GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) Reaches New 52-Week High Following Strong Earnings

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Thursday following a stronger than expected earnings report. The company traded as high as $48.88 and last traded at $48.6610, with a volume of 7694911 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $41.90.

The company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $1.83 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. GlobalFoundries had a positive return on equity of 6.64% and a negative net margin of 0.65%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.46 EPS. GlobalFoundries has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.300-0.400 EPS.

GlobalFoundries News Summary

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have weighed in on GFS shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on GlobalFoundries from $40.00 to $35.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 13th. Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of GlobalFoundries from $33.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Zacks Research raised shares of GlobalFoundries from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of GlobalFoundries from $35.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d)” rating on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, GlobalFoundries presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $42.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On GlobalFoundries

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in GlobalFoundries by 168.2% during the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,607,792 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,463,000 after purchasing an additional 1,635,338 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG grew its holdings in shares of GlobalFoundries by 136.7% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,809,232 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,178,000 after buying an additional 1,044,755 shares in the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC raised its position in GlobalFoundries by 137.8% in the 3rd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 1,300,189 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,599,000 after buying an additional 753,376 shares during the last quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its stake in GlobalFoundries by 1,789.3% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 657,269 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,557,000 after acquiring an additional 622,480 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP bought a new stake in GlobalFoundries in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $22,595,000.

GlobalFoundries Trading Up 16.1%

The stock has a market cap of $26.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -540.62, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.50. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $40.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 2.24 and a current ratio of 3.03.

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.