Deferred Revenue
Qualcomm Deferred Revenue increased by 11.3% to $79.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 2.6%, from $77.00M to $79.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred Revenue shows a downward trend with a -37.8% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests strong sales of subscription-based services or bundled offerings, providing a predictable pipeline for future revenue recognition.
Detailed definition
Represents cash payments received from customers in advance of the company fulfilling its performance obligations, speci...
Peer comparison
High-growth software and services companies typically maintain larger deferred revenue balances relative to pure hardware manufacturers.
deferred_revenue_currentHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $143.00M | $364.00M | $969.00M | $882.00M | $849.00M | $144.00M | $577.00M | $104.00M | $92.00M | $99.00M | $93.00M | $135.00M | $108.00M | $88.00M | $77.00M | $82.00M | $93.00M | $71.00M | $79.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +154.5% | +166.2% | -9.0% | -3.7% | -83.0% | +300.7% | -82.0% | -11.5% | +7.6% | -6.1% | +45.2% | -20.0% | -18.5% | -12.5% | +6.5% | +13.4% | -23.7% | +11.3% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +493.7% | -60.4% | -40.5% | -88.2% | -89.2% | -31.3% | -83.9% | +29.8% | +17.4% | -11.1% | -17.2% | -39.3% | -13.9% | -19.3% | +2.6% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Qualcomm's deferred revenue?
- Qualcomm (QCOM) reported deferred revenue of $79.00M in Q4 2025.
- How has Qualcomm's deferred revenue changed year-over-year?
- Qualcomm's deferred revenue increased by 2.6% year-over-year, from $77.00M to $79.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Qualcomm's deferred revenue?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Qualcomm's deferred revenue has grown at a -37.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $761.00M to $71.00M.
- What does deferred revenue mean?
- Money collected from customers for products or services that haven't been delivered yet but will be within a year.