50% off Premium Yearly
QualcommQCOMBUYJan 10, 2014Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 16, 2026. Market Open.
Held back by focus on handset market, which hasn't grown in last number of years. Company is moving away from that -- getting into internet of things, automotive, autonomous driving. So its chips have application in new technology areas. Trades at 13x PE, much cheaper than peers. Yield is 2.16%.
(Analysts’ price target is $180.71)It is losing Apple's business but there have been contentious issues with them over the years and there are lots of other great things going on. It has a big business with the Android smart phone, which is much bigger than Apple was. Also it has built out a lot of business in the automotive sector and Meta Ray-Ban glasses. It is getting into data centres with chips for laptops that can help batteries last longer. AI will need better hardware and Qualcomm can enable that. Trades at 12X earnings which is at a big discount to the market. Buy 24 Hold 20 Sell 1
(Analysts’ price target is $177.88)He bought more. 14x forward PE and pays a 2.3% dividend yield. Good value. The ARM lawsuit was an overhang, but now resolved in QCOM's favour. This and the semis saw momentum in the first half of 2024. Business fundamentals remain intact; only QCOM can serve certain AI applications. Likes it for the long run.
They think they can grow margins. One of the concerns is in emerging markets as to whether the margins are as good there. They are seeing pretty good numbers. Still quite a bit ahead of the curve on the chipset side. Have the patents on the 3G, but also on the LTE. Some concerns about what happens if we go to single LT and what happens to the margins. That seems to be 5 years plus down the road. Revenues have been 30% plus in the last little while. Trading at 15X earnings, so probably a pretty good bet here.