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QUALCOMM forward PE QCOM

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
19.0×
10-year median
16.2×
Against its 10-year history
76th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
10.8× to 28.7×
Peer median
25.2×

QUALCOMM's forward PE is 19.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 16.2×, higher than on 76% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.8× in Apr 2025 to 28.7× in May 2019.

The median for 10 semiconductor stocks of a similar size is 25.2×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far19.0×13.7×27.9×
202516.9×10.8×17.2×
202413.8×13.4×20.3×
202315.2×12.0×16.4×
202213.4×11.5×16.0×
202115.3×11.4×21.0×
202019.7×12.8×27.2×
201925.2×16.3×28.7×
201818.0×16.2×23.9×
201722.3×15.6×24.0×
201617.5×11.6×18.4×
201514.4×13.7×20.7×
201418.3×15.1×18.3×
201315.2×13.1×15.2×
201214.1×13.9×19.3×
201116.3×13.8×19.6×
201017.6×13.7×24.3×
200922.7×17.3×23.1×
200818.1×15.9×28.9×
200718.3×17.6×21.8×

Against its peers

Companies in Semiconductors nearest QUALCOMM's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
QCOMQUALCOMM19.0×
ADIAnalog Devices24.1×
KLACKLA26.2×
MRVLMarvell Technology40.3×
TXNTexas Instruments27.0×
LRCXLam Research22.6×
AMATApplied Materials21.3×
INTCIntel50.0×
TELTE Connectivity16.5×
NXPINXP Semiconductors14.1×
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems35.1×
Peer median25.2×

Where QUALCOMM ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.