Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

Qualcomm offers a positively skewed diversification thesis at the August 28, 2026 issuer-reported price of $162.82. Management targets $40 billion of fiscal-2029 non-handset revenue, including more than $15 billion from data centers and $10 billion from automotive, together with more than $18 of non-GAAP EPS. These objectives could materially reduce handset concentration, while the $3.68 annualized dividend and expanded repurchase authorization support shareholder returns. The principal question is execution: data-center commercialization and sustained automotive and IoT expansion must offset handset cyclicality, customer vertical integration, China exposure and supply-chain constraints.

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This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.
Street view · analyst 12-month targets30 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026
Low · most bearish analyst$100.00
Mean target$193.10
High · most bullish analyst$400.00
Street targets sit above today's price; our intrinsic value sits below it. Different horizons, different questions.
Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 18 Sep 2026
Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date
Bear CaseDownside scenario
$120.0020%

Data-center commercialization or automotive conversion falls materially behind plan while handset weakness, customer vertical integration, China exposure, input-cost inflation or supply constraints pressure results. Management reduces one or more fiscal-2029 targets, and the shares revisit approximately the lower end of the issuer-reported 52-week range.

Base CaseCentral scenario
$193.1055%
Matches the consensus mean

Qualcomm makes credible progress toward its fiscal-2029 targets, with automotive and data centers offsetting subdued handset conditions and supporting gradual earnings expansion.

Bull CaseUpside scenario
$260.0025%

Qualcomm exceeds its fiscal-2029 diversification objectives as data-center products scale faster than planned, automotive converts its expanded design-win pipeline, and IoT strengthens. Non-handset revenue surpasses $40 billion and non-GAAP EPS exceeds $18, supporting a price target near the upper end of the issuer-reported 52-week trading range.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits
  • Management's fiscal-2029 framework targets $40 billion of non-handset revenue, including more than $15 billion from data centers and $10 billion from automotive, creating a measurable path away from handset concentration.
  • The board raised the annualized dividend to $3.68 per share and authorized a new $20 billion repurchase program in March 2026, augmenting the remaining authorization from the prior program.
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Key Investment Risks
  • The fiscal-2029 targets require substantial execution in newer markets, particularly data centers, where revenue must scale from an early commercial base.
  • Qualcomm identifies dependence on major customers, customer vertical integration, China concentration, limited suppliers, handset demand and geopolitical restrictions among material uncertainties.
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All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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