Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, March 26, with the stock price down by -1.10% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $158.39.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $160.15, falling within a range of $156.85 and $160.76. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 1.289 whereas the PE ratio was 16.93 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $230.63, and the low was $149.43. On the whole, QCOM has fluctuated by -1.76% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Qualcomm, Inc currently standing at about $175.18 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-04. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 3.40, with its dividend yield at 2.15%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 43.42B, with a low estimate of 10B and a high estimate of 10.75B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 10.58B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that QCOM’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Sell on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Sell while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 2.39, with the price of QCOM currently trading nearly 1.18% and -3.55% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 48.07, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.87% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 3.03%. Furthermore, Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM)’s beta value is 1.30, and its average true range (ATR) is 4.56.
A comparison of Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. QCOM showed an intraday change of -1.10% in last session, and over the past year, it shrunk by -6.88%%.
Data on historical trading for Qualcomm, Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 6.29 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 7.62 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 1.11 billion shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.10% of Qualcomm, Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 76.88% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 20.68 million shares as on 2025-03-14, resulting in a short ratio of 2.51. According to the data, the short interest in Qualcomm, Inc (QCOM) stood at 208.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-14; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-14 reached 16.62 million. The stock has risen by 3.11% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the QCOM stock heading into the next quarter.
