What Are the Fundamentals of QUALCOMM (QCOM)?

By Emilio Sanchez • Monday, November 20 12:25 • Permanent Link

QUALCOMM marked a -0.1% change today, compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Is it a good value at today's price of $129.34? Only an in-depth analysis can answer that question, but here are some facts that can give you an idea:

QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide.
QUALCOMM belongs to the Technology sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.16 and an average price to book (P/B) of 6.23
The company's P/B ratio is 6.68
QUALCOMM has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 19.8 based on its trailing 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.53 per share
Its forward P/E ratio is 12.4, based on its forward earnings per share (EPS) of $10.42
QCOM has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.15, which shows the company is overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
Over the last four years, QUALCOMM has averaged free cash flows of $6.05 Billion, which on average grew 14.0%
QCOM's gross profit margins have averaged 25.7 % over the last four years and during this time they had a growth rate of 45.7 % and a coefficient of variability of 1688.5 %.
QUALCOMM has moved 9.0% over the last year compared to 16.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -7.0%
QCOM has an average analyst rating of buy and is -6.35% away from its mean target price of $138.11 per share

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