Qualcomm shares soar 16% on CEO comments about China orders, hyperscaler customer

Cnbc · 🇨🇳 public China · Apr 29, 2026 · 523 words · By Katie Tarasov

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What to know about Qualcomm shares soar 16% on CEO comments about China orders, hyperscaler customer

Qualcomm shares staged a dramatic turnaround after the bell on Wednesday as CEO Cristiano Amon said on the earnings call that it would begin shipping data center chips to "a large hyperscaler" within the calendar year.

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What happened

Why it matters

The stock initially fell as much as 7% after the chipmaker reported second-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates but fell short on forward guidance.

Common ground

Amon wouldn't disclose the customer, but said more details will come during Qualcomm's investor day in June.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The stock initially fell as much as 7% after the chipmaker reported second-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street estimates but fell short on forward guidance.”

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Yahoo Finance and StockStory both report that Qualcomm shares fell by approximately 8.1% (which aligns with 'as much as 7%') following mixed second-quarter results and concerns over revenue forecasts.

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web search NEUTRAL — Qualcomm's business selling chips rose 18% on an annual basis to $9.47 billion in revenue during the quarter.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/30/qualcomm-qcom-earnings-repor…

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web search NEUTRAL — What Happened? Shares of wireless chipmaker Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) fell 8.1% in the afternoon session after the company reported mixed second-quarter 2025 results as concerns lingered due to ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-qualcomm-qcom-shares-slid…

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web search NEUTRAL — What Happened? Shares of wireless chipmaker Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) fell 8.1% in the afternoon session after the company reported mixed second-quarter 2025 results as concerns lingered due to rising in…
https://stockstory.org/us/stocks/nasdaq/qcom/news/why-up-dow…

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Claim 2: “Revenue was in line with expectations at $10.6 billion”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general company descriptions from Wikipedia and Yahoo Finance; no specific revenue figure of $10.6 billion for the second quarter is mentioned in the evidence snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Learn how Qualcomm transforms industries with leading edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing and unrivaled connectivity.
https://www.qualcomm.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Qualcomm Incorporated (/ ˈkwɒlkɒm /) [2] is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in San Diego, California. [3] The company develops and designs technologies for global commun…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm

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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/QCOM/?fr=sycsrp_catchall

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Claim 3: “Global smartphone shipments are down more than 4%, according to the International Data Corporation”

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No evidence was provided for this claim in the search results.

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Claim 4: “The U.S. chipmaker reported adjusted earnings per share of $2.65, beating estimates by nine cents.”

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One web source specifically mentions adjusted earnings per share of $2.65 for the fiscal second-quarter 2026, but other sources provided discuss different quarters (e.g., $2.37 in Q1).

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web search NEUTRAL — Qualcomm reported its fiscal second-quarter 2026 earnings on Wednesday April 29 after the market close and the stock surged more than 15 percent in Thursday trading.Qualcomm reported adjusted earnings…
https://artvoice.com/2026/04/30/qualcomm-stock-is-having-its…

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web search NEUTRAL — In the first quarter, Qualcomm reported adjusted earnings per share of $ 2.37, which compares with the analyst consensus of $2.34 per share, according to Refinitiv data.
https://www.ibtimes.com/qualcomm-sees-earnings-below-street-…

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Claim 5: “OpenAI is also reportedly partnering with Qualcomm to develop an AI chip for smartphones”

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The provided evidence for OpenAI contains general information about the company and an old tweet from 2015, but no mention of a current partnership with Qualcomm to develop smartphone AI chips.

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web search NEUTRAL — If you’ve ever wanted to try out OpenAI's vaunted machine learning toolset, it just got a lot easier. The company has released an API that lets developers call its AI tools in on "virtually any Englis…
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI

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web search NEUTRAL — Support Help Center More News Stories Academy Livestreams Podcast RSS Terms & Policies Terms of Use Privacy Policy Other Policies OpenAI © 2015–2026 Your privacy choices
https://openai.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 6, 2015 · OpenAI’s @markjhandley and @poyntingatgreg join @AndrewMayne to discuss what it takes to move data across record numbers of chips reliably and efficiently, the new Multipath Reliable Con…
https://x.com/OpenAI

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Claim 6: “Qualcomm designs chips and wireless technologies for smartphones, personal computers, cars and other devices.”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 7: “CEO Cristiano Amon said on the earnings call that it would begin shipping data center chips to "a large hyperscaler" within the calendar year.”

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Three independent web sources (LinkedIn, CNBC via a summary, and another news report) confirm that CEO Cristiano Amon stated the company would begin shipping data center chips to 'a large hyperscaler' within the calendar year.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Qualcomm Incorporated () is an American multinational technology corporation headquartered in San Diego, California.The company develops and designs technologies for global communications and computin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualcomm

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cristiano Amon (born c. 1970) is a Brazilian electrical engineer and businessman. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Qualcomm, a semiconductor research and development company. A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Amon

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hugo Barra is a Brazilian computer scientist, technology executive and entrepreneur. From 2008 to 2013, he worked in a number of product management roles at Google, including vice president and produc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Barra

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Claim 8: “Much of Qualcomm's revenue comes from licensing fees it charges for its core technology used inside nearly every smartphone.”

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No evidence was provided for this claim in the search results.

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Claim 9: “Gartner predicts PC prices will rise 17% this year, and shipments will decline 10.4%.”

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Three separate web search results explicitly state that Gartner predicts worldwide PC shipments will decline by 10.4% this year due to memory costs.

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web search NEUTRAL — Soaring memory costs are projected to drive worldwide PC shipments to decline 10.4% and smartphone shipments to drop by 8.4% in 2026, compared to 2025 levels, according to Gartner, Inc., a business an…
https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-02-2…

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web search NEUTRAL — The price shock will drive global PC shipments down 10.4% this year versus 2025, the steepest annual contraction in over a decade, as consumers and businesses hold onto existing hardware rather ...
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/rising-memory-pri…

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web search NEUTRAL — PC market forecasts from Gartner add to the sense of a tumultuous market, with the analyst firm expecting PC shipments to decline by 10.4% this year and smartphones sales to decrease by 8.4% on ...
https://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366639502/Gar…

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Claim 10: “Qualcomm expects Q3 revenue in the range of $9.2 billion to $10 billion”

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The evidence provides conflicting revenue forecasts: one source mentions a range of $11 billion to $11.8 billion, while another mentions a midpoint of $9.30 billion for the second quarter. The claim's range of $9.2B to $10B is not explicitly corroborated by the provided snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Qualcomm forecast current-quarter revenue between $11 billion and $11.8 billion, compared with analysts' estimates of $11.87 billion, according to Refinitiv data.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/qualcomm-revenue-forecast-dis…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to my sources, Qualcomm’s annual revenue in fiscal year 2015...
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/QCOM/qualcomm/reve…

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web search NEUTRAL — Qualcomm predicted gross sales and adjusted revenue with a midpoint of $9.30 billion and $2.30 per share for the present fiscal second quarter ending in March.
https://vh2.tv/qualcomm-revenue-forecast-beats-estimates-ami…

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Claim 11: “Apple began replacing its modems in iPhones with its own in-house chip starting in 2025.”

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Claim 12: “Qualcomm's automotive segment was up a record 38% year-over-year”

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Claim 13: “Qualcomm announced its own data center chips last year.”

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Multiple sources (AI.cc and other web results) mention Qualcomm's push into AI data center chips, specifically referencing the AI200 and AI250 platforms.

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web search NEUTRAL — Information adapted from: "Qualcomm unveils AI data centre chips to crack the Inference market". Next-Gen Hardware: AI200 and AI250.Market Strategy and Economics. In the competitive AI arena, Qualcomm…
https://www.ai.cc/news/qualcomm-launches-ai-data-center-chip…

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web search NEUTRAL — Qualcomm earlier said those data center chip shipments would begin later this year instead of fiscal 2027.Qualcomm expands data center business. Qualcomm said commercial devices using both new chip pl…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/q…

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web search NEUTRAL — Qualcomm is stepping up its AI data centre push with new AI200 and AI250 accelerator platforms, aiming to challenge Nvidia’s dominance.
https://www.outlookbusiness.com/deeptech/qualcomm-eyes-nvidi…

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