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QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) Operating margin

annual operating margin:

25.85%+4.11%(+18.91%)
September 29, 2024

Summary

  • As of today (September 7, 2025), QCOM annual operating profit margin is 25.85%, with the most recent change of +4.11% (+18.91%) on September 29, 2024.
  • During the last 3 years, QCOM annual operating margin has fallen by -3.31% (-11.35%).
  • QCOM annual operating margin is now -40.75% below its all-time high of 43.63%, reached on September 30, 2004.

Performance

1-year change

+18.91%

3-year change

-11.35%

5-year change

-18.17%

15-year change

+122.84%

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Highlights

Sector rank

94.2%
QCOM annual operating profit margin is higher than 94.2% of companies in Technology sector

Range

All-time high

43.63%
QCOM annual operating profit margin is currently -40.75% below its historical high of 43.63%

3-year low

21.74%
QCOM annual operating profit margin is currently +18.91% above its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last annual earnings report date

Sep 29, 2024
QCOM previous annual earnings announcement was published on Sep 29, 2024

Next annual earnings report date

Nov 5, 2025
QCOM next annual earnings announcement is scheduled for Nov 5, 2025

OtherQCOMprofitability metrics

annual operating profit

$10.07B
QCOM annual operating income is $10.07 billion

Annual revenue

$38.96B
QCOM annual revenue is $38.96 billion

annual gross margin

56.21%
QCOM annual gross profit margin is 56.21%

annual net margin

26.03%
QCOM annual net profit margin is 26.03%

quarterly operating margin:

26.65%-1.77%(-6.23%)
June 29, 2025

Summary

  • As of today (September 7, 2025), QCOM quarterly operating profit margin is 26.65%, with the most recent change of -1.77% (-6.23%) on June 29, 2025.
  • Over the past year, QCOM quarterly operating margin has increased by +2.21% (+9.04%).
  • QCOM quarterly operating margin is now -54.95% below its all-time high of 59.16%, reached on June 30, 2019.

Performance

3-month change

-6.23%

1-year change

+9.04%

3-year change

-14.61%

5-year change

+66.77%

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Highlights

Sector rank

92.28%
QCOM quarterly operating profit margin is higher than 92.28% of companies in Technology sector

Range

All-time high

59.16%
QCOM quarterly operating profit margin is currently -54.95% below its historical high of 59.16%

3-year low

21.52%
QCOM quarterly operating profit margin is currently +23.84% above its 3-year low

Earnings dates

Last quarterly earnings report date

Jun 29, 2025
QCOM previous earnings announcement was published on Jun 29, 2025

Next quarterly earnings report date

Nov 5, 2025
QCOM next earnings announcement is scheduled for Nov 5, 2025

OtherQCOMprofitability metrics

quarterly operating profit

$2.76B
QCOM quarterly operating income is $2.76 billion

Quarterly revenue

$10.37B
QCOM quarterly revenue is $10.37 billion

quarterly gross margin

55.56%
QCOM quarterly gross profit margin is 55.56%

Quarterly net margin

25.72%
QCOM quarterly net profit margin is 25.72%

Operating margin Formula

Operating Profit Margin =  Operating Profit
Revenue ✕ 100%

annual operating margin

25.85%
QCOM annual operating profit margin is 25.85%

annual operating profit

$10.07B
QCOM annual operating income is $10.07 billion

Annual revenue

$38.96B
QCOM annual revenue is $38.96 billion

QCOM Operating margin Trends

PeriodPeriodAnnualAnnualQuarterlyQuarterly
1 y1 year+18.9%+9.0%
3 y3 years-11.3%-14.6%
5 y5 years-18.2%+66.8%

QCOM Operating margin Highs & Lows

PeriodPeriodAnnual vs highAnnual vs highAnnual vs lowAnnual vs lowQuarter. vs highQuarter. vs highQuarter. vs lowQuarter. vs low
3 y3-year-27.9%+18.9%-17.2%+23.8%
5 y5-year-27.9%+18.9%-35.5%+66.8%
alltimeall time-40.8%+175.6%-55.0%+106.2%

QCOM Operating margin History

DateAnnualQuarterly
Jun 2025
-
26.65%(-6.2%)
Mar 2025
-
28.42%(-6.7%)
Dec 2024
-
30.47%(+15.1%)
Sep 2024
25.85%(+18.9%)
26.48%(+8.3%)
Jun 2024
-
24.44%(-1.9%)
Mar 2024
-
24.92%(-14.6%)
Dec 2023
-
29.19%(+26.7%)
Sep 2023
21.74%(-39.4%)
23.03%(+7.0%)
Jun 2023
-
21.52%(-13.2%)
Mar 2023
-
24.78%(-7.8%)
Dec 2022
-
26.89%(-16.4%)
Sep 2022
35.88%(+23.0%)
32.17%(+3.1%)
Jun 2022
-
31.21%(-9.7%)
Mar 2022
-
34.56%(-4.3%)
Dec 2021
-
36.10%(+16.2%)
Sep 2021
29.16%(+9.7%)
31.08%(+14.1%)
Jun 2021
-
27.23%(-0.3%)
Mar 2021
-
27.30%(-11.0%)
Dec 2020
-
30.67%(-25.7%)
Sep 2020
26.58%(-15.9%)
41.30%(+158.4%)
Jun 2020
-
15.98%(-13.9%)
Mar 2020
-
18.56%(-8.5%)
Dec 2019
-
20.29%(+38.1%)
Sep 2019
31.59%(+1048.7%)
14.69%(-75.2%)
Jun 2019
-
59.16%(+186.5%)
Mar 2019
-
20.65%(+3.1%)
Dec 2018
-
20.03%(+36.0%)
Sep 2018
2.75%(-76.3%)
14.73%(-29.4%)
Jun 2018
-
20.87%(+6.0%)
Mar 2018
-
19.69%(-12.8%)
Dec 2017
-
22.58%(+2.6%)
Sep 2017
11.60%(-57.9%)
22.00%(+18.0%)
Jun 2017
-
18.64%(-4.8%)
Mar 2017
-
19.58%(-34.8%)
Dec 2016
-
30.04%(-5.2%)
Sep 2016
27.57%(+20.7%)
31.69%(+9.7%)
Jun 2016
-
28.89%(-1.3%)
Mar 2016
-
29.27%(+14.0%)
Dec 2015
-
25.68%(+2.3%)
Sep 2015
22.85%(-19.8%)
25.11%(-0.7%)
Jun 2015
-
25.29%(-28.1%)
Mar 2015
-
35.18%(+12.7%)
Dec 2014
-
31.22%(-0.6%)
Sep 2014
28.50%(-2.0%)
31.40%(+0.5%)
Jun 2014
-
31.24%(-4.4%)
Mar 2014
-
32.67%(+6.3%)
Dec 2013
-
30.72%(+13.1%)
Sep 2013
29.08%(-2.2%)
27.17%(-7.6%)
Jun 2013
-
29.39%(-4.1%)
Mar 2013
-
30.65%(-11.7%)
Dec 2012
-
34.70%(+31.2%)
Sep 2012
29.72%(-11.5%)
26.45%(-11.9%)
Jun 2012
-
30.03%(-7.9%)
Mar 2012
-
32.59%(-1.6%)
Dec 2011
-
33.13%(+10.2%)
Sep 2011
33.60%(-1.0%)
30.05%(-2.2%)
Jun 2011
-
30.72%(-20.6%)
Mar 2011
-
38.68%(+10.0%)
Dec 2010
-
35.16%(+24.2%)
Sep 2010
33.94%(+38.7%)
28.32%(-3.2%)
Jun 2010
-
29.27%(+0.4%)
Mar 2010
-
29.14%(-11.5%)
Dec 2009
-
32.92%(+2.8%)
Sep 2009
24.47%(-26.9%)
32.01%(-1.4%)
Jun 2009
-
32.47%(+7.1%)
Mar 2009
-
30.31%(+2.4%)
Dec 2008
-
29.60%(-26.1%)
Sep 2008
33.48%
40.07%(+32.2%)
DateAnnualQuarterly
Jun 2008
-
30.30%(-2.9%)
Mar 2008
-
31.20%(+0.6%)
Dec 2007
-
31.02%(-7.9%)
Sep 2007
32.50%(-9.1%)
33.69%(+0.2%)
Jun 2007
-
33.63%(-0.1%)
Mar 2007
-
33.68%(+18.1%)
Dec 2006
-
28.53%(-16.3%)
Sep 2006
35.74%(-15.0%)
34.07%(-8.3%)
Jun 2006
-
37.16%(+0.1%)
Mar 2006
-
37.13%(+0.2%)
Dec 2005
-
37.05%(-13.7%)
Sep 2005
42.06%(-3.6%)
42.92%(+4.1%)
Jun 2005
-
41.24%(-1.6%)
Mar 2005
-
41.90%(-0.3%)
Dec 2004
-
42.01%(+29.7%)
Sep 2004
43.63%(+6.7%)
32.38%(-29.5%)
Jun 2004
-
45.92%(-2.3%)
Mar 2004
-
47.02%(+14.5%)
Dec 2003
-
41.08%(+26.2%)
Sep 2003
40.89%(+41.9%)
32.56%(-11.6%)
Jun 2003
-
36.85%(-1.9%)
Mar 2003
-
37.55%(-8.8%)
Dec 2002
-
41.17%(+42.4%)
Sep 2002
28.82%(>+9900.0%)
28.92%(+60.8%)
Jun 2002
-
17.98%(+25.4%)
Mar 2002
-
14.34%(-45.0%)
Dec 2001
-
26.06%(-133.4%)
Sep 2001
0.26%(-98.9%)
-77.97%(-482.6%)
Jun 2001
-
20.38%(-28.3%)
Mar 2001
-
28.44%(+116.6%)
Dec 2000
-
13.13%(-7.8%)
Sep 2000
24.48%(+137.9%)
14.24%(-53.3%)
Jun 2000
-
30.47%(+68.2%)
Mar 2000
-
18.11%(-22.0%)
Dec 1999
-
23.21%(-4.5%)
Sep 1999
10.29%(+41.9%)
24.31%(+20.4%)
Jun 1999
-
20.19%(+402.2%)
Mar 1999
-
4.02%(-51.4%)
Dec 1998
-
8.28%(-21.1%)
Sep 1998
7.25%(+55.9%)
10.49%(+72.2%)
Jun 1998
-
6.09%(-9.8%)
Mar 1998
-
6.75%(+0.3%)
Dec 1997
-
6.73%(+12.9%)
Sep 1997
4.65%(-611.0%)
5.96%(-6.1%)
Jun 1997
-
6.35%(+139.6%)
Mar 1997
-
2.65%(-20.9%)
Dec 1996
-
3.35%(+132.6%)
Sep 1996
-0.91%(-117.2%)
1.44%(-160.3%)
Jun 1996
-
-2.39%(-58.4%)
Mar 1996
-
-5.75%(-436.3%)
Dec 1995
-
1.71%(-76.9%)
Sep 1995
5.30%(-37.1%)
7.41%(+116.7%)
Jun 1995
-
3.42%(-28.6%)
Mar 1995
-
4.79%(-11.3%)
Dec 1994
-
5.40%(-49.4%)
Sep 1994
8.43%(+18.6%)
10.67%(+112.1%)
Jun 1994
-
5.03%(-41.3%)
Mar 1994
-
8.57%(-13.2%)
Dec 1993
-
9.87%(-17.4%)
Sep 1993
7.11%(-482.3%)
11.95%(-17.4%)
Jun 1993
-
14.46%(+1663.4%)
Mar 1993
-
0.82%(-113.7%)
Dec 1992
-
-6.00%(-258.7%)
Sep 1992
-1.86%(-73.4%)
3.78%(-246.5%)
Jun 1992
-
-2.58%(-54.7%)
Mar 1992
-
-5.70%(+79.8%)
Dec 1991
-
-3.17%(-99.0%)
Sep 1991
-6.98%(-79.6%)
-327.43%(-24.4%)
Sep 1990
-34.19%
-433.33%

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What is QUALCOMM Incorporated annual operating profit margin?

The current annual operating margin of QCOM is 25.85%

What is the all time high annual operating margin for QUALCOMM Incorporated?

QUALCOMM Incorporated all-time high annual operating profit margin is 43.63%

What is QUALCOMM Incorporated annual operating margin year-on-year change?

Over the past year, QCOM annual operating profit margin has changed by +4.11% (+18.91%)

What is QUALCOMM Incorporated quarterly operating profit margin?

The current quarterly operating margin of QCOM is 26.65%

What is the all time high quarterly operating margin for QUALCOMM Incorporated?

QUALCOMM Incorporated all-time high quarterly operating profit margin is 59.16%

What is QUALCOMM Incorporated quarterly operating margin year-on-year change?

Over the past year, QCOM quarterly operating profit margin has changed by +2.21% (+9.04%)
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