QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM): return on equity, 10 filed years
ROE at QUALCOMM Incorporated was 26.1% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from -615.1% (FY2018) to 90.9% (FY2021), with a median of 36.1%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 26.1%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | ROE | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 17.9% | 10-K, filed 2016-11-02 |
| FY2017 | 8.0% | 10-K, filed 2017-11-01 |
| FY2018 | -615.1% | 10-K, filed 2018-11-07 |
| FY2019 | 89.3% | 10-K, filed 2019-11-06 |
| FY2020 | 85.5% | 10-K, filed 2020-11-04 |
| FY2021 | 90.9% | 10-K, filed 2021-11-03 |
| FY2022 | 71.8% | 10-K, filed 2022-11-02 |
| FY2023 | 33.5% | 10-K, filed 2023-11-01 |
| FY2024 | 38.6% | 10-K, filed 2024-11-06 |
| FY2025 | 26.1% | 10-K, filed 2025-11-05 |
How each year is computed
Net income / shareholders equity x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.