Qualcomm Incorporated operates in the Radio & TV communications equipment sector. In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Qualcomm with three other audio-visual equipment producers in North America: Juniper Networks Inc (2020 sales of $4.45 billion of which 36% was Routing), Motorola Solutions Incorporation ($7.41 billion of which 63% was Products and Systems Integration), and Ciena Corporation ($3.53 billion of which 80% was Networking Platforms).

Sales Analysis. Qualcomm reported sales of $21.73 billion for the fiscal year ending September of 2020. This represents an increase of 11.0% versus 2019, when the company's sales were $19.57 billion. Despite this increase, sales are still below the level achieved in 2018, when Qualcomm reported sales of $22.73 billion. Sales of Cdma Technologies (Qct) saw an increase of 12.7% in 2020, from $14.64 billion to $16.49 billion. Not all segments of Qualcomm experienced an increase in sales in 2020: sales of Strategic Initiatives (Qsi) fell 76.3% to $36.00 million. (However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales). Qualcomm also experienced decreases in sales in Reconciling Items (down 59.6% to $1.97 billion) .