Is QCOM diluting shareholders?

Read three numbers together: shares outstanding over time (1.05B as of 2026-07-27), warrants that can convert into new shares, and how much cash runway remains. A company short on cash with live registrations is structurally likely to issue shares.

Where do these numbers come from?

SEC EDGAR only: the XBRL company-facts API for shares, warrants and cash, and filing metadata for registrations and pricings. Every figure shows its source form, and nothing here is estimated by us beyond the arithmetic stated next to it.

Why might a warrant tranche be missing from the table?

The tranche table is built from the dimensions the company tagged in its own 10-Q or 10-K XBRL. A tranche the filer chose not to dimension does not appear, and its absence proves nothing: the exhibits remain the ground truth. Everything shown carries the filing it came from.

Dilution profile // every instrument, one screen, from SEC filings

QUALCOMM INC/DE (QCOM)

CIK 804328 · all EDGAR filings →

Overall dilution risk

HIGHworst of 3 computed sub-ratings (offering ability)

= the worst band among the computed sub-ratings, no hidden weighting

not every sub-rating was computable; treat as a floor

Offering ability

HIGH$4653M registered

= total registered offering amount from the fee exhibits of live registrations (bands: $1M / $20M)

one or more live registrations had no structured fee data, so the true total is AT LEAST this

Overhead supply

NOT COMPUTEDno warrant count tagged in XBRL

= warrant shares outstanding divided by current shares outstanding

absence of a tag is not proof of absence of warrants

Historical dilution

LOW-6% O/S in 3y

= share count now vs 3 years ago (bands: 30% / 100%); a reverse split pushes this negative

a reverse-split-sized cliff is in this window; read the chart

Cash need

LOWoperating cash flow positive

= cash vs trailing operating burn (bands: 6mo / 24mo; positive operating CF = low)

Same rating bands the category standard uses, but free, with the formula on the chip and the gaps in the data said out loud.

Shares outstanding over time

Latest: 1.05B shares as of Jul 27, 2026 (10-Q). Share count fell from 1669.53B to 1.68B between Apr 18, 2011 and Jul 18, 2011, a pattern consistent with a reverse split (roughly 1-for-994); simultaneous issuance can skew the raw ratio, so confirm in the filings. The red bar marks the cliff.

Cash runway

Self-funding

profitable · generates cash

Full breakdown: cash runway tool · source filing →

Warrants

No warrant figures tagged in this filer’s XBRL facts. That means the company has not reported them in structured form; it does not prove no warrants exist. The exhibits are the ground truth.

Convertible notes

No convertible-note facts tagged in the 10-Q filed Jul 29, 2026. If convertible notes exist, their terms live in exhibit prose for this filer and are not parsed; absence of a tag is not proof of absence. The exhibits are the ground truth.

Registrations and offerings

Registered offering capacity on live registrations: $4653.3Mfrom the structured fee exhibits; registered is not remaining, takedowns are not subtracted

S-3Oct 2, 2026$4653.3M registeredfiling →

S-3ASRNov 6, 2024fee exhibit found but no total offering amount (fees deferred, typical for automatic shelves)filing →

Last 12 months: 2 executed · 1 registered.

REGISTEREDOct 2, 2026S-3 registration — capacity to sell shares, not a sale yetS-3 →

EXECUTEDSep 8, 2026Unregistered share sale disclosed (8-K item 3.02)8-K →

UPDATEJul 31, 2026Resale prospectus — existing holders registering to sell424B7 →

EXECUTEDJun 24, 2026Unregistered share sale disclosed (8-K item 3.02)8-K →

EXECUTEDJun 9, 2025Unregistered share sale disclosed (8-K item 3.02)8-K →

EXECUTEDMay 21, 2025Shelf takedown priced — shares or notes (small-caps: usually shares; open the filing to confirm)424B5 →

EXECUTEDMay 19, 2025Prospectus supplement priced — shares or notes (large filers: often a bond deal)424B2 →

MARKETINGMay 19, 2025Free-writing prospectus — offering being marketedFWP →

REGISTEREDNov 6, 2024Automatic shelf registration — effective immediately (large filers)S-3ASR →

EXECUTEDNov 8, 2022Shelf takedown priced — shares or notes (small-caps: usually shares; open the filing to confirm)424B5 →

EXECUTEDNov 7, 2022Prospectus supplement priced — shares or notes (large filers: often a bond deal)424B2 →

MARKETINGNov 7, 2022Free-writing prospectus — offering being marketedFWP →

Full history and shelf status: offering checker · S-3 shelf checker

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL company facts and filing metadata, fetched live and cached briefly. Share counts are cover-page figures with their form named. Warrant tranches and convertible notes come from the dimensioned facts in the latest 10-Q/10-K instance document, exactly as the company tagged them; untagged tranches and notes are absent, not disproven. Nothing on this page is manually verified and nothing is behind a login: what free data supports is shown, what it cannot support is stated. Not investment advice.

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