Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) is -3.05% 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 $146.63 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 2.31%.
Currently trading at $148.94, the stock is 0.20% and 2.29% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.15 million and changing 1.58% at the moment leaves the stock -6.90% off its SMA200. QCOM registered -27.28% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -4.77%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $145.6044 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $159.983.
The stock witnessed a 6.53% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.57%, and is 0.21% 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 1.64% over the week and 1.73% over the month.
Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM) has around 49000 employees, a market worth around $163.54B and $42.28B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.17 and Fwd P/E is 12.41. Profit margin for the company is 26.11%. Distance from 52-week low is 23.29% and -35.42% 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 15.46% this year.
Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM) Top Institutional Holders
3632.0 institutions hold shares in Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM), with institutional investors hold 80.97% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.10B, and float is at 1.10B with Short Float at 2.29%. Institutions hold 80.86% 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 10.0422% 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’sCFO & COO. SEC filings show that Palkhiwala Akash J. sold 3,333 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 02 ’25 at a price of $146.10 per share for a total of $0.49 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 49779.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 23 ’25, QUALCOMM INC/DE (10% Owner) disposed off 412,500 shares at an average price of $16.00 for $6.6 million. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM).
