Qualcomm (QCOM): return calculator
Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) shares — chips and patents for smartphones and 5G networks.
Updated
- Type
- Stocks
- Market
- Nasdaq
- Currency
- USD
- Sector
- Semiconductors
- Data range
- 2016-06 – 2026-06 · 10 years
- Source
- Marketstack
US$1,000 invested 10 years ago would be worth today
US$4,876
+387.6% total return
Try your own values in the calculators below.
Return calculator
Pick an amount and a period to see what an investment in Qualcomm (QCOM) would be worth today. By default we include reinvested dividends (total return).
Lump sum
What a one-off investment would be worth today.
Monthly investing (DCA)
What investing the same amount every month would be worth.
Estimate before taxes, fees and currency-conversion costs. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.
Investment growth
Performance
Data for the last 10 years · 2016-06 → 2026-06
Comparison with the market
US$1,000 invested vs S&P 500 ETF (SPY):
- Qualcomm (QCOM)
- US$4,876
- S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
- US$3,975
Qualcomm (QCOM) beat S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by US$902 (+23%) over this period.
Risk & drawdowns
The largest peak-to-trough drop in the window was -41.1%. An investor who bought near the prior peak would have seen the investment fall significantly before recovering.
Scenarios
Illustrative results based on the available data.
US$1,000 5 years ago
US$1,582
lump sum, +58.1963198768628% return
US$100/mo for 5 years
US$9,409
invested US$6,100
If it repeats +17.17%/yr for 10 years
US$4,877
projection from US$1,000 (hypothetical)
About Qualcomm (QCOM)
Qualcomm Inc. designs the Snapdragon chips found in much of the Android smartphone market and holds a large portfolio of patents essential to mobile networks (3G, 4G and 5G), which earn it licensing revenue. It is also expanding into automotive and Internet-of-Things chips.
It trades on the Nasdaq under QCOM and is part of the S&P 500. As a semiconductor company, its results are sensitive to the smartphone cycle and to patent litigation.
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Sources & methodology
Prices: Marketstack. Monthly series, total return (dividends reinvested). Data through 2026-06.
Total return assumes dividends are reinvested; you can turn that off to see price-only appreciation. Values are estimates before taxes, fees and currency-conversion costs.
Page generated and reviewed by the Calculadora Capital editorial team. Last updated 2026-06.