GlobalFoundries (GFS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) is a semiconductor manufacturer that operates as a contract foundry, producing chips designed by other companies. The company provides wafer fabrication and related services for customers in the automotive, communications infrastructure, aerospace and defense, industrial, and consumer electronics markets.

GlobalFoundries specializes in differentiated semiconductor technologies rather than competing primarily in the most advanced logic-processing nodes. Its offerings include radio-frequency and silicon-on-insulator technologies, embedded memory, power-management solutions, high-voltage processes, silicon photonics, and other specialty platforms used in connectivity, sensing, automotive electronics, and edge-computing applications.

The company was established in 2009 through the separation of Advanced Micro Devices' manufacturing operations, with investment from the Abu Dhabi-based Advanced Technology Investment Company. GlobalFoundries became a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq in 2021. It serves customers internationally through manufacturing facilities and operations in the United States, Germany, and Singapore. Tim Breen serves as chief executive officer, succeeding Thomas Caulfield in 2024.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $40.80 to $43.29
• 50-Day Range: $41.90 to $50.17
• 52-Week Range: $32.02 to $92.55
• Volume: 5.31 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.92 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $22.99 billion
• P/E Ratio: 32.73
• Dividend Yield: 1.15%
• Price Target: $75.79
• Consensus Rating: Hold

GlobalFoundries Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GlobalFoundries scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 62nd out of 595 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

GlobalFoundries has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.30, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 8 buy ratings, 10 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

GlobalFoundries has a consensus price target of $75.79, representing about 80.9% upside from its current price of $41.90.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GlobalFoundries has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 44.59%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for GlobalFoundries are expected to grow by 44.59% in the coming year, from $1.48 to $2.14 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GlobalFoundries is 32.73, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.47.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GlobalFoundries is 32.73, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 44.44.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

GlobalFoundries has a PEG Ratio of 1.33. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GlobalFoundries has a P/B Ratio of 1.94. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.50% of the float of GlobalFoundries has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GlobalFoundries has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.38, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GlobalFoundries has recently increased by 17.77%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

GlobalFoundries pays a meaningful dividend of 1.15%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

GlobalFoundries does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of GlobalFoundries is 37.50%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, GlobalFoundries will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.43% next year. This indicates that GlobalFoundries will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.69

News Sentiment

GlobalFoundries has a news sentiment score of 0.69. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for GlobalFoundries this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

26 people have searched for GFS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

21 people have added GlobalFoundries to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, GlobalFoundries insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $637,054.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

GlobalFoundries has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 10/9 Dividend: 9/23/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/9 Dividend: 9/23/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/09/2026
• Today: 11/01/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment
• Sub-Industry: Semiconductors
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:GFS
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:GFS
• CIK: 1709048
• Web: www.gf.com
• Phone: 518-305-9013
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 14,000
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for GlobalFoundries: $75.79
• High Price Target: $140.00
• Low Price Target: $37.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +80.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.30
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.28
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.73
• Forward P/E Ratio: 28.31
• P/E Growth: 1.33
• Net Income: $885 million
• Net Margins: 10.36%
• Pretax Margin: 12.63%
• Return on Equity: 6.69%
• Return on Assets: 4.69%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.13
• Current Ratio: 2.48
• Quick Ratio: 1.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.79 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.39
• Cash Flow: $3.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.38
• Book Value: $21.56 per share
• Price / Book: 1.94

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 548,700,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $22.99 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.78