM) has around 50000 employees, a market worth around $196.06B and $37.35B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.81 and Fwd P/E is 15.78. Profit margin for the company is 23.32%. Distance from 52-week low is 65.76% and -23.69% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (23.01%).
with sales reaching $9.9B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 19.54% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 7.80% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 14.30% in year-over-year returns.
Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM) Top Institutional Holders
3547.0 institutions hold shares in Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM), with institutional investors hold 80.85% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.11B, and float is at 1.11B with Short Float at 2.25%. Institutions hold 80.78% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 112.07 million shares valued at $22.32 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.0332% of the QCOM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 95.88 million shares valued at $19.1 billion to account for 8.5836 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 50.75 million shares representing 4.543% and valued at over $10.11 billion, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.2506 of the shares totaling 25.14 million with a market value of $5.0 billion.
Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by THOMPSON JAMES H, the company’s Chief Technology Officer. SEC filings show that THOMPSON JAMES H sold 8,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Oct 01 ’24 at a price of $169.80 per share for a total of $1.36 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.21 million shares.
Qualcomm, Inc. disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Oct 02 ’24 that ROGERS ALEXANDER H (President QTL & Global Affairs) sold a total of 3,245 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Oct 02 ’24 and was made at $166.15 per share for $0.54 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 32231.0 shares of the QCOM stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 01 ’24, Palkhiwala Akash J. (CFO & COO) disposed off 3,000 shares at an average price of $165.95 for $0.5 million. The insider now directly holds 51,437 shares of Qualcomm, Inc. (QCOM).