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QCOM · CIK 0000804328 · FY2025 live · 2025-09-30

QUALCOMM INC/DE

SafeSEC 10-KClassic ZTechnology73rd percentile in Technology · 226 names

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Model

Classic Z

FY2025

3.11

Zone

Safe

vs FY2024

+0.28

Market DD

1y PD

3.11

Z″ 5.94

−21.83.08+

Score 3.11 · distress below 1.80, grey to 2.99, safe at 3.00 and above.

Classic Z factor contributions

  • X1 Working capital / assets

    Short-term liquidity versus the size of the balance sheet.

    0.33
    1.2 × = 0.40
  • X2 Retained earnings / assets

    Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.

    0.41
    1.4 × = 0.58
  • X3 EBIT / assets

    Operating return on assets. Highest weight in the original model.

    0.25
    3.3 × = 0.81
  • X4 Book equity / liabilities

    Book equity versus the liability stack. Mega-caps often look greyer here than they would if X4 used market cap.

    0.73
    0.6 × = 0.44
  • X5 Sales / assets

    Asset turnover — how much revenue the asset base supports.

    0.88
    1 × = 0.88

Five-year path

Z plus liquidity (working capital / assets) and earnings (EBIT / assets) over the last 5 annual filings.

Meridian Rank

80.47

from 81

0–100 · Classic Z family

  • Book standing

    81

  • Year change

    70

  • Market PD

  • O-score

    93

Events on this name

Same published rows as Today.

  • Entered safe

    material · 61

    • Zone: Grey → Safe
    • Live score: 2.83 → 3.11
    • Meridian Rank: 81 → 80.47
  • Large leverage change

    material · 59

    • X4: 0.91 → 0.73

Overview

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QUALCOMM INC/DE is on classic Z at 3.11 (safe) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Sales / assets is the line that sets the print; EBIT / assets is the runner-up. The zone moved grey → safe (+0.28 versus FY2024 2.83). No market tape loaded. Classic Z was fit on manufacturers. Buybacks can send retained earnings negative at otherwise healthy issuers. X4 is book equity.

Book screen Safe; market PD —. Market PD has not been priced on this name.

Market DD · naive Merton

No market tape yet.

Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.

Sector peers

Closest Classic Z scores · 73rd percentile in Technology.

Filing line items

Current assets

$25.8B

Total assets

$50.1B

Current liabilities

$9.1B

Total liabilities

$28.9B

Working capital

$16.6B

Retained earnings

$20.6B

EBIT

$12.4B

Total sales

$44.3B

Book equity

$21.2B

Accession 0000804328-25-000085. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-09-30). Classic Z is the live score. View as is a display overlay. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.