Allianz Asset Management GmbH Buys Shares of 92,300 GlobalFoundries Inc. $GFS

Allianz Asset Management GmbH bought a new position in GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 92,300 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,308,000.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in shares of GlobalFoundries by 4.4% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 15,583 shares of the company’s stock worth $575,000 after acquiring an additional 660 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of GlobalFoundries by 77.6% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 102,048 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,679,000 after purchasing an additional 44,599 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in shares of GlobalFoundries by 7,120.1% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 12,202 shares of the company’s stock valued at $450,000 after purchasing an additional 12,033 shares during the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc boosted its position in shares of GlobalFoundries by 824.7% in the 2nd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 897 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,000 after purchasing an additional 800 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Aberdeen Group plc grew its stake in GlobalFoundries by 6.1% during the 2nd quarter. Aberdeen Group plc now owns 72,735 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,778,000 after buying an additional 4,151 shares during the last quarter.

GlobalFoundries Price Performance

NASDAQ:GFS opened at $48.66 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 3.03 and a quick ratio of 2.24. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $40.05 and a 200-day moving average price of $36.34. GlobalFoundries Inc. has a 1-year low of $29.77 and a 1-year high of $48.88. The firm has a market cap of $26.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -540.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.50.

GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.08. GlobalFoundries had a negative net margin of 0.65% and a positive return on equity of 6.64%. The firm had revenue of $1.83 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. GlobalFoundries has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.300-0.400 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that GlobalFoundries Inc. will post 1.31 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

GFS has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley set a $43.00 price target on GlobalFoundries in a research note on Monday. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of GlobalFoundries in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of GlobalFoundries from $35.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “hold” rating and set a $38.00 target price on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research report on Monday, October 27th. Finally, Bank of America raised their price target on shares of GlobalFoundries from $33.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, GlobalFoundries has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.08.

Trending Headlines about GlobalFoundries

Here are the key news stories impacting GlobalFoundries this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and fundamentals — GFS reported Q4 EPS of $0.55 vs. $0.47 consensus and revenue of $1.83B vs. $1.80B expected, delivering the core beat that triggered optimism among investors. GlobalFoundries Reports Fourth Quarter 2025 and Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Buyback announced — Management outlined a repurchase program (reported as up to $500M), which supports the share price by returning capital and signaling confidence in the business. GlobalFoundries rises after Q4 beat, plans up to $500M buyback
• Positive Sentiment: Demand drivers and strategy — Management called out strong chip demand from data centers and emphasized a “physical AI” focus, giving investors a thematic growth story beyond the quarter. GlobalFoundries expects strong quarterly revenue on chips demand from data centers
• Neutral Sentiment: Guidance mixed — Q1 EPS guide of $0.30–$0.40 is broadly in line with consensus (~$0.38), but revenue guidance ($1.6B–$1.7B) is below the ~$1.8B consensus, making the near‑term top‑line cadence slightly cautious. Listen to Conference Call / Press Release
• Neutral Sentiment: Detail availability — Full earnings transcript, slide deck and analyst writeups are out (helpful for investors doing deeper due diligence). GlobalFoundries (GFS) Q4 2025 Earnings Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Short‑interest data anomalies — Recent short‑interest reports in feeds show zeros/NaN values (likely a reporting glitch), so there’s no clear evidence of meaningful short pressure to amplify moves; data uncertainty can complicate sentiment reads. GFS Tops Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

GlobalFoundries Company Profile

GlobalFoundries, Inc (NASDAQ: GFS) is a leading contract semiconductor manufacturer that provides wafer fabrication and related services to semiconductor companies and systems manufacturers. The company operates as a pure-play foundry, producing integrated circuits across a range of process technologies for customers in markets such as automotive, communications, consumer electronics, industrial, and aerospace. Its service offering spans process development, manufacturing, test and packaging support, and design enablement including process design kits (PDKs) and intellectual property (IP) libraries to help customers bring designs to production.

GlobalFoundries focuses on a portfolio of differentiated and specialty process nodes, offering technologies for radio-frequency (RF) and wireless, analog and mixed-signal, power management, embedded non-volatile memory, and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process families.