Is QCOM halal?
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Halal
QUALCOMM Incorporated passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
172.11
Day
-3.53%
Market cap
$185.26B
Industry
Semiconductors
Sector
Technology
What the company does
Qualcomm makes smartphone processors and modems (Snapdragon), Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, car and laptop chips, and licenses its 4G/5G patents (QTL). Its money comes from chip sales and royalties paid by phone makers.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $15.27B ÷ 36-month average market cap $178.99B = 8.5%
8.5%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $8.30B ÷ 36-month average market cap $178.99B = 4.6%
4.6%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $639.00M ÷ annual revenue $44.28B (2025) = 1.4%
1.4%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $185.26B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 22.6% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.28% weight · #62 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.27% · #52 of 1455
- Held by funds
- HLAL 0.50% · SPUS 0.48% · SPTE 0.47%
- Dividend
- 2.03% · purify 1.4% · net 2.00%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 7 superinvestors · Average reported price: $184.72
- David KatzMatrix Asset Advisors$48.0M4.0%
- Harry BurnSound Shore$101.2M3.1%
- Arnold Van Den BergCentury Management$11.5M2.4%
- Viking Global Investors$279.8M0.8%
- David TepperAppaloosa Management$46.2M0.6%
- Mairs & Power Funds$33.2M0.3%
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