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Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Qualcomm Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Sep 27, 2026 Jun 28, 2026 Mar 29, 2026 Dec 28, 2025 Sep 28, 2025 Jun 29, 2025 Mar 30, 2025 Dec 29, 2024 Sep 29, 2024 Jun 23, 2024 Mar 24, 2024 Dec 24, 2023 Sep 24, 2023 Jun 25, 2023 Mar 26, 2023 Dec 25, 2022 Sep 25, 2022 Jun 26, 2022 Mar 27, 2022 Dec 26, 2021 Sep 26, 2021 Jun 27, 2021 Mar 28, 2021 Dec 27, 2020
Net income from continuing operations 1,251 2,002 7,371 3,004 (3,117) 2,666 2,812 3,180 2,915 2,108 2,276 2,811 1,629 1,735 1,702 2,273 2,923 3,730 2,934 3,399 2,798 2,028 1,762 2,455
Depreciation and amortization expense 428 396 413 393 371 398 397 436 439 419 411 437 462 479 470 398 490 438 428 406 425 406 387 364
Income tax provision in excess of (less than) income tax payments (308) 307 (6,148) 291 5,515 (636) (1,146) 247 (526) (774) (752) (1,012) (433) (205) (511) (120) 96 169 (675) 272 113 (123) (288) 53
Share-based compensation expense 873 830 861 888 663 659 702 759 697 644 705 602 608 614 628 634 521 516 498 496 425 424 422 392
Net (gains) losses on marketable securities and other investments 181 (886) 118 (165) (84) (288) 36 (45) (35) (41) (202) (71) (68) (39) (20) (25) 58 161 316 (103) (515) (186) (106) (195)
Impairment losses on other investments 27 61 — — 20 52 41 — 13 4 62 — 12 19 101 — 6 20 21 — — — — —
Equity in net earnings of investees (109) (66) (83) — 1 3 (16) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Other items 32 (5) (7) (40) (18) 43 (30) (23) 3 (33) (39) 9 184 7 49 (33) (13) 15 (31) (25) 5 (17) (14) (18)
Accounts receivable, net 479 (322) (185) 243 (900) 308 (165) 392 (989) 129 417 (325) 665 (157) 270 1,694 (1,850) 285 (47) (454) (626) 394 799 (141)
Inventories (251) (996) (703) (99) (171) (169) 91 111 (384) 69 163 165 200 204 80 (476) (936) (864) (699) (638) (113) (449) (122) 62
Other assets (91) (242) 466 553 610 62 151 148 110 (101) 106 115 (1) (11) 206 409 94 (548) (308) (1,504) (1,688) 99 37 (97)
Trade accounts payable (152) (80) 302 (73) 339 (123) (108) 11 (9) 271 179 241 172 306 (1,094) (1,264) 88 (31) 198 781 46 158 162 129
Payroll, benefits and other liabilities 380 (8) 44 (30) 767 (100) (211) (629) 413 357 303 (7) 665 38 (391) (367) 139 (996) 63 (573) 207 639 (128) 171
Changes in assets and liabilities 365 (1,648) (76) 594 645 (22) (242) 33 (859) 725 1,168 189 1,701 380 (929) (4) (2,465) (2,154) (793) (2,388) (2,174) 841 748 124
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities 1,489 (1,011) (4,922) 1,961 7,113 209 (258) 1,407 (268) 944 1,353 154 2,466 1,255 (212) 850 (1,307) (835) (236) (1,342) (1,721) 1,345 1,149 720
Net cash provided by operating activities 2,740 991 2,449 4,965 3,996 2,875 2,554 4,587 2,647 3,052 3,629 2,965 4,095 2,990 1,490 3,123 1,616 2,895 2,698 2,057 1,077 3,373 2,911 3,175
Capital expenditures (916) (496) (533) (549) (407) (294) (214) (277) (256) (387) (184) (214) (293) (306) (453) (398) (634) (554) (491) (583) (430) (506) (483) (469)
Purchases of debt and equity marketable securities (499) (524) (1,042) (883) (909) (459) (2,412) (914) (913) (1,314) (1,390) (1,452) (646) — — (22) (145) (333) (419) (517) (449) (1,266) (1,944) (2,248)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of debt and equity marketable securities 1,010 1,911 1,218 767 863 2,737 1,403 752 782 717 715 463 447 628 272 219 662 397 430 1,133 1,073 1,335 1,535 1,612
Acquisitions and other investments, net of cash acquired (4) (335) (148) (1,090) (32) (370) (81) (260) (20) (69) (105) (60) (128) (46) (32) (29) (169) (4,455) (50) (238) (93) (48) (1,098) (138)
Proceeds from other investments 19 26 — — 8 12 41 — 18 8 62 — 7 2 7 4 7 28 4 93 86 67 157 10
Other items (1) (8) 4 34 6 5 (26) 28 — 4 (37) 7 7 22 24 93 (11) 41 — — (137) 46 1 31
Net cash used by investing activities (391) 574 (501) (1,721) (471) 1,631 (1,289) (671) (389) (1,041) (939) (1,256) (606) 300 (182) (133) (290) (4,876) (526) (112) 50 (372) (1,832) (1,202)
Proceeds from short-term debt 1,835 1,992 1,246 — — 498 — 500 — — 399 400 400 — 3,210 1,458 3,935 1,603 752 710 701 606 760 819
Repayment of short-term debt (1,833) (1,993) (750) — — (498) — (500) — — (399) (400) (400) (498) (2,713) (1,955) (3,937) (1,604) (752) (710) (700) (606) (761) (818)
Repayment of debt of acquired company — — (174) — (4) — — — — — — — — — — — — (349) — — — — — —
Proceeds from long-term debt — — — — — 1,487 — — — — — — — — — 1,880 — 1,477 — — — — — —
Repayment of long-term debt — — — — — (1,365) — — — (914) — — — — (1,446) — — (1,540) — — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 1 223 — — 203 — 201 — 187 1 195 — 201 1 232 — 168 1 187 — 173 — 174 —
Repurchases and retirements of common stock (1,011) (1,364) (2,792) (2,650) (2,444) (2,849) (1,748) (1,750) (1,303) (1,303) (731) (784) (400) (400) (903) (1,270) (500) (500) (951) (1,178) (771) (630) (1,521) (444)
Dividends paid (986) (973) (946) (949) (957) (968) (938) (942) (948) (949) (895) (895) (893) (893) (834) (842) (841) (842) (764) (765) (768) (767) (734) (739)
Payments of tax withholdings related to vesting of share-based awards (246) (352) (256) (280) (237) (269) (294) (315) (135) (282) (145) (370) (22) (167) (23) (309) (15) (189) (62) (500) (27) (209) (52) (449)
Other items (9) (4) (21) (3) 3 (7) (2) (1) — (21) (4) 8 (3) 27 (66) 23 (2) (17) (8) (3) (10) (2) (9) (14)
Net cash used by financing activities (2,249) (2,471) (3,693) (3,882) (3,436) (3,971) (2,781) (3,008) (2,199) (3,468) (1,580) (2,041) (1,117) (1,930) (2,543) (1,015) (1,192) (1,960) (1,598) (2,446) (1,402) (1,608) (2,143) (1,645)
Net cash used by operating activities from discontinued operations — — — — — — — — — — (75) (16) (5) (333) (33) (28) (170) — — — — — — —
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities from discontinued operations — — — — — — — — 4 (2) — — (12) 1,437 (42) — — — — — — — — —
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities from discontinued operations — — — — — — — — — 19 — — — (58) — — — — — — — — — —
Net cash provided (used) by discontinued operations — — — — — — — — 4 17 (75) (16) (17) 1,046 (75) (28) (170) — — — — — — —
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 3 4 (25) — (17) 33 6 (44) 16 (9) (10) 15 (5) (11) 19 27 (63) (34) (8) (8) (8) 6 (12) 41
Net increase (decrease) in total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 103 (902) (1,770) (638) 72 568 (1,510) 864 79 (1,449) 1,025 (333) 2,350 2,395 (1,291) 1,974 (99) (3,975) 566 (509) (283) 1,399 (1,076) 369

Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2026-09-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-12-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-09-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-12-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-09-29), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-23), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-12-24), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-09-24), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-12-25), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-09-25), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-12-26), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-09-26), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-27), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-28), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-12-27).


The company demonstrates a consistent ability to generate significant cash from its core operations, maintaining positive net cash provided by operating activities across all reported periods. While net income exhibits substantial quarterly volatility—characterized by a sharp decline in September 2025 followed by a peak in March 2026—the operational cash flow remains more resilient, generally fluctuating between 1.5 billion and 5 billion US dollars.

Operational Cash Flow and Non-Cash Adjustments
A steady increase in share-based compensation expense is observable, rising from approximately 392 million US dollars in December 2020 to 873 million US dollars by September 2026. Depreciation and amortization expenses have remained remarkably stable, consistently hovering around the 400 million US dollar mark per quarter. Tax provision adjustments show extreme variance, including a significant positive adjustment of 5.5 billion US dollars in September 2025 and a negative adjustment of 6.1 billion US dollars in March 2026, indicating complex tax timing or one-time regulatory impacts.
Investing Activities and Asset Management
Investing activities are marked by periodic large-scale capital deployments. A major outflow occurred in June 2022, where net cash used by investing activities reached 4.88 billion US dollars, primarily driven by acquisitions. Capital expenditures have historically ranged between 200 million and 600 million US dollars, though a peak of 916 million US dollars was recorded in September 2026. Marketable securities are managed actively, with frequent purchases and sales used to balance the company's liquidity position.
Financing Activities and Shareholder Returns
There is a clear and accelerating trend toward returning capital to shareholders. Dividend payments have scaled incrementally from 739 million US dollars per quarter in late 2020 to 986 million US dollars by September 2026. Share repurchases have intensified significantly; while early periods showed outflows between 400 million and 1.5 billion US dollars, the period from June 2025 to March 2026 saw consistent quarterly buybacks exceeding 2.4 billion US dollars. These activities ensure that financing cash flows remain consistently negative.
Debt and Liquidity Dynamics
Short-term debt is employed as a revolving instrument, with proceeds and repayments often offsetting each other almost exactly within the same quarter. Long-term debt activity is sporadic, with notable repayments in March 2023 and June 2024. The net change in total cash is highly erratic, reflecting the timing of large acquisition payments and the aggressive scale of the share repurchase program relative to operational inflows.

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