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QCOM Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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QCOMQUALCOMM Incorporated
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QCOM Dividend answer
QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 2.07%, or $3.68 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 2.03%, from $3.62 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.92 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Dec 3, 2026. Payment date: Dec 17, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.92 per share.
QCOM Dividend Snapshot
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Next QCOM Dividend Date
When QCOM next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next QCOM dividend
QCOM's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest QCOM Dividend Dates
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QCOM Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
QCOM Annual Dividend History
QCOM Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.92, event yield 2.13%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 6.49%
- Cohort rank
- #203
- Cohort standing
- Bottom half
- Technology rank
- #33
- 2020 regular DPS
- $2.570
- 2025 regular DPS
- $3.520
- Absolute change
- $0.950
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
QCOM's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 6.49% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #203 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
QCOM Dividend Yield
How QCOM's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
QCOM's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent QCOM dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $0.92 | $0.92 | 2.13% | Quarterly | $3.62 | Jul 9, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $0.92 | $0.92 | 1.48% | Quarterly | $3.59 | Apr 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | $0.89 | $0.89 | 2.60% | Quarterly | $3.56 | Jan 12, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $0.89 | $0.89 | 2.02% | Quarterly | $3.52 | Oct 6, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.89 | $0.89 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $3.48 | Jul 7, 2025 | Sep 4, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 |
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| Jun 5, 2025 | $0.89 | $0.89 | 2.33% | Quarterly | $3.44 | Apr 9, 2025 | Jun 5, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 |
| Mar 6, 2025 | $0.85 | $0.85 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $3.40 | Jan 17, 2025 | Mar 6, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 |
| Dec 5, 2024 | $0.85 | $0.85 | 2.09% | Quarterly | $3.35 | Oct 7, 2024 | Dec 5, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 |
| Sep 5, 2024 | $0.85 | $0.85 | 2.02% | Quarterly | $3.30 | Jul 17, 2024 | Sep 5, 2024 | Sep 26, 2024 |
| May 30, 2024 | $0.85 | $0.85 | 1.59% | Quarterly | $3.25 | Apr 12, 2024 | May 30, 2024 | Jun 20, 2024 |
| Feb 28, 2024 | $0.80 | $0.80 | 2.05% | Quarterly | $3.20 | Jan 19, 2024 | Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 21, 2024 |
| Nov 29, 2023 | $0.80 | $0.80 | 2.46% | Quarterly | $3.15 | Oct 13, 2023 | Nov 30, 2023 | Dec 14, 2023 |
| Aug 30, 2023 | $0.80 | $0.80 | 2.74% | Quarterly | $3.10 | Jul 14, 2023 | Aug 31, 2023 | Sep 21, 2023 |
| May 31, 2023 | $0.80 | $0.80 | 2.69% | Quarterly | $3.05 | Apr 12, 2023 | Jun 1, 2023 | Jun 22, 2023 |
| Mar 1, 2023 | $0.75 | $0.75 | 2.43% | Quarterly | $3.00 | Jan 18, 2023 | Mar 2, 2023 | Mar 23, 2023 |
| Nov 30, 2022 | $0.75 | $0.75 | 2.37% | Quarterly | $3.00 | Oct 14, 2022 | Dec 1, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Aug 31, 2022 | $0.75 | $0.75 | 2.22% | Quarterly | $2.93 | Jul 15, 2022 | Sep 1, 2022 | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Jun 1, 2022 | $0.75 | $0.75 | 2.04% | Quarterly | $2.86 | Apr 13, 2022 | Jun 2, 2022 | Jun 23, 2022 |
| Mar 2, 2022 | $0.75 | $0.75 | 1.65% | Quarterly | $2.79 | Jan 18, 2022 | Mar 3, 2022 | Mar 24, 2022 |
| Dec 1, 2021 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 1.53% | Quarterly | $2.69 | Oct 13, 2021 | Dec 2, 2021 | Dec 16, 2021 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 1.82% | Quarterly | $2.66 | Jul 14, 2021 | Sep 2, 2021 | Sep 23, 2021 |
| Jun 2, 2021 | $0.68 | $0.68 | 1.97% | Quarterly | $2.63 | Apr 14, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 | Jun 24, 2021 |
| Mar 3, 2021 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 1.97% | Quarterly | $2.60 | Jan 20, 2021 | Mar 4, 2021 | Mar 25, 2021 |
| Dec 2, 2020 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 1.71% | Quarterly | $2.57 | Oct 14, 2020 | Dec 3, 2020 | Dec 17, 2020 |
| Sep 2, 2020 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 2.06% | Quarterly | $2.54 | Jul 15, 2020 | Sep 3, 2020 | Sep 24, 2020 |
| Jun 3, 2020 | $0.65 | $0.65 | 2.98% | Quarterly | $2.51 | Apr 7, 2020 | Jun 4, 2020 | Jun 25, 2020 |
| Mar 4, 2020 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 3.03% | Quarterly | $2.48 | Jan 9, 2020 | Mar 5, 2020 | Mar 26, 2020 |
| Dec 4, 2019 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 3.02% | Quarterly | $2.48 | Oct 9, 2019 | Dec 5, 2019 | Dec 19, 2019 |
| Sep 11, 2019 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 3.10% | Quarterly | $2.48 | Jul 17, 2019 | Sep 12, 2019 | Sep 26, 2019 |
| Jun 5, 2019 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 3.70% | Quarterly | $2.48 | May 7, 2019 | Jun 6, 2019 | Jun 27, 2019 |
| Mar 6, 2019 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 4.53% | Quarterly | $2.48 | Jan 14, 2019 | Mar 7, 2019 | Mar 28, 2019 |
| Dec 6, 2018 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 4.25% | Quarterly | $2.43 | Oct 23, 2018 | Dec 6, 2018 | Dec 20, 2018 |
| Sep 4, 2018 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 3.40% | Quarterly | $2.38 | Jul 12, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 | Sep 26, 2018 |
| May 29, 2018 | $0.62 | $0.62 | 4.00% | Quarterly | $2.33 | Apr 17, 2018 | May 30, 2018 | Jun 20, 2018 |
| Feb 27, 2018 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 3.44% | Quarterly | $2.28 | Jan 12, 2018 | Feb 28, 2018 | Mar 21, 2018 |
| Nov 28, 2017 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 3.28% | Quarterly | $2.24 | Oct 10, 2017 | Nov 29, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 |
| Aug 28, 2017 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 4.25% | Quarterly | — | Jul 13, 2017 | Aug 30, 2017 | Sep 20, 2017 |
| May 26, 2017 | $0.57 | $0.57 | 3.76% | Quarterly | — | Apr 12, 2017 | May 31, 2017 | Jun 21, 2017 |
| Feb 27, 2017 | $0.53 | $0.53 | 3.74% | Quarterly | — | Jan 12, 2017 | Mar 1, 2017 | Mar 22, 2017 |
| Nov 28, 2016 | $0.53 | $0.53 | 3.08% | Quarterly | — | Oct 6, 2016 | Nov 30, 2016 | Dec 16, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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QCOM Dividends FAQ
Does QCOM pay a dividend?
QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.92 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is QCOM's dividend yield?
QCOM's trailing dividend yield is 2.03%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is QCOM's next dividend?
QCOM's next announced dividend is $0.92 per share with an ex-dividend date of Dec 3, 2026 and payment date of Dec 17, 2026.
When is QCOM's ex-dividend date?
QCOM's next announced ex-dividend date is Dec 3, 2026.
How has QCOM's dividend changed?
QCOM's one-year dividend growth is 4.02% based on comparable covered dividend history.