Qualcomm (QCOM) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026)
Qualcomm (QCOM) posted Cash from Operations of $2.74 billion for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Sep 27, 2026), down 31.4% from $4 billion a year earlier but up 176.5% from the prior quarter.
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Qualcomm (QCOM) Cash from Operations (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Sep 27, 2026), Qualcomm's Cash from Operations came in at $11.15 billion, down 20.5% from FY2025.
- Annual Cash from Operations shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 1.1% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Qualcomm's Cash from Operations was $14.01 billion in FY2025 (+14.8%), $12.2 billion in FY2024 (+8.0%), $11.3 billion in FY2023 (+24.2%) and $9.1 billion in FY2022 (-13.7%).
- Quarterly Cash from Operations has run from a low of $991 million in fiscal Q3 2026 to a high of $4.97 billion in fiscal Q1 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cash from Operations has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average decline of 2.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Cash from Operations in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2023, with growth of 182.8%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2026, with a decline of 65.5%.
- According to Business Quant data, Cash from Operations for the three prior fiscal quarters was $991 million (Q3 2026), $2.45 billion (Q2 2026) and $4.97 billion (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash from Ops. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK hynix | 24,980.27 Bn | 24,964.04 Bn | 43.99 Bn | 43.60 Bn |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 10,337.48 Bn | 9,919.73 Bn | 31.04 Bn | 28.76 Bn |
| 3 | Nvidia | 3,939.34 Bn | 3,713.50 Bn | 72.14 Bn | 24.08 Bn |
| 4 | Broadcom | 1,653.85 Bn | 1,579.89 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 14.20 Bn |
| 5 | Micron Technology | 880.27 Bn | 785.91 Bn | 47.05 Bn | 43.97 Bn |
| 6 | Advanced Micro Devices | 875.86 Bn | 824.07 Bn | 7.21 Bn | 1.20 Bn |
| 7 | Asml Holding | 576.26 Bn | 531.95 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 8 | Intel | 316.79 Bn | 179.50 Bn | 7.10 Bn | 5.08 Bn |
| 9 | Applied Materials | 294.03 Bn | 294.03 Bn | 5.25 Bn | 3.30 Bn |
| 10 | Qualcomm | 184.89 Bn | 147.28 Bn | 5.24 Bn | 2.74 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 2.74 Bn |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 991.00 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 2.45 Bn |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 4.97 Bn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 4.00 Bn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 2.88 Bn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.55 Bn |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 4.59 Bn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 2.65 Bn |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 3.05 Bn |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 3.55 Bn |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 2.95 Bn |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 4.09 Bn |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 2.66 Bn |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 1.46 Bn |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 3.10 Bn |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 1.45 Bn |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 2.90 Bn |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 2.70 Bn |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 2.06 Bn |
API Access
Qualcomm Cash from Operations API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-operations&ticker=QCOM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-from-operations", "ticker": "QCOM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-operations&ticker=QCOM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();