GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) Trading 9% Higher on Strong Earnings

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) traded up 9% on Wednesday after the company announced better than expected quarterly earnings. The company traded as high as $47.19 and last traded at $45.6910. 1,580,789 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 59% from the average session volume of 3,890,551 shares. 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 negative net margin of 0.65% and a positive return on equity of 6.64%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS. GlobalFoundries has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.300-0.400 EPS.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have issued reports on GFS. Zacks Research upgraded GlobalFoundries from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of GlobalFoundries from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 15th. BNP Paribas Exane started coverage on GlobalFoundries in a research note on Friday, October 24th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $45.00 price target for the company. Bank of America upped their price objective on GlobalFoundries from $33.00 to $37.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their target price on GlobalFoundries from $35.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, GlobalFoundries has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $42.08.

Institutional Trading of GlobalFoundries

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Empowered Funds LLC bought a new position in shares of GlobalFoundries in the fourth quarter valued at $67,000. Inceptionr LLC acquired a new position in shares of GlobalFoundries in the 4th quarter worth $405,000. Strategic Advocates LLC raised its position in shares of GlobalFoundries by 95.1% during the fourth quarter. Strategic Advocates LLC now owns 1,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the period. Fox Run Management L.L.C. purchased a new stake in shares of GlobalFoundries during the fourth quarter valued at $1,094,000. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of GlobalFoundries by 96.5% in the 4th quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 29,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,048,000 after purchasing an additional 14,713 shares during the period.

GlobalFoundries Price Performance

The stock has a 50 day moving average of $40.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of $36.34. The stock has a market cap of $26.91 billion, a PE ratio of -540.62, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.50. 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.