Growth Metrics

Qualcomm (QCOM) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Qualcomm (QCOM) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 32.16% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Margin fell 360.0% year-over-year to 32.16%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 31.69%, up 424.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 32.63%, 678.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 32.16% in Q4 2025 per QCOM's latest filing, down from 60.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 115.57% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 19.73% in Q3 2024.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 35.61%, with a median of 29.45% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: soared 4544bps in 2021, then plummeted -8340bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 44.51% in 2021, then tumbled by -41bps to 26.05% in 2022, then increased by 13bps to 29.47% in 2023, then increased by 21bps to 35.76% in 2024, then fell by -10bps to 32.16% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 32.16% in Q4 2025, 60.09% in Q3 2025, and 20.14% in Q2 2025.