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QUALCOMM Incorporated ESG Profile (QCOM): Is It Sustainable?

Updated on July 12, 2024

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Our QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) ESG Review

QUALCOMM Incorporated
$145.38
SymbolQCOM
Price$145.38
52 Week High 📈$230.63
52 Week Low 📉$120.80
Earnings Per Share 💵9.8
Dividend Yield 🔁2.45

Our Take

QUALCOMM Incorporated is a world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies. QUALCOMM ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of digital communications for more than 30 years.
The company develops and commercializes wireless technologies, products, and services that are used in some of the most popular devices in the market today including smartphones, tablets, and laptops. QUALCOMM products are used in a wide range of industries including automotive, computing, digital home, and wireless broadband.
QUALCOMM Incorporated’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Ratings help investors understand how the company is managing environmental and social risks and opportunities relative to its industry peers. QUALCOMM Incorporated’s ESG ratings are derived from an in-depth analysis of the company’s public disclosures and other publicly available information. The company’s three main areas of focus when it comes to ESG are climate change, human rights, and anti-corruption.
QUALCOMM Incorporated has made significant progress in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions over the past few years. In 2015, the company committed to reducing its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2025. As of 2019, QUALCOMM Incorporated had achieved a 12% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas emissions from a 2014 baseline. The company has also set a goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.

What We Like
  • Dividend aristocrat with a long history of paying and increasing dividends

  • The company is a leader in mobile technology and 5G development

  • Strong growth prospects in emerging markets

What We Don't Like
  • The company may be too reliant on the smartphone industry

  • High debt levels

Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Semiconductors
Website: www.qualcomm.com
Business Description

QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies and products are used in mobile devices and other wireless products, including network equipment, broadband gateway equipment, consumer electronic devices, and other connected devices worldwide. It operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software based on 3G/4G/5G and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, application processing, multimedia, and global positioning system products. The QTL segment grants licenses or provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which include various patent rights useful in the manufacture and sale of wireless products comprising products implementing CDMA2000, WCDMA, CDMA TDD, LTE, and/or 5G standards and their derivatives. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including artificial intelligence, automotive, digital healthcare, enterprise, IoT, mobile and networking and investment for supporting the design and introduction of new products and services for voice and data communications, and new industry segments. The company also provides development, and other services and related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. QUALCOMM Incorporated was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

CompanyQUALCOMM Incorporated
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Address5775 Morehouse Drive,, San Diego, USA
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Open $143.42
High $146.49
Close $147.37
Low $141.77
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