Qualcomm engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry. Co.'s segments are: Qualcomm Code Division Multiple Access Technologies, which is a developer and supplier of integrated circuits and system software based on third generation/fourth generation/fifth generation and other technologies; Qualcomm Technology Licensing, which grants licenses or otherwise provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, that, among other rights, includes certain patent rights essential to and/or useful in the manufacture, sale and/or use of certain wireless products; and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives, which makes investments. We show 56 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our QCOM shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute QCOM market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing Qualcomm market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing Qualcomm's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of Qualcomm versus a peer is one thing; comparing
Qualcomm market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like Qualcomm can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching Qualcomm by allowing them to research the Qualcomm market cap history. |
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