GlobalFoundries Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NASDAQ:GFS)

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) saw unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Stock investors bought 15,176 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 139% compared to the average daily volume of 6,346 call options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On GlobalFoundries

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Invesco Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of GlobalFoundries by 7.9% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,962,385 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,172,000 after acquiring an additional 217,866 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in GlobalFoundries by 15.2% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,659,454 shares of the company’s stock worth $95,315,000 after purchasing an additional 350,743 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in GlobalFoundries by 168.2% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,607,792 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,463,000 after purchasing an additional 1,635,338 shares during the last quarter. ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC increased its position in shares of GlobalFoundries by 5.8% in the third quarter. ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC now owns 2,274,261 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,510,000 after buying an additional 124,812 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of GlobalFoundries by 0.6% in the third quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,874,440 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,180,000 after buying an additional 11,648 shares in the last quarter.

GlobalFoundries Stock Performance

NASDAQ GFS opened at $48.70 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $26.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.63, a PEG ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.50. The business’s 50 day moving average is $40.27 and its two-hundred day moving average is $36.43. GlobalFoundries has a 12-month low of $29.77 and a 12-month high of $50.98. The company has a current ratio of 3.03, a quick ratio of 2.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 6.94% and a net margin of 13.05%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.46 earnings per share. GlobalFoundries has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.300-0.400 EPS. Research analysts expect that GlobalFoundries will post 1.31 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently issued reports on GFS shares. Evercore lifted their target price on shares of GlobalFoundries from $43.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating and set a $38.00 price objective on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Needham & Company LLC raised their target price on GlobalFoundries from $42.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley set a $43.00 price target on GlobalFoundries in a research report on Monday. Finally, Susquehanna reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $50.00 price objective on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research note on Thursday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, GlobalFoundries has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $46.13.

Key Headlines Impacting GlobalFoundries

Here are the key news stories impacting GlobalFoundries this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and buyback — GFS reported Q4 EPS of $0.55 versus $0.47 expected and revenue slightly above estimates; management authorized up to $500M for share repurchases, supporting shareholder returns and near-term upside. GlobalFoundries rises after Q4 beat, plans up to $500M buyback
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades/price-target raises — Multiple firms raised targets (Needham to $55, Baird to $60) and reiterated bullish views, signaling increased analyst conviction in margin expansion and growth opportunities. Baird price-target raise
• Positive Sentiment: Unusual options activity — Heavy retail/trader demand for calls (≈15,176 contracts, ~139% above average) is a bullish short-term signal that can amplify upside momentum. No link available
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic growth narrative — Coverage highlighting margin-accretive growth from silicon photonics, power management and GaN partnerships strengthens the long-term investment case. Margin-Accretive Growth Coming Fast
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor webinar scheduled — Company will host a presentation on silicon photonics and advanced packaging; useful for longer-term thesis but unlikely to change near-term fundamentals immediately. Investor webinar announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Earnings call / transcripts available — Full call and slide deck are out for deeper due diligence; they reinforce points above but add no new surprise. Q4 2025 earnings call transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Q1 revenue guide below consensus — GFS guided Q1 revenue to roughly $1.6–$1.7B vs. street ~ $1.8B, which is a near-term growth miss that may cap upside despite the beat and buyback. Press release with guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest entries appear erroneous — Recent filings in the feed show 0 shares/NaN increases, which look like data glitches and do not indicate meaningful short pressure. No link available

About GlobalFoundries

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.