QCOM — QUALCOMM Incorporated
Technology · ETF XLK · as of 2026-09-18
Daily · EMA 10 / 20 / 50 · SMA 200 · VolPress: buy/sell split, 20-SMA, white dot = above avg · · E = earnings · RS vs SPY ⓘ · ● RS new high ⓘ
QUALCOMM Incorporated
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Technology · Semiconductors
QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide. It operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software with connectivity and computing technologies for use in mobile devices; automotive systems for connectivity, digital cockpit, and ADAS/A...
Price & today
$177.72
ATR(14) 8.27 (4.65%)
| Stock today | -5.82% |
| Sector ETF today | +0.82% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | -6.64% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLK | 0.24 |
| 60-day correlation with XLK | 0.48 |
| Status | DECOUPLING |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $179.63 |
| 20 EMA | $175.15 |
| 50 EMA | $173.88 |
| EMA stack | BULLISH |
| RSI(14) | 54.0 |
| 52-week high distance | -13.71% |
| 52-week low distance | +45.68% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 46.9 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | BUY (10d) |
| Sector rank | #115 |
| Next earnings | 2026-10-29 (TNS, 40d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
RS Rating
87.5
ADR%
4.1
RMV (tight)
82.0
Ext (ATR>20EMA)
0.3
Rel Vol
436.0%
U/D 50d
0.94
U/D 25d
1.30
Accum/Dist 25d
6 / 2
EPS YoY
-20.0%
LoD dist
21.0
Off 52w High
31.6%
Above 52w Low
45.7%
1W / 1M
-2.3 / +9.8
Avg $Vol 50d
2.11B
Mkt Cap (B)
187.3
Trend 8/8
no
Leads Group
YES
Sector XLK
+1.0% 1W
Base len (VCP)
10wk (1/8)
Coil (base shape)
85TVPX
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
P/E (TTM)
20.1
Fwd P/E
16.7
PEG
0.8
Price/Book
7.8
Profit margin
22.3%
ROE
36.1%
Debt/Equity
56.0
Rev growth
-3.5%
Analyst target
$168 (-5%)
Analyst rating
HOLD
Institutional %
82.7%
Insider %
0.1%
Float %
99.8%
Valuation and analyst figures are Yahoo company stats (weekly refresh, ~3,000 larger names - blanks are honest gaps); logo, employees, website and IPO date are Massive company reference. Momentum/VCP entries do not use valuation - this card is context so you do not have to leave the page.
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Industry rank
24 / 147
Industry
Semiconductors
Float
1.05B
Float turnover 20d
1.3%
Avg $Vol 20d / 50d
2.44B / 2.11B
Days to cover
3.8
Short % float
5.1%
Institutional %
82.7%
Weinstein stage
2
Float, short interest and institutional % come from Yahoo company stats, refreshed weekly for ~3,000 larger names - a blank means Yahoo does not publish the figure for this stock, not that it is zero. Dollar volume and float turnover are computed from our own price bars; industry rank from our rotation data; stage from the weekly chart.
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov-24 | 2.69 | +33% | 10,244.0 | +19% |
| Feb-25 | 3.41 | +24% | 11,669.0 | +17% |
| Apr-25 | 2.85 | +17% | 10,979.0 | +17% |
| Jul-25 | 2.77 | +19% | 10,365.0 | +10% |
| Nov-25 | 3.00 | +12% | 11,271.0 | +10% |
| Feb-26 | 3.50 | +3% | 12,252.0 | +5% |
| Apr-26 | 2.65 | -7% | 10,599.0 | -3% |
| Jul-26 | 2.21 | -20% | 9,947.0 | -4% |
† = SEC carries this same fiscal quarter under a second period-end with a materially different figure (hover for it) - a restatement, merger recast or successor-period split; %Chg is blanked when the two are more than 15% apart. It fires only when the two period-ends DISAGREE, so it is a floor, not a guarantee that the rest of the column shares one basis · ‡ = the revenue concept changed from the previous quarter WITH A FIGURE (hover for both) - a blank row in between is skipped, as the eye does - a step at that row is a change of basis, not necessarily of business · EPS = Yahoo
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
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