Globalfoundries Inc GFS
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Globalfoundries Inc is a large-cap company in the Technology sector (Semiconductors), with a market value of $28.0B, based in the USA.
It employs about 14,000 people and has been listed since Oct 28, 2021.
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc., a semiconductor foundry, provides range of mainstream wafer fabrication services and technologies in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It offers semiconductor devices, including microprocessors, mobile application processors, baseband processors, network processors, radio frequency modems, microcontrollers, and power management units. The company also provides quantum technology solutions.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 39.2 versus 41.5 for the median of the Technology sector in our universe (46 companies) — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 6% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 18.8 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 76.00, 52% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 30% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • More cash leaves than comes in (negative free cash flow).
- • The stock is more volatile than average (beta 1.8) — big daily moves both ways.
- • 15% of the float is sold short — part of the market is betting on a decline.
- • The stock is 46% below its one-year high.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 9 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (14 vs 1).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (0.2% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 2.4% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLK +1.8%).
No notable news about the company was found in the past week.
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.