Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM)

Q: What is Qualcomm Incorporated's revenue?

Qualcomm Incorporated has annual revenue of approximately $44.28 billion.

Q: How many employees does Qualcomm Incorporated have?

Qualcomm Incorporated employs approximately 51,000 people.

Semiconductors · San Diego, CA, United States · Founded 1985

$180.0B

Market Cap

$44.28B

Revenue

51,000

Employees

$5.54B

Net Income

📊 Key Statistics for Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)

Market capitalization: $180.0 billion
Annual revenue: $44.28 billion
Net income: $5.54 billion
Employees: 51,000
Sector: Technology
Headquarters: San Diego, United States
Founded: 1985

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📋 About Qualcomm Incorporated

Qualcomm designs the chips and modems that power the majority of the world's Android smartphones. Its Snapdragon processors are in devices from Samsung, Xiaomi, and virtually every other Android OEM. Revenue is about $36 billion annually. The company also holds foundational patents on 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless technology, creating a licensing business that's essentially a toll on the entire mobile industry. Qualcomm is pushing aggressively into automotive and PC chips.

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💰 How Qualcomm Incorporated Makes Money

Two distinct businesses: QCT (chip sales, ~80% of revenue) and QTL (patent licensing, ~20% of revenue but ~60% of profits). The licensing business is extraordinarily profitable — Qualcomm collects royalties on every 3G/4G/5G device sold worldwide, regardless of whose chips are inside. Automotive and IoT are the diversification plays beyond smartphones.

📜 Key Milestones

Irwin Jacobs and six co-founders started Qualcomm in 1985 in San Diego to commercialize CDMA wireless technology. The company's bet on CDMA over the competing TDMA standard in the 1990s proved transformative. Qualcomm survived a hostile takeover attempt by Broadcom in 2017-2018, blocked by President Trump on national security grounds. The Snapdragon brand has become synonymous with premium Android performance.

📊 Financial Overview

Market Capitalization	$180.0B
Annual Revenue	$44.28B
Net Income	$5.54B
Profit Margin	13%
Revenue per Employee	$868235K
Stock Exchange	NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol	QCOM

Financial data is approximate and based on most recent annual filings.

💡 Did You Know?

Qualcomm has been sued by nearly every major regulator in the world over its licensing practices — the FTC, European Commission, Korean FTC, and Chinese regulators have all taken shots. Apple tried to replace Qualcomm's modems with its own but kept coming back because the technology is that hard to replicate. Qualcomm's San Diego campus has its own zip code.

📝 Analyst Take

The smartphone market is mature, but Qualcomm's automotive pipeline ($30+ billion backlog) and the AI PC opportunity could reignite growth. The licensing business remains a legal target, but it's survived every challenge so far.

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