Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon speaks on the Computex discussion board in Taipei, Taiwan, June 3, 2024.
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Qualcomm reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter outcomes on Wednesday and issued sturdy steering for the present interval.
Here is how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates for the quarter ending Dec. 29:
- Earnings per share: $3.41, adjusted, vs. $2.96 estimated
- Income: $11.67 billion vs. $10.93 billion estimated
Income within the quarter rose 18% from $9.92 billion a 12 months in the past. Shares rose over 1% in prolonged buying and selling.
For the March quarter, Qualcomm mentioned it expects income of between $10.2 billion and $11 billion, which at its midpoint tops LSEG expectations of $10.34 billion. The corporate expects adjusted earnings of between $2.70 and $2.90 a share. The center of the vary is larger than Wall Avenue’s estimate of $2.69 per share.
Qualcomm mentioned internet earnings elevated 15% to $3.18 billion, or $2.83 per share from $2.77 billion, or $2.46 per share, a 12 months earlier.
The corporate’s adjusted earnings determine excluded objects similar to anticipated income ensuing from the settlement of a dispute, acquisition-related objects, in addition to analysis and improvement expenditures.
All three of Qualcomm’s main finish markets for its chips grew throughout the quarter. Its QCT division, which incorporates gross sales from bodily chips, rose 20% to $10.1 billion.
Crucial marketplace for Qualcomm is cellular handsets, which grew 13% on an annual foundation to $7.57 billion in gross sales. Analysts polled by FactSet have been searching for $7.04 billion in handset gross sales, or about 5% progress.
The fastest-growing marketplace for Qualcomm is its automotive enterprise, which grew 61% to $961 million in gross sales, as long-term contracts for the corporate’s components and software program flip into recorded income.
Qualcomm noticed large demand from clients in China for costly “premium-tier” smartphones, CEO Cristiano Amon advised CNBC’s Kristina Partsinevelos. The corporate additionally benefited from Samsung’s newest Galaxy machine utilizing Qualcomm processors solely.
Qualcomm’s “IoT” enterprise contains low-power chips for industrial functions in addition to the chips Qualcomm sells to Meta to energy its Quest headsets and its comparatively new Snapdragon Elite chips for Home windows laptops. The primary Qualcomm laptop computer chips have been launched final 12 months.
Income within the firm’s IoT enterprise grew 36% throughout the quarter to $1.55 billion.
Qualcomm additionally has a licensing enterprise, known as QTL, the place different know-how corporations pay it for entry to its mental property associated to 5G and mobile know-how. Qualcomm reported $1.54 billion in gross sales within the division, and mentioned it had struck offers with a number of Chinese language smartphone makers.
Qualcomm mentioned it paid $942 million in dividends and spent $1.8 billion on share repurchases throughout the quarter.