Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) is -1.48% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $120.80 and a high of $230.63 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The QCOM stock was last observed hovering at around $152.12 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.78%.
Currently trading at $151.34, the stock is 5.93% and 2.64% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 10.08 million and changing -0.51% at the moment leaves the stock -6.10% off its SMA200. QCOM registered -16.17% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.47%.
The stock witnessed a 8.68% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.01%, and is 8.18% 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 2.38% over the week and 2.68% over the month.
Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM) has around 49000 employees, a market worth around $166.17B and $42.28B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.41 and Fwd P/E is 12.55. Profit margin for the company is 26.11%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.28% and -34.38% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (26.94%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 15.39% this year.
Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 1.10B, and float is at 1.10B with Short Float at 1.59%.
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 10.0422% 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 8.5913 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 50.75 million shares representing 4.5471% and valued at over $10.11 billion, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.2526 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 Palkhiwala Akash J., the company’s CFO & COO. SEC filings show that Palkhiwala Akash J. sold 3,333 shares of the company’s common stock on May 05 ’25 at a price of $139.77 per share for a total of $0.47 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 53112.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 02 ’25, ACE HEATHER S (Chief Human Resources Officer) disposed off 1,600 shares at an average price of $137.74 for $0.22 million. The insider now directly holds 22,793 shares of Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM).
