Qualcomm : FY 2020 3rd Quarter Earnings Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Qualcomm Contact: Mauricio Lopez-Hodoyan Vice President, Investor Relations

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Qualcomm Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2020 Results

Revenues $4.9 billion

GAAP EPS $0.74, Non-GAAP EPS $0.86

-EPS Exceeded High End of Guidance Range-

-Resolved Dispute with Huawei and Signed a New License Agreement-

SAN DIEGO - July 29, 2020 - Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced results for its fiscal third quarter ended June 28, 2020.

"As 5G continues to roll out, we are realizing the benefits of the investments we have made in building the most extensive licensing program in mobile and are turning the technical challenges of 5G into leadership opportunities and commercial wins," said Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated. "We delivered earnings above the high end of our range, continued to execute in our product and licensing businesses and entered into a new long-term patent license agreement with Huawei, all of which position us well for the balance of 2020 and beyond."

Third Quarter Results 1, 2

Our third quarter fiscal 2020 GAAP and Non-GAAP results do not include revenues from the Huawei settlement or global patent license agreements.

(in millions, except per share data and		GAAP				Non-GAAP
Q3 Fiscal	Q3 Fiscal	Change		Q3 Fiscal	Q3 Fiscal	Change
percentages)	2020	20193		2020	2019
Revenues	$4,893	$9,635	N/M	$4,890	$4,894	-%
Earnings before taxes (EBT)	$868	$5,501	N/M	$1,104	$1,101	-%
Net income	$845	$2,149	N/M	$982	$982	-%
Diluted earnings per share (EPS)	$0.74	$1.75	N/M	$0.86	$0.80	+8%

1. Discussion regarding our use of Non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations between GAAP and Non-GAAP results is included at the end of this news release.
2. The third quarter of fiscal 2019 GAAP and Non-GAAP results included $150 million of QTL revenues resulting from an interim agreement with Huawei. The third quarter of fiscal 2020 GAAP and Non-GAAP results do not include revenues from the Huawei settlement or global patent license agreements.
3. The third quarter of fiscal 2019 GAAP results included $4.7 billion of revenues, or $3.23 per share, resulting from settlement agreements with Apple and its contract manufacturers, which were not allocated to our segment results. Results also included a $2.5 billion tax expense, or ($2.01) per share, due to the derecognition of a deferred tax asset as a result of an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service under which we forwent the federal tax basis step-up in certain distributed intellectual property.

N/M: Not meaningful

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Segment Results

		QCT				QTL
(in millions, except percentages)	Q3 Fiscal	Q3 Fiscal	Change		Q3 Fiscal	Q3 Fiscal	Change
2020	2019		2020	2019
Revenues	$3,807	$3,567	+7%	$1,044	$1,292	(19%)
EBT	$603	$504	+20%	$646	$898	(28%)
EBT as % of revenues	16%	14%	+2 points	62%	70%	-8 points
MSMTM chip shipments	130	156	(17%)

Return of Capital to Stockholders

During the third quarter of fiscal 2020, we returned $843 million to stockholders, including $733 million, or $0.65 per share, of cash dividends paid and $110 million through repurchases of 1.6 million shares of common stock.

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Business Outlook

In July 2020, we entered into a settlement agreement, as well as a new long-term, global patent license agreement with Huawei, including a cross license granting back rights to certain of Huawei's patents, covering sales beginning January 1, 2020. While we continue to assess the accounting impacts of the agreements, our financial guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 includes the following:

• Estimated QTL revenues for royalties due on sales made by Huawei in the September 2020 quarter.
• Estimated revenues of approximately $1.8 billion related to amounts due from Huawei under the settlement agreement (which are incremental to amounts previously paid under two interim agreements) and estimated amounts due for the March 2020 and June 2020 quarters under the new global patent license agreement. This amount will be excluded from our Non-GAAP results.

Our guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 includes an impact of greater than ($0.25) to EPS attributable to a planning assumption of an approximate 15% year-over-year reduction in handset shipments due to COVID-19, including a partial impact from the delay of a global 5G flagship phone launch. However, the actual impact may differ materially due to the challenging economic environment and highly uncertain effects of COVID-19. The "Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in this news release provides a description of certain risks that we face, and our most recent quarterly report on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides a more complete description of our risks.

The following table summarizes GAAP and Non-GAAP guidance based on the current outlook.

	Current Guidance
GAAP Revenues	Q4 FY20 Estimates1, 2
$7.3B - $8.1B
Less revenues attributable to other items3	~$1.8B
Non-GAAP Revenues	$5.5B - $6.3B
GAAP diluted EPS	$2.12 - $2.32
Less diluted EPS attributable to QSI	($0.01)
Less diluted EPS attributable to share-based compensation	($0.23)
Less diluted EPS attributable to other items3	$1.31
Non-GAAP diluted EPS	$1.05 - $1.25
Other Information	145M - 165M
MSM chip shipments
QCT revenues	$4.3B - $4.9B
QTL revenues	$1.2B - $1.4B

1. Our outlook does not include provisions for future asset impairments or for pending legal matters, other than future legal amounts that are probable and estimable. Further, due to their nature, certain income and expense items, such as certain investments, derivative and foreign currency transaction gains or losses, cannot be accurately forecast. Accordingly, we only include such items in our financial outlook to the extent they are reasonably certain; however, actual results may differ materially from the outlook.
2. Our GAAP and Non-GAAP financial guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 includes estimated QTL revenues for royalties due on sales made by Huawei in the September 2020 quarter.
3. Our guidance for revenues and diluted EPS attributable to other items for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 includes estimated revenues of approximately $1.8 billion and estimated EPS of $1.38 per share related to amounts due from Huawei under the settlement agreement and estimated amounts due for the March 2020 and June 2020 quarters under the new global patent license agreement. Our guidance for diluted EPS attributable to other items for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2020 also includes acquisition-related items.

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Conference Call

Qualcomm's third quarter fiscal 2020 earnings conference call will be broadcast live on July 29, 2020, beginning at 1:45 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) at http://investor.qualcomm.com/events.cfm. This conference call will include a discussion of "Non-GAAP financial measures" as defined in Regulation G. The most directly comparable GAAP financial measures and information reconciling these Non-GAAP financial measures to our financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as other financial and statistical information to be discussed on the conference call, will be posted at http://investor.qualcomm.com/immediately prior to the commencement of the call. An audio replay will be available at http://investor.qualcomm.com/events.cfmand via telephone following the live call for 30 days thereafter. To listen to the replay via telephone, U.S. callers may dial [phone] and international callers may dial [phone]. Callers should use reservation number 13706353.

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm is the world's leading wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G, 4G and 5G smartphone. We bring the benefits of mobile to new industries, including automotive, the internet of things and computing, and are leading the way to a world where everything and everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly.

Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering, research and development functions, and substantially all of our products and services businesses, including our QCT semiconductor business.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to statements regarding our being well positioned for the balance of 2020 and beyond; our realizing the benefits of our investments in building the most extensive licensing program in mobile and our turning the technical challenges of 5G into leadership opportunities and commercial wins as 5G continues to roll out; the impact of the settlement agreement and new long-term, global patent license agreement with Huawei on our fourth quarter financial guidance; that guidance including an impact of greater than ($0.25) to EPS attributable to a planning assumption of an approximate 15% year-over-year reduction in handset shipments due to COVID-19, including a partial impact from the delay of a global 5G flagship phone launch; our business outlook; and our estimates and guidance related to revenues, earnings per share and MSM chip shipments. Forward-looking statements are generally identified by words such as "estimates," "guidance," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks" and similar expressions. Actual results may differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors, including but not limited to the impact of COVID-19 and government policies and other measures being taken to limit its spread on: business and consumer confidence, demand for smartphones and other consumer devices sold by our customers or licensees which incorporate our integrated circuit products and/or our intellectual property, and the global wireless supply chain and transportation and distribution networks and workforces. Actual results may also differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements due to, among other factors: commercial network deployments, expansions and upgrades of CDMA, OFDMA and other communications technologies, our customers' and licensees' sales of products and services based on these technologies and our customers' demand for our products and services; competition in an environment of rapid technological change; our dependence on a small number of customers and licensees, which increasingly includes a small number of Chinese OEMs; our dependence on the premium-tier device segment; attacks on our licensing business model, including current and future legal proceedings and governmental investigations and proceedings, including potential adverse outcomes relating to the Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against us, and actions of quasi-governmental bodies and standards and industry organizations; potential changes in our patent licensing practices, whether due to governmental investigations, private legal proceedings challenging those practices, or otherwise; the difficulties in enforcing and protecting our intellectual property rights; our ability to extend our technologies, products and services into new and expanded product areas and adjacent industry segments and applications outside of traditional cellular industries; risks associated with the operation and control of our manufacturing facilities; the continued and future success of our licensing programs, which requires us to continue to evolve our patent portfolio, and which may be impacted by the proliferation of devices in new industry segments, and the need to renew or renegotiate license agreements that are expiring; our dependence on a limited number of third-party suppliers; claims by third parties that we infringe their intellectual property; strategic acquisitions, transactions and investments and our ability to consummate planned strategic acquisitions; our compliance with laws, regulations, policies and standards; our use of open source software; the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry, and our stock price and earnings volatility; our indebtedness and our significant stock repurchase program; security breaches of our information technology systems or other misappropriation of our technology, intellectual property or other proprietary or confidential information; potential tax liabilities; global, regional or local economic conditions or political actions that impact the industries in which we operate; our ability to attract and retain qualified employees; foreign currency fluctuations; and failures in our products or in the products of our customers or licensees, including those resulting from security vulnerabilities, defects or errors. These and other risks are set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 28, 2020 filed with the SEC. Our reports filed with the SEC are available on our website at www.qualcomm.com. We undertake no obligation to update, or continue to provide information with respect to, any forward-looking statement or risk factor, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Qualcomm and MSM are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Other products and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

MSM is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions, except par value amounts)
(Unaudited)
		June 28,		September 29,
		2020			2019
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,120	$	11,839
Marketable securities		4,480			421
Accounts receivable, net		1,847			2,471
Inventories		2,343			1,400
Other current assets		768			634
Total current assets		15,558			16,765
Deferred tax assets		1,345			1,196
Property, plant and equipment, net		3,487			3,081
Goodwill		6,299			6,282
Other intangible assets, net		1,749			2,172
Other assets		3,890			3,461
Total assets	$	32,328		$	32,957
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Trade accounts payable	$	2,046	$	1,368
Payroll and other benefits related liabilities		1,020			1,048
Unearned revenues		550			565
Short-term debt		500			2,496
Other current liabilities		3,798			3,458
Total current liabilities		7,914			8,935
Unearned revenues		864			1,160
Income taxes payable		1,872			2,088
Long-term debt		15,425			13,437
Other liabilities		2,947			2,428
Total liabilities		29,022			28,048
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 8 shares authorized; none outstanding		-			-
Common stock and paid-in capital, $0.0001 par value; 6,000 shares authorized; 1,128 and 1,145		113			343
shares issued and outstanding, respectively
Retained earnings		3,081			4,466
Accumulated other comprehensive income		112			100
Total stockholders' equity		3,306			4,909
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	32,328		$	32,957

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	QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
	(In millions, except per share data)
	(Unaudited)
			Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
			June 28,		June 30,			June 28,			June 30,
			2020				2019			2020			2019
Revenues:
Equipment and services	$	3,794			$	3,531	$	11,376	$	11,037
Licensing			1,099				6,104			3,809			8,422
Total revenues			4,893				9,635			15,185			19,459
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues			2,080				2,114			6,489			6,481
Research and development			1,520				1,380			4,393			3,957
Selling, general and administrative			511				547			1,523			1,646
Other			-		277			(23)			408
Total costs and expenses			4,111				4,318			12,382			12,492
Operating income			782				5,317			2,803			6,967
Interest expense			(143)				(160)			(436)			(477)
Investment and other income, net			229				344			46			377
Income before income taxes			868				5,501			2,413			6,867
Income tax expense			(23)				(3,352)			(175)			(2,987)
Net income		$	845			$	2,149		$	2,238		$	3,880
Basic earnings per share		$	0.75			$	1.77		$	1.97		$	3.20
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.74			$	1.75	$	1.95	$	3.17
Shares used in per share calculations:
Basic			1,127				1,217			1,137			1,214
Diluted			1,139				1,231			1,150			1,224

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QUALCOMM Incorporated
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
		Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
		June 28,			June 30,			June 28,			June 30,
		2020			2019			2020			2019
Operating Activities:
Net income	$	845	$	2,149	$	2,238	$	3,880
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization expense		363			353			1,054			1,051
Income tax provision (less than) in excess of income tax payments		(109)			3,164			(459)			2,206
Non-cash portion of share-based compensation expense		296			246			899			698
Net gains on marketable securities and other investments		(220)			(332)			(269)			(340)
Indefinite and long-lived asset impairment charges		-			-			-			203
Impairment losses on other investments		12			42			349			111
Other items, net		(33)			(16)			(108)			(207)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net		1,229			1,251			622			1,451
Inventories		(641)			(46)			(938)			(95)
Other assets		(68)			(10)			(139)			15
Trade accounts payable		(10)			(94)			745			(267)
Payroll, benefits and other liabilities		253			(1,807)			277			(2,534)
Unearned revenues		(45)			9			(198)			(113)
Net cash provided by operating activities		1,872			4,909			4,073			6,059
Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures		(418)			(248)			(1,059)			(570)
Purchases of debt and equity marketable securities		(3,536)			-			(4,848)			-
Proceeds from sales and maturities of debt and equity marketable		755			77			1,011			174
securities
Acquisitions and other investments, net of cash acquired		(31)			(67)			(159)			(185)
Other items, net		74			30			130			112
Net cash used by investing activities		(3,156)			(208)			(4,925)			(469)
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from short-term debt		1,170			1,511			2,286			4,808
Repayment of short-term debt		(1,169)			(1,510)			(2,285)			(4,813)
Proceeds from long-term debt		1,989			-			1,989			-
Repayment of long-term debt		(2,000)			-			(2,000)			-
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		2			87			176			264
Repurchases and retirements of common stock		(110)			(69)			(2,450)			(1,088)
Dividends paid		(733)			(755)			(2,148)			(2,257)
Payments of tax withholdings related to vesting of share-based awards		(94)			(82)			(326)			(225)
Other items, net		(58)			(97)			(113)			(135)
Net cash used by financing activities		(1,003)			(915)			(4,871)			(3,446)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		4			2			4			2
Net (decrease) increase in total cash and cash equivalents		(2,283)			3,788			(5,719)			2,146
Total cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		8,403			10,135			11,839			11,777
Total cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	6,120		$	13,923		$	6,120		$	13,923

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Note Regarding Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Non-GAAP financial measures presented herein should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. In addition, "Non-GAAP" is not a term defined by GAAP, and as a result, our Non-GAAP financial measures might be different than similarly titled measures used by other companies. Reconciliations between GAAP and Non-GAAP financial measures are presented herein.

We use Non-GAAP financial information: (i) to evaluate, assess and benchmark our operating results on a consistent and comparable basis; (ii) to measure the performance and efficiency of our ongoing core operating businesses, including the QCT (Qualcomm CDMA Technologies) and QTL (Qualcomm Technology Licensing) segments; and (iii) to compare the performance and efficiency of these segments against competitors. Non-GAAP measurements used by us include revenues, cost of revenues, research and development (R&D) expenses, selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses, other income or expenses, operating income, interest expense, net investment and other income, income or earnings before income taxes, effective tax rate, net income and diluted earnings per share. We are able to assess what we believe is a more meaningful and comparable set of financial performance measures for Qualcomm and its business segments by using Non-GAAP information. In addition, the HR and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors uses certain Non-GAAP financial measures in establishing portions of the performance-based incentive compensation programs for our executive officers. We present Non-GAAP financial information to provide greater transparency to investors with respect to our use of such information in financial and operational decision-making. This Non-GAAP financial information is also used by institutional investors and analysts in evaluating our business and assessing trends and future expectations.

Non-GAAP information excludes our QSI (Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives) segment and certain share-based compensation, acquisition-related items, tax items and other items.

• QSI is excluded because we expect to exit our strategic investments in the foreseeable future, and the effects of fluctuations in the value of such investments and realized gains or losses are viewed as unrelated to our operational performance.
• Share-basedcompensation expense primarily relates to restricted stock units. We believe that excluding non-cashshare-based compensation from the Non-GAAP financial information allows us and investors to make additional comparisons of the operating activities of our ongoing core businesses over time and with respect to other companies.
• Certain other items are excluded because we view such items as unrelated to the operating activities of our ongoing core businesses, as follows:
• • Acquisition-relateditems include amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets starting with acquisitions in the third quarter of fiscal 2011, substantially all of which relate to the amortization of technology-based intangible assets that is recorded in cost of revenues and will recur in future periods until the related intangible assets have been fully amortized. We view acquisition-related intangible assets as items arising from pre-acquisition activities determined at the time of an acquisition. Acquisition-related intangible assets contribute to revenue generation that has not been excluded from our Non-GAAP financial information. Acquisition-related items also include recognition of the step-up of inventories and property, plant and equipment to fair value and the related tax effects of acquisition-related items, as well as any effects from restructuring the ownership of such acquired assets. Additionally, we exclude third-party acquisition and integration services costs and costs related to temporary debt facilities and letters of credit executed prior to the close of an acquisition.
  • We exclude certain other items that we view as unrelated to our ongoing businesses, such as major restructuring and restructuring-related costs, goodwill and indefinite- and long-lived asset impairments and awards, settlements and/or damages arising from legal or regulatory matters. Beginning in the second quarter of fiscal 2020, we exclude gains and losses driven by the revaluation of our deferred compensation plan liabilities recognized in operating expenses and the offsetting gains and losses on the related plan assets recognized in investment and other income. Amounts prior to the second quarter of fiscal 2020, which were not material, continue to be included in Non-GAAP results.
  • Certain tax items that are unrelated to the fiscal year in which they are recorded are excluded in order to provide a clearer understanding of our ongoing Non-GAAP tax rate and after-tax earnings.