Key Points
- Insider sale: Samak Azar sold 500 shares on April 30 at an average price of $63 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, trimming his holding by 2.94% to 16,494 shares (about $1.04M).
- Financials and momentum: GFS shares climbed ~4.4%; the company has a market cap of $37.7B and a P/E of 42.6, and it reported $0.55 EPS and $1.83B revenue (beats), while guiding Q1 2026 EPS to $0.30–$0.40.
- Strategic outlook and analyst view: GlobalFoundries unveiled its SCALE optical module for AI data centers, potentially expanding TAM, but analysts are mixed — consensus rating is "Hold" with a $50.12 target and several divergent price targets/ratings.
GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS - Get Free Report) insider Samak Azar sold 500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $63.00, for a total value of $31,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 16,494 shares in the company, valued at $1,039,122. The trade was a 2.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
GlobalFoundries Trading Up 4.4%
NASDAQ GFS opened at $67.75 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $37.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.61, a PEG ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 1.71. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $48.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $42.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 1.95 and a current ratio of 2.62. GlobalFoundries Inc. has a 52 week low of $31.51 and a 52 week high of $69.30.
GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $1.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.80 billion. GlobalFoundries had a return on equity of 6.86% and a net margin of 13.05%.The business's quarterly revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.46 EPS. GlobalFoundries has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.300-0.400 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that GlobalFoundries Inc. will post 1.37 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On GlobalFoundries
A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vident Advisory LLC raised its stake in GlobalFoundries by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Vident Advisory LLC now owns 6,160 shares of the company's stock valued at $215,000 after acquiring an additional 293 shares during the period. Profund Advisors LLC raised its stake in GlobalFoundries by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Profund Advisors LLC now owns 45,349 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,625,000 after acquiring an additional 299 shares during the period. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec raised its stake in GlobalFoundries by 9.3% in the 4th quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec now owns 3,575 shares of the company's stock valued at $125,000 after acquiring an additional 305 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in GlobalFoundries by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 9,744 shares of the company's stock valued at $372,000 after acquiring an additional 324 shares during the period. Finally, California State Teachers Retirement System raised its stake in GlobalFoundries by 5.7% in the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 6,480 shares of the company's stock valued at $248,000 after acquiring an additional 347 shares during the period.
Key Headlines Impacting GlobalFoundries
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Analysts Set New Price Targets
GFS has been the topic of several research reports. Wedbush restated a "neutral" rating and issued a $50.00 target price on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research note on Monday. UBS Group set a $50.00 target price on GlobalFoundries in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. TD Cowen restated a "buy" rating on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Morgan Stanley set a $43.00 target price on GlobalFoundries in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded GlobalFoundries from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, January 30th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, GlobalFoundries currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $50.12.
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About GlobalFoundries
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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.
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