GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) Trading 9% Higher After Earnings Beat

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS)’s stock price shot up 9% during trading on Wednesday after the company announced better than expected quarterly earnings. The stock 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 for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $1.83 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.80 billion. GlobalFoundries had a net margin of 13.05% and a return on equity of 6.94%. GlobalFoundries’s quarterly revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 EPS. GlobalFoundries has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.300-0.400 EPS.

GlobalFoundries News Roundup

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on GFS. Morgan Stanley set a $43.00 target price on GlobalFoundries in a report on Monday. Wedbush boosted their target price on GlobalFoundries from $40.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of GlobalFoundries in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of GlobalFoundries from $40.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of GlobalFoundries from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, GlobalFoundries presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $46.13.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of GFS. Entropy Technologies LP purchased a new position in GlobalFoundries during the second quarter worth $710,000. CWM LLC increased its position in shares of GlobalFoundries by 973.6% in the third quarter. CWM LLC now owns 50,943 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,826,000 after acquiring an additional 46,198 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in GlobalFoundries by 997.6% during the 3rd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 88,717 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,180,000 after acquiring an additional 80,634 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning grew its holdings in GlobalFoundries by 44.8% during the 2nd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 29,905 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,142,000 after purchasing an additional 9,253 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of GlobalFoundries during the second quarter worth about $907,000.

GlobalFoundries Stock Performance

The company has a current ratio of 3.03, a quick ratio of 2.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a market capitalization of $26.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.00 and a beta of 1.50. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $40.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $36.43.

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.