Quick Update for QUALCOMM (QCOM) Investors

By Naomi Wentworth • Tuesday, September 30 10:04 • Permanent Link

Is it worth buying QUALCOMM stock at a price of $165.84? If this question is on your mind, make sure to check out the fundamentals of this Broadcasting Large-Cap company:

QUALCOMM has logged a -0.3% 52 week change, compared to 16.7% for the S&P 500
QCOM has an average analyst rating of buy and is -6.9% away from its mean target price of $178.13 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $10.12, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 16.4. The Technology sector's average P/E ratio is 30.44
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $12.23 and its forward P/E ratio is 13.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 6.61 in contrast to the Technology sector's average P/B ratio is 4.19
The current ratio is currently 2.6, which consists in its liquid assets divided by any liabilities due within in the next 12 months
QCOM has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 29.4% and gross profit margins of 0.6%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $11.16 Billion and the average free cash flow growth rate is 15.6%
QUALCOMM's revenues have an average growth rate of 10.3% with operating expenses growing at 5.3%. The company's current operating margins stand at 25.8%

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