QCOM (QCOM)

Secondary decision view: valuation · portfolio context · the data you need before acting on a single-source signal.
Neutral

QCOM is rated NEUTRAL because its valuation is fair based on PE percentiles, the price is far above the calculated floor, and there are no extreme downside signals.

  • PE percentile of 58.3% is in the neutral zone, indicating the stock trades near its historical average valuation.
  • Current price of $189.39 is 111.7% above the engineered floor, pointing to limited room for upside based on intrinsic floor metrics.
  • No red alerts or extreme-low flags are present, and the overall validation flag is green, confirming no acute risk signals.
Verdict bucket from deterministic rule (validation / floor distance / risk alerts). LLM narration only — never picks the bucket.

BUY-ZONE DECISION rule signal

$189.39 $89.47 engine floor
far above at floor

QCOM is far above the floor (~111.7% above) — adding here means paying a premium vs. your own threshold. Wait or take partial position only with a strong directional view.

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VALUATION

Neutral
Trailing P/E
20.4
5-yr percentile: 58%
P/B
7.4
5-yr percentile: 38%
p10
11.6
p25
14.9
p50
18.8
p75
23.3
p90
30.7

QCOM appears expensive based on its trailing P/E of 27.2x, which is in the 83rd historical percentile and well above the 10-year median. The modest forward P/E of 12.2x suggests some growth is priced in, but the -2% earnings growth provides no margin of safety. The biggest risk is a failure to accelerate earnings growth to justify its current high multiple.

Sufficient earnings data; P/E historical percentile directly measures overvaluation or undervaluation

Floor Engine

ideal USD 189.39 Confidence high
discount-to-floor: 2.12×
DIVIDEND high
USD 121.60
Yield reverts to historical 95th-percentile (extreme yield level)
VALUATION high
USD 115.01
PE reverts to historical 5th-percentile (extreme undervaluation)
EPV high
USD 89.47
Zero-growth scenario + current cash/debt (Greenwald franchise value)
EPV GROWTH PREMIUM low
USD 180.16
EPV × franchise-value multiplier (compounder premium when ROIC > WACC)
PSR medium
USD 118.12
PSR reverts to historical 10th-percentile (growth stocks pre-stable-earnings)
High-growth, earnings not yet stable — PSR is the next-best anchor

YOUR WATCHLIST CONTEXT

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Your golden
$XXX.XX
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IMPLIED VOLATILITY

CURRENT IV 90.0% HV (30D) 90.0% IV RANK (1Y) 89 HIGH
IV vs HV · last 1 year

Earnings Reactions

QCOM
8 earnings events · last 2 years
Avg Gap%
-2.15%
Avg Day%
-3.34%
Up Hit Rate
25%
Next Earnings · est.
2026-07-29
in 32d
24-07
24-11
25-02
25-04
25-07
25-11
26-02
26-04
Bar height = |Gap%| normalized to the period max. Green = up, red = down.
Date Time EPS Surprise Gap% Day% Week%
2026-04-29 AMC 2.65 +3.6% +10.29% +15.12% +29.84%
2026-02-04 AMC 3.50 +2.9% -10.73% -8.46% -7.00%
2025-11-05 AMC 3.00 +4.3% -1.07% -3.63% -2.90%
2025-07-30 AMC 2.77 +2.0% -3.74% -7.73% -8.27%
2025-04-30 AMC 2.85 +1.2% -6.51% -8.93% -2.26%
2025-02-05 AMC 3.41 +14.2% -4.56% -3.72% -2.11%
2024-11-06 AMC 2.69 +4.7% +4.21% -0.05% -5.21%
2024-07-31 AMC 2.33 +3.3% -5.08% -9.37% -8.84%

Is QCOM (QCOM) overvalued right now?

QCOM (QCOM) is currently trading at a trailing P/E of 20.4, sitting at the 58th percentile of its 5-year valuation history. A high percentile suggests the market is pricing the stock above its own historical norm — useful context before sizing a new position or selling premium against it.

QCOM (QCOM) — what's the SELL PUT risk profile?

Selling cash-secured puts on QCOM (QCOM) is a common income strategy, but the right strike depends on your floor price (the level you'd happily own at) and the option chain's buffer/APY tradeoff. The full ladder view (deferred to a future release) ranks candidates by buffer percentage first, then APY — see the option ladder methodology for why buffer matters more than yield in this strategy.

QCOM (QCOM) — which option strategy fits your view?

If you're bullish long-term but cautious near-term on QCOM (QCOM), SELL PUT into your floor zone collects premium while waiting for a better entry. If you already own it and are neutral-to-mildly-bullish, COVERED CALL caps upside but harvests time decay. The wrong strategy on the right ticker still loses money — match the trade to your view, not the other way around.

QCOM (QCOM) — is now a good entry?

Entry timing on QCOM (QCOM) is a function of your floor price (hard buy zone) and golden price (back-the-truck-up zone). Both are personal — set them in your watchlist and we'll alert you when the market hits either level.

FAQ

Why does QCOM show different P/E numbers on different sites?

Different data providers use different earnings windows (TTM vs forward, GAAP vs adjusted) and update at different cadences. We surface trailing P/E with a 5-year percentile rank to give context — a P/E of 30 is hot for one stock and cold for another.

Does this page show QCOM's implied volatility?

Not on this v0 page — the dedicated volatility tool covers IV with multi-source voting (IBKR + Polygon + yfinance). For pure IV lookup, use /tools/volatility. This page is for decision-stage queries that pull together valuation + portfolio context.

How is this different from Yahoo Finance or 雪球's QCOM page?

Those sites are great for raw data discovery — last price, news, headline P/E. This page is built for the second look: you've already seen a single-dimension signal somewhere else, now you need multi-dimensional decision context (your floor, the valuation percentile, your portfolio overlay) in one view, not five tabs.