Qualcomm has retired 38.4% of its shares since 2012, from 1,704,029,150 to 1,050,000,000.
At $172.11 a share, a market value of $180.7B. FCF yield 5.8%, P/E 19.5, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-11-15 | 1,319,662,760 | 10-K405 | cover page |
| 2000 | 2000-10-31 | 1,496,850,718 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2001-11-02 | 1,528,838,132 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2002-11-20 | 1,570,161,370 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2003-11-03 | 1,600,141,794 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2004-11-01 | 1,639,081,639 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2005-10-31 | 1,644,187,545 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2006-10-31 | 1,652,553,203 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2007-11-06 | 1,636,486,963 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2008-09-28 | 1,656,000,000 | 10-K/A | |
| 2009 | 2009-11-02 | 1,670,313,078 | 10-K/A | |
| 2010 | 2010-11-01 | 1,617,713,293 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2011-10-31 | 1,680,984,426 | 10-K | scale corrected |
| 2012 | 2012-11-05 | 1,704,029,150 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2013-11-04 | 1,689,435,673 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2014-11-03 | 1,662,600,946 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2015-11-02 | 1,503,094,004 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2016-10-31 | 1,476,886,684 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2017-10-30 | 1,474,164,639 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2018-11-05 | 1,212,162,586 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2019-11-04 | 1,141,844,863 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2020-11-02 | 1,131,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2021-11-01 | 1,120,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2022-10-31 | 1,121,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2023-10-30 | 1,113,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2024-11-04 | 1,111,000,000 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2025-11-03 | 1,071,000,000 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Qualcomm on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $172.11.
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Yes. Qualcomm has 2.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 1,050,000,000 as of July 27, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 6.2%.
Net of every new share it issued, Qualcomm has 654.0 million fewer shares than at its 2012 peak. That is 38.4% of the company. Since fiscal 2013 alone it bought back about 764.7 million shares, while the count fell by 639.4 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
1,050,000,000 shares, as of July 27, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2012 peak it had 1,704,029,150.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Qualcomm stock in 2012 owns 1.6 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Qualcomm ranks No. 186 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Central Pacific Financial (38.9%), Radian Group (38.8%), Federated Hermes (38.4%), Xerox (38.3%).
Every answer is computed from Qualcomm's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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