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Company snapshot — Qualcomm Incorporated

QCOM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Qualcomm designs and sells chips and licenses patents for the wireless industry. Its chip business supplies processors and connectivity software for phones, automotive systems including driver-assistance features, and other connected devices; its licensing arm charges royalties on patents that cover cellular standards from 3G through 5G; and a smaller arm invests in early-stage companies across AI, automotive and cloud. It is based in San Diego and also does contract work for government agencies.
Where it sits in the stack
Qualcomm sits in our Rubin Build-Out 100, the index that tracks the AI build-out supply chain, in the Architects sleeve alongside the fabless and integrated chip designers who set what compute in the build-out looks like. Its seat there rests on edge inference, running AI models on the device itself rather than sending the work to a data centre, which makes it a supplier into the build-out's on-device layer rather than the data-centre one.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group for Qualcomm is built around mobile and edge silicon: Broadcom, MediaTek, AMD, Arm and Nvidia; the market also compares it with Apple's in-house chip effort.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds seats in the Rubin Build-Out 100, the Agentic Winners 40 and the Nasdaq-100. It carries a Closelook score with quality as the strongest module and momentum as the weakest. The diary's Dossier edition places it in the orchestration layer alongside Cloudflare and Arm, the 101 edition names it as the edge-inference entry in a sort of inference economics, and a Daily Pulse note once tracked an options position tied to the stock.
What the diary watches
Whether on-device AI work at the edge keeps growing fast enough to offset the softer momentum reading, and whether licensing revenue holds up as newer wireless standards phase in.

Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology. Constituent of Agentic Winners 40 and Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelook company score reads 56/100 composite (momentum 45, quality 75, valuation 53) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: QCOM news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for QCOM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Piper Sandler, 2026-09-09

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for QCOM from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Piper Sandler — target 190 Target set to $190 (+7.7% to spot) 2026-09-09

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Mobile and edge silicon · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Mobile and edge silicon

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against QCOM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelook index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-09-17

DayWeekMonth3 months
QCOM+2.1%+6.7%+17.8%−11.4%
Architects (Chip Design)+3.8%+2.9%+10.3%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.5%−2.2%−2.9%—

Against the index: 8.9 pts ahead on the week, 20.7 pts ahead on the month; against its Architects (Chip Design) sleeve 7.5 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)?

Qualcomm Incorporated trades as QCOM on the US exchange and is classified under Technology in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is QCOM in a Closelook index?

Yes — Qualcomm Incorporated is a constituent of Agentic Winners 40 and Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-18.

What is Qualcomm Incorporated's Closelook composite score?

56 out of 100, with momentum 45, quality 75 and valuation 53 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-18. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does QCOM trade against its moving averages?

Trending: Above its 20-, 50- and 200-day; consensus target sits +8.4% higher. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is QCOM doing against its Closelook index?

Over the past month Qualcomm Incorporated is +17.8% against −2.9% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 20.7 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-17. Its Architects (Chip Design) sleeve is +10.3% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does Qualcomm Incorporated do?

Qualcomm designs and sells chips and licenses patents for the wireless industry. Its chip business supplies processors and connectivity software for phones, automotive systems including driver-assistance features, and other connected devices; its licensing arm charges royalties on patents that cover cellular standards from 3G through 5G; and a smaller arm invests in early-stage companies across AI, automotive and cloud. It is based in San Diego and also does contract work for government agencies. Closelook's peer group for Qualcomm is built around mobile and edge silicon: Broadcom, MediaTek, AMD, Arm and Nvidia; the market also compares it with Apple's in-house chip effort.

Where does Qualcomm Incorporated sit in the AI build-out?

Qualcomm sits in our Rubin Build-Out 100, the index that tracks the AI build-out supply chain, in the Architects sleeve alongside the fabless and integrated chip designers who set what compute in the build-out looks like. Its seat there rests on edge inference, running AI models on the device itself rather than sending the work to a data centre, which makes it a supplier into the build-out's on-device layer rather than the data-centre one. It holds seats in the Rubin Build-Out 100, the Agentic Winners 40 and the Nasdaq-100. It carries a Closelook score with quality as the strongest module and momentum as the weakest. The diary's Dossier edition places it in the orchestration layer alongside Cloudflare and Arm, the 101 edition names it as the edge-inference entry in a sort of inference economics, and a Daily Pulse note once tracked an options position tied to the stock.

What has Wall Street done on Qualcomm Incorporated recently?

The most recent analyst action on Qualcomm Incorporated on the Closelook wire is a price target by Piper Sandler on 2026-09-09 (target 190). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Qualcomm Incorporated?

Qualcomm Incorporated appears in 11 Closelook pieces, most recently Morning 10: Oil knocks on $100 and Wall Street sells everything but the AI pipe: Intel +9%, Lumentum +11%, Dow −1.2% — Seoul buys the dip and the Kospi is back above 7,000 (2026-09-09); Daily Pulse: Options Diary — Everything Got More Time, Except the One That Didn’t (2026-08-15); Morning 10: Korea crashes again, Iran strikes — and Advantest raises its year 35% (2026-07-29). What Closelook said most recently: A new June 2027 put went on in SKHY; the QCOM short call came off. (Daily Pulse, 2026-08-15). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for QCOM, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 11 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Oil knocks on $100 and Wall Street sells everything but the AI pipe: Intel +9%, Lumentum +11%, Dow −1.2% — Seoul buys the dip and the Kospi is back above 7,000” (2026-09-09)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where QCOM appears in the diary — 11 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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