Qualcomm (QCOM) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)
Qualcomm's (QCOM) Times Interest Earned came in at 7.98 for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Sep 27, 2026), down 53.3% from 17.06 a year earlier and down 12.7% from the prior quarter.
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Qualcomm (QCOM) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Sep 27, 2026), Qualcomm's Times Interest Earned stood at 12.57, down 32.5% from FY2025.
- In prior fiscal years, Qualcomm's Times Interest Earned was 18.61 in FY2025 (+28.8%), 14.45 in FY2024 (+28.8%), 11.22 in FY2023 (-65.3%) and 32.37 in FY2022 (+84.8%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly Times Interest Earned since fiscal Q3 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Times Interest Earned has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 2.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Times Interest Earned in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2022, with growth of 301.7%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2023, with a decline of 83.4%.
- According to Business Quant data, Times Interest Earned for the three prior fiscal quarters was 9.13 (Q3 2026), 13.50 (Q2 2026) and 19.92 (Q1 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK hynix | 24,980.27 Bn | 24,964.04 Bn | 43.99 Bn | 16.63 |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | 10,337.48 Bn | 9,919.73 Bn | 31.04 Bn | 277.36 |
| 3 | Nvidia | 3,939.34 Bn | 3,713.50 Bn | 72.14 Bn | - |
| 4 | Broadcom | 1,653.85 Bn | 1,579.89 Bn | 20.46 Bn | 20.51 |
| 5 | Micron Technology | 880.27 Bn | 785.91 Bn | 47.05 Bn | - |
| 6 | Advanced Micro Devices | 875.86 Bn | 824.07 Bn | 7.21 Bn | 45.68 |
| 7 | Asml Holding | 576.26 Bn | 531.95 Bn | 5.90 Bn | - |
| 8 | Intel | 316.79 Bn | 179.50 Bn | 7.10 Bn | - |
| 9 | Applied Materials | 294.03 Bn | 294.03 Bn | 5.25 Bn | - |
| 10 | Qualcomm | 184.89 Bn | 147.28 Bn | 5.24 Bn | 7.98 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2026 | 7.98 |
| Jun 28, 2026 | 9.13 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 13.50 |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 19.92 |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 17.06 |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 16.44 |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 19.14 |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 21.81 |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 14.34 |
| Jun 23, 2024 | 13.22 |
| Mar 24, 2024 | 13.60 |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 16.45 |
| Sep 24, 2023 | 8.15 |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 10.60 |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 11.68 |
| Dec 25, 2022 | 14.50 |
| Sep 25, 2022 | 25.28 |
| Jun 26, 2022 | 63.89 |
| Mar 27, 2022 | 28.16 |
| Dec 26, 2021 | 27.80 |
API Access
Qualcomm Times Interest Earned 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=times-interest-earned&ticker=QCOM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "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=times-interest-earned&ticker=QCOM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();