Winmill & CO. Inc. Makes New $669,000 Investment in QUALCOMM Incorporated $QCOM

Winmill & CO. Inc. bought a new position in shares of QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 4,200 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $669,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of QCOM. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in QUALCOMM by 116.6% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 17,356 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock worth $2,666,000 after buying an additional 9,343 shares during the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC grew its position in shares of QUALCOMM by 15.4% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,542 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock valued at $391,000 after purchasing an additional 340 shares during the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of QUALCOMM by 24.8% in the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,457 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock valued at $685,000 after purchasing an additional 885 shares during the last quarter. Parker Financial LLC grew its position in shares of QUALCOMM by 9.2% in the first quarter. Parker Financial LLC now owns 2,385 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock valued at $366,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of QUALCOMM by 3.2% in the first quarter. Capital Advisors Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,327 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock valued at $1,740,000 after purchasing an additional 355 shares during the last quarter. 74.35% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

QCOM has been the topic of several research analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on QUALCOMM from $190.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Arete Research set a $200.00 price target on QUALCOMM in a research report on Tuesday, August 26th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of QUALCOMM in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Mizuho lowered their price target on QUALCOMM from $190.00 to $185.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein set a $185.00 target price on shares of QUALCOMM and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $183.27.

QUALCOMM Stock Down 0.6%

NASDAQ QCOM opened at $168.94 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 2.38 and a current ratio of 3.19. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $163.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $155.20. QUALCOMM Incorporated has a twelve month low of $120.80 and a twelve month high of $182.10. The stock has a market cap of $182.29 billion, a PE ratio of 16.29, a PEG ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 1.23.

QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The wireless technology company reported $2.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.71 by $0.06. QUALCOMM had a net margin of 26.77% and a return on equity of 40.35%. The business had revenue of $10.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.33 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $2.33 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. QUALCOMM has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 2.750-2.950 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that QUALCOMM Incorporated will post 9.39 EPS for the current year.

QUALCOMM Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.89 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 4th. This represents a $3.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.1%. QUALCOMM’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.33%.

Insider Activity

In other QUALCOMM news, CAO Patricia Y. Grech sold 273 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.42, for a total transaction of $44,067.66. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 404 shares in the company, valued at $65,213.68. This trade represents a 40.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CAO Neil Martin sold 791 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.82, for a total transaction of $122,462.62. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 1,106 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $171,230.92. This represents a 41.70% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 168,102 shares of company stock valued at $27,706,855. 0.08% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

QUALCOMM Profile

QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide. It operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software based on 3G/4G/5G and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, computing, multimedia, and position location products.