Qualcomm (QCOM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Qualcomm (QCOM) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $8.3 billion for Q2 2026, up 9.44% year-over-year from $7.6 billion in Q2 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from $8.3 billion in Q1 2026.

Qualcomm (QCOM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Qualcomm's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $8.3 billion for Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Operating Expenses rose 9.44% year-over-year to $8.3 billion; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at $33.8 billion (up 8.36% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $31.9 billion, up 10.52% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q2 2026 stood at $8.3 billion, roughly flat from $8.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $8.9 billion in Q4 2025, with the low at $6.5 billion in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $7.5 billion (2022), against an average of $7.5 billion.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses gained 26.64% in 2022, then fell 6.57% in 2023.
  • Qualcomm's Operating Expenses stood at $7.0 billion in 2022, then advanced by 0.13% to $7.0 billion in 2023, then climbed by 15.8% to $8.1 billion in 2024, then gained by 9.51% to $8.9 billion in 2025, then dropped by 6.36% to $8.3 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows QCOM's Operating Expenses at $8.3 billion in Q2 2026, $8.3 billion in Q1 2026, and $8.9 billion in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 10,545.90 Bn 10,447.64 Bn 23.77 Bn 2.97 Bn
2 Nvidia 5,009.72 Bn 4,966.24 Bn 61.16 Bn 7.62 Bn
3 Broadcom 1,857.88 Bn 1,838.25 Bn 15.42 Bn 4.63 Bn
4 Micron Technology 938.47 Bn 912.45 Bn 35.06 Bn 1.72 Bn
5 Advanced Micro Devices 789.52 Bn 777.17 Bn 5.42 Bn 3.94 Bn
6 Intel 463.88 Bn 434.15 Bn 6.51 Bn 4.71 Bn
7 Aeluma 302.44 Bn 302.40 Bn 386,000.00 2.13 Mn
8 Arm Holdings 254.34 Bn 250.45 Bn 1.25 Bn -1.16 Bn
9 Texas Instruments 245.02 Bn 238.02 Bn 3.35 Bn 1.04 Bn
10 Qualcomm 159.88 Bn 151.58 Bn 5.28 Bn 8.32 Bn

Historic Data

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Jun 28, 2026 8.32 Bn
Mar 29, 2026 8.29 Bn
Dec 28, 2025 8.89 Bn
Sep 28, 2025 8.35 Bn
Jun 29, 2025 7.60 Bn
Mar 30, 2025 7.86 Bn
Dec 29, 2024 8.11 Bn
Sep 29, 2024 7.66 Bn
Jun 23, 2024 7.17 Bn
Mar 24, 2024 7.05 Bn
Dec 24, 2023 7.01 Bn
Sep 24, 2023 7.22 Bn
Jun 25, 2023 6.63 Bn
Mar 26, 2023 7.19 Bn
Dec 25, 2022 7.00 Bn
Sep 25, 2022 7.73 Bn
Jun 26, 2022 6.46 Bn
Mar 27, 2022 7.31 Bn
Dec 26, 2021 6.84 Bn
Sep 26, 2021 6.43 Bn