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GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. GFS
$48.56 -3.21% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $27.53B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 11.6% from -2.5% a year earlier.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +10.8%).
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 21%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 14%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 49%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 49%
- Gross marginBottom 18%
- Operating marginTop 33%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 47%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 49%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 31%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 48%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 22%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 50%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 47%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 36%
- 6-month returnBottom 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 33%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 25%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 38%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 43%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 20%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 42%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 31%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 0.8% | 1.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 27.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | -2.5% | 11.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 14.2% | 11.5% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.4% | 0.8% | ↑ | Bottom 21% |
| Gross margin | 27.4% | 23.8% | ↑ | Bottom 18% |
| Operating margin | 11.6% | -2.5% | ↑ | Top 33% |
| Net margin | 10.3% | -1.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.5% | 14.2% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.5% | — | Top 49% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.7% | — | Bottom 14% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.68×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -7.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +52.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.28×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.65%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.65%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $82.08
- Target vs current price
- +69.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 19
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 58%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +6.3% | -4.9% | -2.3% | -15.6% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +13.9% | +9.3% | +10.7% | +24.9% | -26.4% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +15.9% | +16.3% | +11.1% | +5.2% | +69.3% |
| Nov 12, 2025 | +7.0% | -1.8% | -5.6% | +16.1% | +25.1% |
| Aug 5, 2025 | +16.3% | -9.3% | -12.6% | -8.3% | -4.3% |
| May 6, 2025 | +17.5% | -2.7% | +8.8% | +2.8% | +4.2% |
| Feb 11, 2025 | +1.8% | +6.3% | +21.9% | -1.3% | -6.5% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | +24.2% | +14.9% | +18.6% | +23.9% | +15.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.46 | $0.43 | +6.3% | $1.79B |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.35 | +13.9% | $1.63B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $0.55 | $0.47 | +15.9% | $1.83B |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $0.41 | $0.38 | +7.0% | $1.69B |
| Aug 5, 2025 | $0.42 | $0.36 | +16.3% | $1.69B |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.34 | $0.29 | +17.5% | $1.58B |
| Feb 11, 2025 | $0.46 | $0.45 | +1.8% | $1.83B |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.41 | $0.33 | +24.2% | $1.74B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 37.9× | 30.4× | 64th | Top 31% |
| P/E (forward) | 25.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.2× | — | — | Top 22% |
| EV / Sales | 4.05× | — | — | Top 50% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.89% | — | — | Top 48% |
| Earnings yield | 2.64% | — | — | Top 31% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 19.6× – 67.9× since Jun 30, 2022. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 3
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -13.8%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +1.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -10.6%
- RSI (14)
- 52.3
- Relative volume
- 1.14×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 56.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 69th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.76
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.53
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -46.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -52.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2022 | Apr 8, 2025 | -61.5% | 761 days | 281 days (May 21, 2026) |
| May 26, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | -52.5% | 77 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 29, 2021 | Jan 27, 2022 | -36.6% | 41 days | 34 days (Mar 17, 2022) |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Nov 12, 2021 | -12.0% | 5 days | 4 days (Nov 18, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $27.53B
- P/E (TTM)
- 37.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.28
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.94B
- Dividend yield
- 0.49%
- 52-week range
- $32.02 – $92.55
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $6.58B | $8.11B | $7.39B | $6.75B | $6.79B |
| Gross profit | $1.01B | $2.24B | $2.10B | $1.65B | $1.71B |
| Operating income | -$60.0M | $1.17B | $1.13B | -$214.0M | $797.0M |
| Net income | -$250.0M | $1.45B | $1.02B | -$265.0M | $885.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.49 | $2.62 | $1.83 | -$0.48 | $1.59 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.74B | $1.83B | $1.58B | $1.69B | $1.69B | $1.83B | $1.63B | $1.79B |
| Net income | $177.0M | -$730.0M | $210.0M | $228.0M | $248.0M | $199.0M | $103.0M | $166.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.32 | -$1.32 | $0.38 | $0.41 | $0.44 | $0.36 | $0.18 | $0.30 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.84B | $2.62B | $2.13B | $1.72B | $1.73B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.77B | -$3.06B | -$1.80B | -$625.0M | -$722.0M |
| Free cash flow | $1.07B | -$435.0M | $321.0M | $1.10B | $1.01B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $1.44B | $168.0M | $42.0M | -$177.0M | -$5.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $2.36B
- Total assets
- $16.89B
- Total liabilities
- $5.01B
- Total debt
- $1.68B
- Net debt
- $591.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $11.82B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $0.12 | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $0.12 | Jul 14, 2026 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,754,678
- Days to cover
- 2.09
- Change vs previous report
- +20.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.