Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: QCOM stock price vs MSFT: inconclusive — current versus $342.17 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at MSFT's multiple
Implied fair value · at QCOM's multiple
Needs QCOM P/E.
Close Dec 31, 2025
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
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Trendline
Eight period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
QUALCOMM INC/DE · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
MICROSOFT CORP · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe QCOM can sustain its mid-teens growth and high ROIC while narrowing the profitability gap to MSFT, then hold or modestly accumulate because the stock is cheaper than MSFT on sales and EBITDA multiples despite being nearly fully valued on P/E.
QCOM's current price of $176.25 is essentially at the P/E implied price of $177.63, leaving only 0.8% upside/downside on this method. On other valuation measures, QCOM screens cheaper than MSFT, especially on P/S and EV-based multiples, but that discount is offset by weaker profitability.
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