Understanding the Potential Headwinds for QUALCOMM Stock.

This afternoon we watched QUALCOMM drop -2.3% to a price of $116.54 per share. The large-cap Broadcasting company is now trading -18.4% below its average target price of $142.82. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $95.0 to $285.0 per share for QUALCOMM, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

QUALCOMM's short interest — meaning the percentage of the share float that is being shorted — is lower than average at 1.2%. The stock's short ratio is 1.74. At 0.08%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation.

Another number to watch is the company's rate of institutional share ownership, which now stands at 76.1%. In conclusion, we believe there is mixed market sentiment regarding QUALCOMM.

Institutions Invested in QUALCOMM

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 109,837,039 $12,800,408,625
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 8% 83,897,355 $9,777,397,828
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 4% 48,492,351 $5,651,298,629
2023-03-31 FMR, LLC 2% 24,198,455 $2,820,087,967
2023-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 21,033,199 $2,451,209,030
2023-03-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 20,258,921 $2,360,974,671
2023-03-31 Alliancebernstein L.P. 2% 16,864,387 $1,965,375,676
2023-03-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 1% 16,355,914 $1,906,118,232
2023-03-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 1% 15,650,740 $1,823,937,253
2023-03-31 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 1% 14,807,519 $1,725,668,277
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