Growth Metrics

Qualcomm (QCOM) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Qualcomm has reported Share-based Compensation over the past 17 years, most recently at $888.0 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Share-based Compensation at $888.0 million for Q4 2025, up 17.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $2.9 billion (up 3.81% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $2.8 billion, up 5.1%.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q4 2025 was $888.0 million at Qualcomm, up from $663.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Share-based Compensation for QCOM hit a ceiling of $888.0 million in Q4 2025 and a floor of $422.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Median Share-based Compensation over the past 5 years was $621.0 million (2023), compared with a mean of $605.2 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: surged 43.24% in 2021 and later dropped 5.05% in 2023.
  • Qualcomm's Share-based Compensation stood at $496.0 million in 2021, then rose by 27.82% to $634.0 million in 2022, then dropped by 5.05% to $602.0 million in 2023, then rose by 26.08% to $759.0 million in 2024, then rose by 17.0% to $888.0 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Share-based Compensation were $888.0 million (Q4 2025), $663.0 million (Q3 2025), and $659.0 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.