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QCOM (Qualcomm) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 4.40% (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Qualcomm Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Qualcomm's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was $223,807 Mil. Qualcomm's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 was $9,850 Mil. Qualcomm's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 4.40%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Qualcomm's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

QCOM' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.1   Med: 6.85   Max: 11.94
Current: 5.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Qualcomm was 11.94%. The lowest was 1.10%. And the median was 6.85%.

QCOM's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
73.33% of 1005 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.91 vs QCOM: 5.23

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Qualcomm's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 15.34%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Qualcomm Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Qualcomm's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Qualcomm Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Qualcomm Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.90 4.59 7.30 11.42 6.37

Qualcomm Quarterly Data
Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.28 6.37 5.29 4.89 4.40

Competitive Comparison of Qualcomm's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Qualcomm's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % 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's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Qualcomm's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Qualcomm's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Qualcomm Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Qualcomms Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=8137/127794.84
=6.37 %

Qualcomm's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $9,850 Mil.



Qualcomm  (NAS:QCOM) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Qualcomm Business Description

Industry
Address
5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA, USA, 92121-1714
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, 4G, and 5G networks. 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, as well as chips into automotive and Internet of Things markets.
Executives
Neil Martin officer: SVP, Finance and CAO 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Akash J. Palkhiwala officer: SVP & Interim CFO 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
James H Thompson officer: EVP, Qualcomm Technologies Inc 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Neil Smit director C/O AMERICA ONLINE LATIN AMERICA, INC., 6600 N. ANDREWS AVE., SUITE 400, FT. LAUDERDALE FL 33309
Cristiano R Amon officer: President 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Sylvia Acevedo director 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
James J Cathey officer: Chief Commercial Officer 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Alexander H Rogers officer: EVP & President, QTL 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Jeffrey William Henderson director 7000 CARDINAL PLACE, DUBLIN OH 43017
Erin L Polek officer: SVP Corporate Controller & CAO 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Ann C Chaplin officer: General Counsel&Corp Secretary 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Donald J Rosenberg officer: EVP, GC & Corporate Secretary QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Brian Modoff officer: EVP, Strategy and M&A 5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Gregory N Johnson director C/O INTUIT INC., 2700 COAST AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
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