QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is now even closer to its 52-week high ahead of this afternoon’s expected earnings report. Shares are now around $59.15 and the 52-week range is $45.98 to $59.84.  Thomson Reuters has estimates of $0.90 EPS on $4.57 billion in revenues. Next quarter estimates are $0.89 EPS and $4.49 billion in sales.  Keep in mind that if it rallies much more than the current $98.8 billion market cap will be $100 billion.

We have now seen positive earnings out of ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Jim Cramer turned out to be very spot on when it came to his relative value tout in Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) with its post-earnings reaction being up 7%.

Options traders are braced for a move of up to about $2.00 in either direction based upon the monthly expirations of puts and calls.

With the stock near a year high, the chart does not offer any great reads right now other than that the most recent support was around $57.25 and if the news is really unpleasant then the 50-day moving average is $55.37 and the 200-day moving average is $54.02.

Analysts still lean toward a ‘Buy’ consensus for their official ratings bias.  Thomson Reuters has a consensus target (mean target) of almost $66.00.

We would probably lean twoard waiting another quarter before expecting Qualcomm to boost its dividend, which has been the same for three consecutive quarters and currently offers investors a 1.5% yield.

JON C. OGG

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