Is QCOM a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores QUALCOMM Incorporated on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how QCOM compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is QUALCOMM Incorporated's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to QCOM based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes QCOM a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

QCOM - QUALCOMM Incorporated

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Platform & Compounding FCF

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

B 73.9 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for platform & compounding fcf businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 25%

B- 66.3

5yr Avg ROIC 18.4% 88/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.26 pp/yr 15/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A 92.8

5yr Avg ROE 42.3% 100/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -1.0% 80/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 25%

C- 47.9

5yr Revenue CAGR 7.2% 71/100
5yr EPS CAGR -10.7% 0/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 4/5 80/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 20%

A+ 95.5

5yr FCF Margin 25.3% 95/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 1.25x 96/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 10%

A+ 96.6

Net Debt / EBITDA 0.26x 92/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 20.07x 100/100
Altman Z-Score 6.79 100/100

Stability

Weight: 5%

C 52.4

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.53 28/100
Piotroski F-Score 6 67/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 1/5 80/100

5 of 5 gurus held; 3 added; 2 trimmed.

Holders: 5
Avg Δ position: +30.5%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 0

Wood increased +228%
Cooperman decreased -89%
Greenblatt increased +69%

How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (25%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (25%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (20%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (10%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (5%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.