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Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM)

Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data

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Activity ratios measure how efficiently a company performs day-to-day tasks, such us the collection of receivables and management of inventory.

Long-term Activity Ratios (Summary)

Qualcomm Inc., long-term (investment) activity ratios (quarterly data)

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Sep 29, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 30, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 24, 2018 Mar 25, 2018 Dec 24, 2017 Sep 24, 2017 Jun 25, 2017 Mar 26, 2017 Dec 25, 2016 Sep 25, 2016 Jun 26, 2016 Mar 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2015 Sep 27, 2015 Jun 28, 2015 Mar 29, 2015 Dec 28, 2014 Sep 28, 2014 Jun 29, 2014 Mar 30, 2014 Dec 29, 2013
Net fixed asset turnover 7.88 8.32 7.21 7.33 7.64 7.43 7.01 6.94 6.93 7.13 7.58 10.47 10.21 9.75 9.46 9.64 9.98 10.30 10.90 10.65 10.65 — — —
Total asset turnover 0.74 0.74 0.62 0.63 0.70 0.37 0.35 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.41 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.48 0.50 0.51 0.58 0.56 0.55 — — —
Equity turnover 4.94 4.62 5.49 5.95 24.50 0.99 0.95 0.93 0.73 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.74 0.74 0.76 0.79 0.80 0.80 0.73 0.69 0.68 — — —

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-11-06), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-05-01), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-01-30), 10-K (filing date: 2018-11-07), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-07-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-04-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-01-31), 10-K (filing date: 2017-11-01), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-07-19), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-04-19), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-01-25), 10-K (filing date: 2016-11-02), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-07-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-04-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-01-27), 10-K (filing date: 2015-11-04), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-07-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-04-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-01-28), 10-K (filing date: 2014-11-05), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-07-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-04-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-01-29).

Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. Qualcomm Inc.’s net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2019 to Q3 2019 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2019 to Q4 2019.
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. Qualcomm Inc.’s total asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2019 to Q3 2019 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2019 to Q4 2019.
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. Qualcomm Inc.’s equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2019 to Q3 2019 but then slightly improved from Q3 2019 to Q4 2019.

Net Fixed Asset Turnover

Qualcomm Inc., net fixed asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 29, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 30, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 24, 2018 Mar 25, 2018 Dec 24, 2017 Sep 24, 2017 Jun 25, 2017 Mar 26, 2017 Dec 25, 2016 Sep 25, 2016 Jun 26, 2016 Mar 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2015 Sep 27, 2015 Jun 28, 2015 Mar 29, 2015 Dec 28, 2014 Sep 28, 2014 Jun 29, 2014 Mar 30, 2014 Dec 29, 2013
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenues 4,814  9,635  4,982  4,842  5,804  5,599  5,261  6,068  5,905  5,371  5,016  5,999  6,184  6,044  5,551  5,775  5,456  5,832  6,894  7,099  6,692  6,806  6,367  6,622 
Property, plant and equipment, net 3,081  3,037  2,945  2,932  2,975  3,073  3,224  3,224  3,216  3,164  3,065  2,270  2,306  2,341  2,391  2,484  2,534  2,574  2,523  2,531  2,487  2,555  2,573  2,562 
Long-term Activity Ratio
Net fixed asset turnover1 7.88 8.32 7.21 7.33 7.64 7.43 7.01 6.94 6.93 7.13 7.58 10.47 10.21 9.75 9.46 9.64 9.98 10.30 10.90 10.65 10.65 — — —
Benchmarks
Net Fixed Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Apple Inc. 6.96 6.88 6.67 6.61 6.43 6.70 7.05 7.10 6.79 7.63 8.12 8.23 7.98 8.66 9.81 10.54 10.40 10.61 10.53 9.80 8.86 — — —
Applied Materials Inc. — 9.83 10.56 11.54 12.26 13.03 13.11 12.94 13.64 13.92 13.36 12.48 11.55 10.93 10.58 10.53 10.83 10.83 10.52 10.70 10.54 10.36 9.95 9.61
Broadcom Inc. — 8.53 8.22 7.94 7.91 7.51 7.22 6.85 6.79 5.82 5.89 5.90 5.28 4.25 3.57 4.62 4.67 4.72 4.54 4.09 3.69 3.36 3.82 3.88
Cisco Systems Inc. 18.61 18.11 17.34 17.00 16.41 15.78 15.45 14.92 14.45 14.29 14.19 13.98 14.05 14.01 14.65 14.82 14.75 14.86 14.97 14.63 14.50 — — —
Intel Corp. — 1.31 1.37 1.42 1.45 1.47 1.44 1.46 1.53 1.57 1.62 1.64 1.64 1.67 1.67 1.72 1.74 1.75 1.69 1.68 1.68 — — —
NVIDIA Corp. 8.34 9.61 10.22 10.30 9.74 14.96 14.44 13.99 13.26 12.20 11.21 10.78 10.75 10.19 9.62 8.65 8.40 8.07 7.91 7.50 7.09 — — —
Texas Instruments Inc. — 4.45 4.53 4.70 4.96 5.18 5.49 5.61 5.62 5.70 5.64 5.50 5.32 5.17 5.04 5.03 5.01 4.98 4.90 4.79 4.59 — — —

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-11-06), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-05-01), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-01-30), 10-K (filing date: 2018-11-07), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-07-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-04-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-01-31), 10-K (filing date: 2017-11-01), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-07-19), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-04-19), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-01-25), 10-K (filing date: 2016-11-02), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-07-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-04-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-01-27), 10-K (filing date: 2015-11-04), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-07-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-04-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-01-28), 10-K (filing date: 2014-11-05), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-07-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-04-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-01-29).

1 Q4 2019 Calculation
Net fixed asset turnover = (RevenuesQ4 2019 + RevenuesQ3 2019 + RevenuesQ2 2019 + RevenuesQ1 2019) ÷ Property, plant and equipment, net
= (4,814 + 9,635 + 4,982 + 4,842) ÷ 3,081 = 7.88

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Net fixed asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by net fixed assets. Qualcomm Inc.’s net fixed asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2019 to Q3 2019 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2019 to Q4 2019.

Total Asset Turnover

Qualcomm Inc., total asset turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 29, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 30, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 24, 2018 Mar 25, 2018 Dec 24, 2017 Sep 24, 2017 Jun 25, 2017 Mar 26, 2017 Dec 25, 2016 Sep 25, 2016 Jun 26, 2016 Mar 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2015 Sep 27, 2015 Jun 28, 2015 Mar 29, 2015 Dec 28, 2014 Sep 28, 2014 Jun 29, 2014 Mar 30, 2014 Dec 29, 2013
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenues 4,814  9,635  4,982  4,842  5,804  5,599  5,261  6,068  5,905  5,371  5,016  5,999  6,184  6,044  5,551  5,775  5,456  5,832  6,894  7,099  6,692  6,806  6,367  6,622 
Total assets 32,957  34,133  34,023  34,246  32,686  62,090  64,126  64,351  65,486  64,379  56,079  52,366  52,359  50,786  50,060  50,229  50,796  52,295  47,173  48,447  48,574  48,355  47,875  46,282 
Long-term Activity Ratio
Total asset turnover1 0.74 0.74 0.62 0.63 0.70 0.37 0.35 0.35 0.34 0.35 0.41 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.48 0.50 0.51 0.58 0.56 0.55 — — —
Benchmarks
Total Asset Turnover, Competitors2
Apple Inc. 0.77 0.80 0.76 0.70 0.73 0.73 0.67 0.59 0.61 0.65 0.66 0.66 0.67 0.72 0.75 0.80 0.80 0.82 0.81 0.76 0.79 — — —
Applied Materials Inc. — 0.79 0.84 0.89 0.97 0.96 0.89 0.79 0.75 0.73 0.71 0.78 0.74 0.72 0.73 0.72 0.63 0.73 0.69 0.71 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.67
Broadcom Inc. — 0.32 0.31 0.30 0.42 0.40 0.36 0.35 0.32 0.34 0.33 0.31 0.26 0.22 0.17 0.65 0.64 0.66 0.58 0.49 0.41 0.33 0.76 0.76
Cisco Systems Inc. 0.53 0.53 0.50 0.48 0.45 0.43 0.37 0.37 0.37 0.39 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.42 0.44 0.44 0.43 0.46 0.46 0.45 0.45 — — —
Intel Corp. — 0.53 0.54 0.55 0.55 0.54 0.53 0.50 0.51 0.49 0.51 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.52 0.53 0.54 0.56 0.61 0.62 0.61 — — —
NVIDIA Corp. 0.88 0.91 0.92 0.96 0.86 0.91 0.89 0.80 0.70 0.64 0.73 0.73 0.68 0.68 0.68 0.65 0.65 0.66 0.64 0.62 0.57 — — —
Texas Instruments Inc. — 0.82 0.88 0.89 0.92 0.85 0.85 0.88 0.85 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.81 0.81 0.82 0.82 0.80 0.79 0.75 0.76 0.74 — — —

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-11-06), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-05-01), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-01-30), 10-K (filing date: 2018-11-07), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-07-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-04-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-01-31), 10-K (filing date: 2017-11-01), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-07-19), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-04-19), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-01-25), 10-K (filing date: 2016-11-02), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-07-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-04-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-01-27), 10-K (filing date: 2015-11-04), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-07-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-04-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-01-28), 10-K (filing date: 2014-11-05), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-07-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-04-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-01-29).

1 Q4 2019 Calculation
Total asset turnover = (RevenuesQ4 2019 + RevenuesQ3 2019 + RevenuesQ2 2019 + RevenuesQ1 2019) ÷ Total assets
= (4,814 + 9,635 + 4,982 + 4,842) ÷ 32,957 = 0.74

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Total asset turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by total assets. Qualcomm Inc.’s total asset turnover ratio improved from Q2 2019 to Q3 2019 but then slightly deteriorated from Q3 2019 to Q4 2019.

Equity Turnover

Qualcomm Inc., equity turnover calculation (quarterly data)

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Sep 29, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 Mar 31, 2019 Dec 30, 2018 Sep 30, 2018 Jun 24, 2018 Mar 25, 2018 Dec 24, 2017 Sep 24, 2017 Jun 25, 2017 Mar 26, 2017 Dec 25, 2016 Sep 25, 2016 Jun 26, 2016 Mar 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2015 Sep 27, 2015 Jun 28, 2015 Mar 29, 2015 Dec 28, 2014 Sep 28, 2014 Jun 29, 2014 Mar 30, 2014 Dec 29, 2013
Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions)
Revenues 4,814  9,635  4,982  4,842  5,804  5,599  5,261  6,068  5,905  5,371  5,016  5,999  6,184  6,044  5,551  5,775  5,456  5,832  6,894  7,099  6,692  6,806  6,367  6,622 
Total Qualcomm stockholders’ equity 4,909  5,463  3,866  3,617  928  23,068  23,819  23,924  30,746  31,294  31,344  31,215  31,778  30,647  29,645  30,241  31,421  33,202  37,839  38,823  39,169  38,789  38,254  37,027 
Long-term Activity Ratio
Equity turnover1 4.94 4.62 5.49 5.95 24.50 0.99 0.95 0.93 0.73 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.74 0.74 0.76 0.79 0.80 0.80 0.73 0.69 0.68 — — —
Benchmarks
Equity Turnover, Competitors2
Apple Inc. 2.88 2.69 2.44 2.22 2.48 2.22 1.95 1.71 1.71 1.69 1.64 1.65 1.68 1.74 1.74 1.83 1.96 1.79 1.64 1.62 1.64 — — —
Applied Materials Inc. — 1.83 1.92 2.05 2.52 2.52 2.34 1.82 1.55 1.59 1.58 1.54 1.50 1.45 1.46 1.33 1.27 1.20 1.12 1.14 1.15 1.14 1.14 1.12
Broadcom Inc. — 1.04 0.98 0.92 0.78 0.74 0.61 0.73 0.87 0.85 0.84 0.82 0.70 0.56 0.45 1.36 1.45 1.54 1.50 1.43 1.32 1.10 0.89 0.89
Cisco Systems Inc. 1.55 1.39 1.25 1.15 1.14 1.04 0.93 0.73 0.73 0.74 0.76 0.77 0.77 0.79 0.81 0.83 0.82 0.83 0.83 0.83 0.83 — — —
Intel Corp. — 0.95 0.94 0.96 0.95 0.97 0.95 0.91 0.91 0.88 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.92 0.92 0.92 0.91 0.97 0.96 1.02 1.00 — — —
NVIDIA Corp. 1.25 1.31 1.35 1.42 1.30 1.41 1.40 1.23 1.20 1.15 1.21 1.23 1.12 1.09 1.14 1.04 1.06 1.09 1.02 1.03 0.93 — — —
Texas Instruments Inc. — 1.64 1.80 1.83 1.75 1.50 1.47 1.44 1.45 1.33 1.32 1.29 1.28 1.28 1.29 1.31 1.31 1.31 1.29 1.27 1.26 — — —

Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2019-11-06), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-05-01), 10-Q (filing date: 2019-01-30), 10-K (filing date: 2018-11-07), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-07-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-04-25), 10-Q (filing date: 2018-01-31), 10-K (filing date: 2017-11-01), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-07-19), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-04-19), 10-Q (filing date: 2017-01-25), 10-K (filing date: 2016-11-02), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-07-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-04-20), 10-Q (filing date: 2016-01-27), 10-K (filing date: 2015-11-04), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-07-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-04-22), 10-Q (filing date: 2015-01-28), 10-K (filing date: 2014-11-05), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-07-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-04-23), 10-Q (filing date: 2014-01-29).

1 Q4 2019 Calculation
Equity turnover = (RevenuesQ4 2019 + RevenuesQ3 2019 + RevenuesQ2 2019 + RevenuesQ1 2019) ÷ Total Qualcomm stockholders’ equity
= (4,814 + 9,635 + 4,982 + 4,842) ÷ 4,909 = 4.94

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Long-term activity ratio Description The company
Equity turnover An activity ratio calculated as total revenue divided by shareholders’ equity. Qualcomm Inc.’s equity turnover ratio deteriorated from Q2 2019 to Q3 2019 but then slightly improved from Q3 2019 to Q4 2019.