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Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on QCOM

What this diary said about Qualcomm Incorporated, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

What we hold

BookPositionSinceResult
Hypergrowth 0.48 shares · average entry $0.00 — 0.0%

Model books as of 7 Oct 2026; wikifolio positions from the official wikifolio data, entries in euros. Results are unrealised, before any exit. A record of what the diary does, not a recommendation to do the same.

Our record on QCOM

Every scored call, pick and trade this diary has made on Qualcomm Incorporated, with the outcome where it is known.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for QCOM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-10-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
QCOM+0.1%−1.7%+7.3%−3.0%
Architects (Chip Design)+0.8%+4.6%+18.7%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+0.8%+7.0%+11.0%—

Against the index: 8.7 pts behind on the week, 3.7 pts behind on the month; against its Architects (Chip Design) sleeve 11.4 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 14 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Nasdaq - a record close in the worst month of a midterm year, right after the bulls gave up” (2026-09-22)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where QCOM appears in the diary — 14 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.85 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How QCOM has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.85 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Qualcomm Incorporated moved 0.85% on average · correlation 0.15 · higher than 81% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.85 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.28% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.51% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Mobile and edge silicon · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Mobile and edge silicon

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against QCOM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Qualcomm Incorporated

QCOM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Qualcomm designs and sells chips and licenses patents for the wireless industry. Its chip business supplies processors and connectivity software for phones, automotive systems including driver-assistance features, and other connected devices; its licensing arm charges royalties on patents that cover cellular standards from 3G through 5G; and a smaller arm invests in early-stage companies across AI, automotive and cloud. It is based in San Diego and also does contract work for government agencies.
Where it sits in the stack
Qualcomm sits in our Rubin Build-Out 100, the index that tracks the AI build-out supply chain, in the Architects sleeve alongside the fabless and integrated chip designers who set what compute in the build-out looks like. Its seat there rests on edge inference, running AI models on the device itself rather than sending the work to a data centre, which makes it a supplier into the build-out's on-device layer rather than the data-centre one.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for Qualcomm is built around mobile and edge silicon: Broadcom, MediaTek, AMD, Arm and Nvidia; the market also compares it with Apple's in-house chip effort.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds seats in the Rubin Build-Out 100, the Agentic Winners 40 and the Nasdaq-100. It carries a Closelooknet score with quality as the strongest module and momentum as the weakest. The diary's Dossier edition places it in the orchestration layer alongside Cloudflare and Arm, the 101 edition names it as the edge-inference entry in a sort of inference economics, and a Daily Pulse note once tracked an options position tied to the stock.
What the diary watches
Whether on-device AI work at the edge keeps growing fast enough to offset the softer momentum reading, and whether licensing revenue holds up as newer wireless standards phase in.

Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology. Constituent of Agentic Winners 40 and Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 57/100 composite (momentum 49, quality 78, valuation 50) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: QCOM news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Piper Sandler, 2026-09-09

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for QCOM from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Piper Sandler — target 190 Target set to $190 (+7.7% to spot) 2026-09-09

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.00%, quarterly · buybacks 8.79 bn USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What QCOM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 3.62 USD per share · a 2.00% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +4.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.48 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.92 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-03
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.80 USD (partial) · 2024: 3.35 USD · 2025: 3.52 USD · 2026: 2.73 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-29
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 3.81 bn USD 35% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 8.79 bn USD 4.6% of today's market value
  • Share count −2.2% in FY2025 2.78 bn USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 12.6 bn USD · 98% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)?

Qualcomm Incorporated trades as QCOM on the US exchange and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is QCOM in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Qualcomm Incorporated is a constituent of Agentic Winners 40 and Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-10-07.

What is Qualcomm Incorporated's Closelooknet composite score?

57 out of 100, with momentum 49, quality 78 and valuation 50 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does QCOM trade against its moving averages?

-2.2% at the close: Holding 30.2% off its 52-week high. As of 2026-10-05 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is QCOM doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Qualcomm Incorporated is +7.3% against +11.0% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 3.7 points behind its index, as of 2026-10-06. Its Architects (Chip Design) sleeve is +18.7% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Qualcomm Incorporated compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Mobile and edge silicon), Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) sits 30.2% below its 52-week high, 5.4% above its 50-day average; Broadcom Inc (AVGO) is 26.8% below, MediaTek Inc (2454.TW) is 10.2% below, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) is 2.1% below. Put any of them next to QCOM in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Qualcomm Incorporated trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Qualcomm Incorporated had a beta of 0.85 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 81% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.28% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Qualcomm Incorporated?

Qualcomm Incorporated appears in 14 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Morning 10: Nasdaq - a record close in the worst month of a midterm year, right after the bulls gave up (2026-09-22); Midday 10: Nasdaq — a record print at 27,272, chips extend, software sold from its highs; AMD joins the trillion club (2026-09-22); Midday 10: Chips and Crypto — Arm +14%, Intel +13% and bitcoin at 85,700, with bonds bid and gold sold (2026-09-21). What Closelooknet said most recently: A new June 2027 put went on in SKHY; the QCOM short call came off. (Daily Pulse, 2026-08-15). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does Closelooknet hold Qualcomm Incorporated?

Yes — Hypergrowth: 0.48 shares · average entry $0.00, 0.0% unrealised. A record of what the diary does, not a recommendation to do the same.

What does Qualcomm Incorporated do?

Qualcomm designs and sells chips and licenses patents for the wireless industry. Its chip business supplies processors and connectivity software for phones, automotive systems including driver-assistance features, and other connected devices; its licensing arm charges royalties on patents that cover cellular standards from 3G through 5G; and a smaller arm invests in early-stage companies across AI, automotive and cloud. It is based in San Diego and also does contract work for government agencies. Closelooknet's peer group for Qualcomm is built around mobile and edge silicon: Broadcom, MediaTek, AMD, Arm and Nvidia; the market also compares it with Apple's in-house chip effort.

Where does Qualcomm Incorporated sit in the AI build-out?

Qualcomm sits in our Rubin Build-Out 100, the index that tracks the AI build-out supply chain, in the Architects sleeve alongside the fabless and integrated chip designers who set what compute in the build-out looks like. Its seat there rests on edge inference, running AI models on the device itself rather than sending the work to a data centre, which makes it a supplier into the build-out's on-device layer rather than the data-centre one. It holds seats in the Rubin Build-Out 100, the Agentic Winners 40 and the Nasdaq-100. It carries a Closelooknet score with quality as the strongest module and momentum as the weakest. The diary's Dossier edition places it in the orchestration layer alongside Cloudflare and Arm, the 101 edition names it as the edge-inference entry in a sort of inference economics, and a Daily Pulse note once tracked an options position tied to the stock.

Does Qualcomm Incorporated pay a dividend?

Qualcomm Incorporated has paid 3.62 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 2.00% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.92 USD on 2026-09-03. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 3.81 bn USD in dividends and bought back 8.79 bn USD of its own shares, 98% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 2.2% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Qualcomm Incorporated recently?

The most recent analyst action on Qualcomm Incorporated on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Piper Sandler on 2026-09-09 (target 190). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for QCOM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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