(Mark one) Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has beensubject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuantto Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit such files). Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reportingcompany or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and“emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer☒Accelerated filer☐Non-accelerated filer☐Smaller reporting company☐Emerging growth company☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period forcomplying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness ofits internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C.7262(b)) by the registered publicaccounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☒ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrantincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant at March 28, 2025 (thelast business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was $167.9 billion, based upon the closing price of theregistrant’s common stock on that date as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock was 1,071 million at November 3, 2025. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to be filed with the Commissionsubsequent to the date hereof, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report where indicated. QUALCOMM IncorporatedForm 10-KFor the Fiscal Year Ended September 28, 2025Index PART I Item 1.Business3Item 1A.Risk Factors13Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments33Item 1C.Cybersecurity33Item 2.Properties35Item 3.Legal Proceedings35Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures35 PART II Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities36Item 6.(Reserved)37Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations37Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk46Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data47Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure47Item 9A.Controls and Procedures47Item 9B.Other Information47Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections47 PART III Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance48Item 11.Executive Compensation48Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters48Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence48Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services48 PART IV Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules48Item 16.Form 10-K Summary52 In this Annual Report, the words “Qualcomm,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer only toQUALCOMM Incorporated and its subsidiaries and not any other person or entity. This Annual Report (including but notlimited to the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”)contains forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “