Qualcomm Inc. QCOM
What this company does
Written from the business description in QUALCOMM INC/DE's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 5 November 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +13.5% a year over five years — but profit grew slower: net income at +1.3%, earnings per share at +2.1%.
The share count fell from 1.13B to 1.07B — the buyback concentrates the same profit into fewer slices.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 44.3 | 39.0 | 35.8 | 44.2 | 33.6 | 23.5 | 24.3 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 23.6 | 25.3 | 26.5 | 24.9 | 19.1 | 15.0 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 8.9 |
| Operating income $B | 12.4 | 10.1 | 7.8 | 15.9 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 5.8 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
| EBITDA $B | 14.0 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 17.6 | 11.4 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 8.7 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Income tax $B | 7.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Net income $B | 5.5 | 10.1 | 7.2 | 12.9 | 9.0 | 5.2 | 4.4 | −5.0 | 2.4 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| Free cash flow $B | 12.8 | 11.2 | 9.8 | 6.8 | 8.6 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 5.01 | 8.97 | 6.42 | 11.37 | 7.87 | 4.52 | 3.59 | −3.39 | 1.64 | 3.81 | 3.22 | 4.65 | 3.91 | 3.51 | 2.52 | 1.96 | 0.95 | 1.90 | 1.95 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 3.48 | 3.30 | 3.10 | 2.86 | 2.66 | 2.54 | 2.48 | 2.38 | 2.20 | 2.02 | 1.80 | 1.54 | 1.20 | 0.93 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.66 | 0.60 | 0.52 |
| Payout % | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 30 | 26 | 32 | 36 | 69 | 31 | 26 |
| ROE % | · | · | · | · | · | 105.9 | 153.5 | −31.5 | 7.8 | 18.1 | 14.9 | 21.2 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 8.3 | 18.7 | 20.9 |
| Shares out B | 1.07 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.22 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.52 | 1.67 | 1.69 | 1.71 | 1.68 | 1.61 | 1.67 | 1.66 | · |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
This company against its peers
Reconciled in 19 of 19 fiscal years. 2 checks could not be computed.