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Price Prediction: Qualcomm Has Over 50% Upside as AI Data Center Push Accelerates
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Price Prediction: Qualcomm Has Over 50% Upside as AI Data Center Push Accelerates
Qualcomm ( NASDAQ:QCOM | QCOM Price Prediction ) trades at $170.61 as of the July 16 close, down 20.3% over the past month after a sharp June rally faded. Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Qualcomm is $260.52, implying 52.7% upside over the next 12 months. The recommendation is buy at a 90% confidence level.
Qualcomm has round-tripped dramatically . Shares hit a 52-week low near $121.54 in March, then rallied to $258.96 high after the June 24 Investor Day , where management doubled its 2029 non-handset revenue target to $40 billion and set a $15 billion AI data center sales goal. That rally has faded, leaving the stock roughly flat year to date at +0.77%.
Fundamentals remain healthy . Q2 FY26 revenue was $10.60 billion and non-GAAP EPS came in at $2.65, meeting expectations on the top line and beating by 3.67% on the bottom.
Automotive hit a record $1.326 billion, up 38% YoY, while handsets fell 13% on memory supply constraints and Chinese OEM channel drawdowns. Polymarket traders assign an 87% probability that Qualcomm beats its next earnings report on July 29.
The bull thesis rests on Qualcomm becoming a credible third player in hyperscaler custom silicon . CEO Cristiano Amon confirmed a custom silicon engagement with a leading hyperscaler is on track for initial shipments in the December quarter.
Automotive is guided to 50% YoY growth in Q3, exiting FY26 at $6 billion+ run rate. Analyst consensus target sits at $222.73, but our bull-case scenario points to $269.05 if the data center ramp lands cleanly and China handsets bottom on schedule.
The bear case starts with customer concentration. Qualcomm expects only 20% share of Apple phones launching fall 2026, with no relationship beyond that. Handset revenue fell 13% YoY, and Q3 FY26 guidance calls for a step-down to $9.2B-$10B in revenue and $2.10-$2.30 EPS.
Recent insider activity has skewed toward net selling across 55 transactions. Operating income fell 26% YoY largely on the memory cycle, and Amon has said the June quarter should mark the bottom for Chinese handset revenue. Our bear-case downside target is $215.18, still meaningfully above today’s price.
NVIDIA ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) trades at a P/E of roughly 42, with Q1 FY27 data center revenue of $75.25 billion, up 92% YoY. Qualcomm’s P/E near 32 and forward multiple in the low teens looks cheap in that context, though NVIDIA’s 55.6% net margin is in a different league.
Broadcom ( NASDAQ:AVGO ) is the closer analog, already selling custom AI accelerators to hyperscalers with Q2 FY26 AI semiconductor revenue of $10.80 billion, up 143% YoY, and Q3 guidance calling for $16 billion in AI semis alone.
Broadcom’s $1.78 trillion market cap reflects the multiple investors assign to that model. Qualcomm capturing even a fraction of the same rerating would justify our $260 target.
My 24/7 Wall St. price target of $260.52 stands , with a buy recommendation at 90% confidence. At an implied P/E near 14x on $15.27 forward EPS, Qualcomm is priced for stagnation while management just doubled the 2029 non-handset revenue target.
The key catalysts to watch are whether July 29 earnings confirm the Chinese handset bottom and reiterate hyperscaler custom silicon timing. A further push-out of data center shipments into 2027 would undermine the thesis.
These projections assume Qualcomm executes on its data center ramp and Automotive continues content-per-vehicle expansion. Meaningful upside or downside could come from Apple modem timing, China trade friction, or hyperscaler win rates.
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