QUALCOMM price to free cash flow QCOM

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 17.7×
10-year median: 18.0×
Against its 10-year history: 48th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 9.9× to 58.9×
Peer median: 51.9×

QUALCOMM's price to free cash flow is 17.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 18.0×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.9× in Mar 2020 to 58.9× in Apr 2019.

The median for 10 semiconductor stocks of a similar size is 51.9×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 18×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	17.7×	10.5×	21.2×
2025	14.6×	11.1×	17.2×
2024	15.7×	14.0×	19.6×
2023	16.3×	13.5×	21.9×
2022	18.0×	17.5×	27.3×
2021	23.7×	15.2×	41.7×
2020	39.1×	9.9×	40.5×
2019	15.8×	14.9×	58.9×
2018	22.1×	15.7×	25.2×
2017	23.6×	13.5×	25.4×
2016	14.0×	11.5×	16.0×
2015	16.7×	14.2×	23.0×
2014	16.3×	13.9×	17.5×
2013	16.1×	14.7×	23.5×
2012	21.9×	16.5×	23.1×
2011	21.3×	20.2×	39.8×
2010	21.9×	13.4×	21.9×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
QCOMQUALCOMM	17.7×
ADIAnalog Devices	38.4×
KLACKLA	50.5×
MRVLMarvell Technology	116×
TXNTexas Instruments	n/m
LRCXLam Research	n/m
AMATApplied Materials	53.2×
INTCIntel	155×
TELTE Connectivity	18.2×
NXPINXP Semiconductors	21.1×
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems	95.7×
Peer median	51.9×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.