Ever since August started and halted the downturn, Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) shareholders have had a lot to be pleased about, and later this week, they can expect another boon from the company in the form of its stock dividend payment.
Indeed, on Thursday, September 24, the communications and computing technology company will pay $0.92 per common share to each of its investors who put money into the equity before September 3 – the relevant ex-dividend date.
Thus, owning 100 QCOM shares will yield $92 this week, while the total 2026 amount received will be approximately $365 should the numbers remain stable.
Notably, however, owning so much Qualcomm stock is something of a tall order. For example, QCOM closed at $169.96 on September 2, meaning that receiving $92 this Thursday would have required putting $16,996 into the equity.
Meanwhile, co-founder and billionaire Irwin M. Jacobs can expect $17 million on September 24 from his 18.5 million Qualcomm shares.
Qualcomm stock price performance in 2026
Elsewhere, dividends are not the only thing likely to gladden QCOM investors in 2026. The equity started the year with a downturn, broken later by a strong rally that took it 100% higher between early April and early June.
While the subsequent 41% drop erased much of the previous gain, Qualcomm enjoyed a new bullish reversal in late July and is up roughly 31% since.
Furthermore, despite the earlier pullback, QCOM equity remains, at its latest closing price of $194.23, 12.28% in the green year-to-date (YTD).
Analysts predict how Qualcomm stock will perform in the future
Looking ahead, however, does cast some doubt about whether the technology giant can sustain its latest momentum. Overall, Wall Street analysts consider QCOM a ‘Hold,’ per the data Finbold retrieved from TradingView on September 22, though a small bullish bias exists.
Attitudes toward the Qualcomm stock’s 12-month price target are also mixed. While the street high is at a stellar $400 – 105.94% above the latest close – the Street low is at $100 – for a 48.51% collapse – and the average foresees only a 1.29% rise to $196.73.
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