River Road Asset Management LLC Grows Stake in Qualcomm Incorporated $QCOM

River Road Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) by 76.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 36,450 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock after buying an additional 15,753 shares during the period. River Road Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Qualcomm were worth $6,736,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Qualcomm by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 114,144,068 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock worth $19,524,350,000 after purchasing an additional 647,076 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Qualcomm by 12.5% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 28,897,079 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock worth $4,931,968,000 after purchasing an additional 3,221,924 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in Qualcomm by 34.5% during the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 16,727,862 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock valued at $2,861,301,000 after buying an additional 4,290,622 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Qualcomm during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $2,591,056,000. Finally, Amundi raised its position in shares of Qualcomm by 9.9% during the third quarter. Amundi now owns 12,671,635 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock valued at $2,136,486,000 after buying an additional 1,138,541 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 74.35% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on QCOM shares. Craig Hallum cut shares of Qualcomm from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 25th. Evercore set a $159.00 price target on Qualcomm in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Qualcomm from $231.00 to $220.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Monness Crespi & Hardt upgraded Qualcomm to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, June 25th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a $160.00 price objective on shares of Qualcomm in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, twenty have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Qualcomm has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $203.63.

Qualcomm Stock Down 2.2%

NASDAQ:QCOM opened at $162.18 on Tuesday. Qualcomm Incorporated has a fifty-two week low of $121.99 and a fifty-two week high of $259.92. The stock has a market capitalization of $170.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.77, a P/E/G ratio of 15.25 and a beta of 1.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 1.28 and a current ratio of 2.02. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $181.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is $167.88.

Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The wireless technology company reported $2.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.23 by ($0.02). Qualcomm had a return on equity of 38.36% and a net margin of 21.01%.The firm had revenue of $9.95 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.69 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.77 EPS. The company’s revenue was down 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Qualcomm has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 2.050-2.250 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Qualcomm Incorporated will post 7.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Qualcomm Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 3rd will be issued a dividend of $0.92 per share. This represents a $3.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.3%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 3rd. Qualcomm’s dividend payout ratio is currently 42.59%.

Insider Transactions at Qualcomm

In other Qualcomm news, EVP Akash J. Palkhiwala sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $163.26, for a total transaction of $408,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 20,684 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,376,869.84. This represents a 10.78% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Heather S. Ace sold 3,200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $147.04, for a total value of $470,528.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 36,535 shares in the company, valued at $5,372,106.40. This represents a 8.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 11,529 shares of company stock valued at $1,991,345 in the last quarter. 0.05% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Qualcomm Company Profile

Qualcomm Incorporated is a global semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in San Diego, California. Founded in 1985, the company is known for its development of wireless technologies and for playing a central role in the evolution of digital cellular standards, including CDMA and subsequent generations of mobile standards. Qualcomm’s business combines the design and sale of semiconductor products with a patent licensing program for wireless technologies and related intellectual property.

The company’s product portfolio includes system-on-chip (SoC) platforms marketed under the Snapdragon brand, cellular modem and RF front-end components, connectivity solutions for Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth, and processors and platforms aimed at automotive, IoT, networking and edge-computing applications.