Qualcomm

QCOM AI Infrastructure & Semiconductors 2/10 Low Risk

2/10

— 1 → 2 over 28 weeks

Sector avg: 2.4/10

Qualcomm carries $12.8B in long-term debt, with $15.1B in scheduled principal maturities. DebtCanary scores QCOM at 2/10, suggesting manageable refinancing risk.

Maturity Schedule

As of 2025-09-28 (latest SEC filing with maturity data). Debt actions taken after this date will only appear once SEC processes the relevant XBRL filing.

Period	Amount Due	% of Total
Year 1 (0-12 months)	$0	0.0%
Year 2 (12-24 months)	$2.0B	13.2%
Year 3 (24-36 months)	$962M	6.4%
Year 4 (36-48 months)	$0	0.0%
Year 5 (48-60 months)	$1.7B	11.3%
Beyond 5 Years	$10.4B	69.1%
Total Scheduled Maturities	$15.1B	100.0%

Why don't these totals match? Total scheduled maturities ($15.1B) exceeds balance-sheet long-term debt ($12.8B) by about 15%. The two figures come from different disclosures: the maturity schedule aggregates gross principal repayments from the debt footnote — typically including the current portion of long-term debt and sometimes finance leases — while balance-sheet long-term debt is a carrying value that excludes the current portion and is net of unamortized discounts, premiums, and issuance costs. They can also come from filings with different period-end dates (2025-09-28 vs 2026-06-28). Both numbers are shown exactly as reported to the SEC.

Key Metrics

Total Long-Term Debt

$12.8B

Near-Term (12mo)

Interest Coverage

18.6x

Debt/Equity

N/A

Cash Coverage

1.82x

Operating Income

$12.4B

EBITDA

$14.0B

Debt / EBITDA

0.9x

EBITDA / Interest

21.0x

Refinancing Cost Shock

If Qualcomm refinanced the $2.0B due within 24 months at today's market yields, its annual interest bill would change by an estimated +$21M/year — about 0.2% of operating income.

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Debt due within 24 months (Year 1 + Year 2 buckets): $2.0B

Current average rate = interest expense / interest-bearing debt = $664M / $15.3B = 4.35%

Synthetic rating bucket from coverage (EBITDA/interest 21.0x, operating income/interest 18.6x): AAA

Market yield for AAA bucket (ICE BofA via FRED, 2026-09-03): 5.39% (BAMLC0A1CAAAEY)

Rate change: 5.39% − 4.35% = +1.04 pp

Annual cost change: +1.04% × $2.0B = +$21M/yr

As share of operating income ($12.4B): 0.2%

Index-level estimate, not issuer-level bond pricing: the rating bucket is inferred from interest coverage (not an agency rating), and actual new-issue pricing depends on tenor, security, and market conditions. See the methodology.

Hidden future pain — added interest run-rate as the schedule rolls

+1yr

$0/yr

+2yr

+$21M/yr (0.2%)

+3yr

+$31M/yr (0.2%)

+4yr

+$31M/yr (0.2%)

+5yr

+$48M/yr (0.4%)

Cumulative run-rate change once all debt maturing by each horizon has refinanced. Assumes yields hold. Market-wide view on the Hidden Future Pain page.

What if yields move? market yield 5.39% (+0 bps)

24-month wall refinanced at that yield: = of operating income

Compare across all companies on the Refinancing Cliff Map →

How This Score Was Computed

Weighted average of 3 scored components (raw 2.07, rounded to 2). Weights of skipped components are redistributed proportionally among those scored.

Component	Value	Sub-Score	Weight Used
Near-Term Maturity Concentration Show calculation Year-1 maturities / Total scheduled maturities Year-1 maturities: $0 Total scheduled maturities: $15.1B	0.0%	1/10	40%
Interest Coverage Ratio Show calculation Operating income / Interest expense Operating income: $12.4B Interest expense: $664M	18.61x	1/10	33%
Debt-to-Equity Ratio Stockholders' equity was not reported.	N/A	—	not scored
Cash Coverage of Near-Term Debt Show calculation Cash & equivalents / Debt due within 12 months Cash & equivalents: $4.5B Near-term debt (balance-sheet DebtCurrent): $2.5B No Year-1 maturity bucket was reported, so balance-sheet short-term debt (DebtCurrent) is used as the near-term obligation. This is why cash coverage can be scored even when the maturity schedule shows Year 1 as N/A.	1.82x	5/10	27%
Cash Runway Only scored when a company is burning cash. Operating cash flow is positive (or unreported), so runway isn't a constraint.	N/A	—	not scored

"Weight Used" shows each component's share after the weights of unscored components are redistributed. Full thresholds and formulas are on the methodology page.

Recent SEC Filings

Material disclosures from Qualcomm's most recent EDGAR filings. 8-K item labels indicate the type of event reported.

Date	Form	Details
2026-07-31	8-K	Other Events
2026-07-31	424B7	Prospectus supplement — possible debt or equity issuance
2026-07-29	10-Q	Quarterly report
2026-07-29	8-K	Earnings Results
2026-06-24	8-K	Unregistered Share Sale
2026-04-29	10-Q	Quarterly report
2026-04-29	8-K	Earnings Results
2026-03-19	8-K	Shareholder Vote

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Data Source: Financial data sourced from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (10-K annual reports). Fiscal period end: 2026-06-28. Filing date: 2026-07-29. Data last fetched: 2026-09-06. Maturity schedules reflect the company's most recently reported debt repayment obligations. Data quality: Partial.
View SEC EDGAR filings for Qualcomm →