Growth Metrics

Qualcomm (QCOM) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Qualcomm has reported Return on Equity over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.14% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.14% for Q4 2025, up 13.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.14% (up 13.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2024 was 0.0%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.14% at Qualcomm, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for QCOM hit a ceiling of 1.18% in Q2 2021 and a floor of 0.01% in Q3 2023.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.0% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.24%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: surged 32bps in 2021 and later plummeted -100bps in 2022.
  • Qualcomm's Return on Equity stood at 0.62% in 2021, then tumbled by -101bps to 0.0% in 2022, then dropped by -6bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 157bps to 0.0% in 2024, then soared by 4583bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.14% (Q4 2025), 0.0% (Q2 2025), and 0.0% (Q1 2025) per Business Quant data.