A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.
The historical rank and industry rank for Qualcomm's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
QCOM'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0.15 Max: 20.29
Current: 0.9
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Qualcomm was 20.29. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.15.
QCOM's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than 85.65% of 829
companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 0.24
vs QCOM: 0.90
Qualcomm Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Qualcomm's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Qualcomm Annual Data
Trend
Sep13
Sep14
Sep15
Sep16
Sep17
Sep18
Sep19
Sep20
Sep21
Sep22
Debt-to-Equity
20.29
3.25
2.59
1.58
0.86
Qualcomm Quarterly Data
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Debt-to-Equity
1.39
1.18
0.97
0.86
0.90
Competitive Comparison
For the Semiconductors subindustry, Qualcomm's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Qualcomm Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Qualcomm's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Qualcomm's Debt-to-Equity falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Debt-to-Equity's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.
Qualcomm Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Qualcomm's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.
Qualcomm Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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Qualcomm develops and licenses wireless technology and designs chips for smartphones. The company's key patents revolve around CDMA and OFDMA technologies, which are standards in wireless communications that are the backbone of all 3G and 4G networks. The firm is a leader in 5G network technology as well. Qualcomm's IP is licensed by virtually all wireless device makers. The firm is also the world's largest wireless chip vendor, supplying nearly every premier handset maker with leading-edge processors. Qualcomm also sells RF-front end modules into smartphones and chips into automotive and Internet of Things markets.
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