Qualcomm is engaged in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry. Co.'s reportable segments include: Qualcomm CDMA 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 Co.'s intellectual property portfolio, which, 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. The QCOM stock yearly return is shown above.
The yearly return on the QCOM stock yearly return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annual return over the calendar year 2017 for the given stock.
When performing this calculation it is important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annual return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon.
One way to factor dividends into the return is simply to count them as cash — we don't do
that here. Instead, our website aims to empower investors
by performing the QCOM annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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