GlobalFoundries (GFS)
Information Technology · semiconductor foundry · NASDAQ
A leading global semiconductor foundry providing feature-rich manufacturing services for essential technologies across mobile, automotive, and infrastructure sectors.
What GlobalFoundries does
GlobalFoundries is a semiconductor foundry that provides manufacturing services and technology solutions for complex integrated circuits. The company specializes in feature-rich process technologies to produce semiconductors that power a wide range of devices across the mobile, infrastructure, industrial, and automotive markets.
Themes: semiconductor manufacturing, mobile connectivity, automotive electronics, data center infrastructure, industrial IoT
Fundamentals
- Price$48.05 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$28.9B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+47.4% 2025-08-21 close $32.60 → 2026-08-21 close $48.05
- P/E40.38 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+10.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+27.1% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+6.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.14 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+1.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-5.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.81 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earningsn/a no confirmed date — as a foreign private issuer it reports on Form 6-K, which carries no earnings item code
How GFS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 265 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 25% 403 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 386 covered Information Technology peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 25% 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
GFS is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no shareholder return data.
Short-term score
37.9 #1482 of 1,704 scored · #223 of 261 in Information Technology
Setup 55th: day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 10% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move; catalysts 52nd: open-market insider buys in 90 days 13, the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading; weakest is trend 19th: it is trading 24.2% below its 50-day average, the short-term trend line.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
How GlobalFoundries looks technically
GlobalFoundries (GFS) is trading 7.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 154 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 28, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 37, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 18 trading days ago. It is 48.1% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 10% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 7.8% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -7.8% |
|---|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $63.40 | $63.40 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $52.10 | $52.10 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 23 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 23 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that downward direction; the labelling fails if price closes above 75.22. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 154 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 154 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 28, with sellers in control | 28.3 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 37, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 37.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($46.96 to $55.58) — its "stochastic" reading is 13 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 12.7 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 13 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $92.53 | $92.53 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 48.1% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -48.1% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 52.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +52.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 48.1% below its highest point of the past year | 48.1% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 18 trading days ago | 18 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 18 trading days ago | 18 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $92.53 (set on 2026-05-26) | $92.53 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($31.67 to $89.96), and it has given back well over two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 72% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $52.07 to $53.94. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 71.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 48.1% below its all-time high | -48.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.9% above a support level at $47.63 — a price it turned at four times since 2024-08-30, most recently on 2026-08-06. Since 2024-08-21 it has 13 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.9% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $29.77 (set on 2025-04-08) | $29.77 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 61.4% above its all-time low | +61.4% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 10% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 10th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $3.19 between its high and its low — about 6.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $3.19 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $46.34 and $55.02 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $46.34 – $50.68 – $55.02 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 6.6% in a typical session — more volatile than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 6.6% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (7.8% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 1.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.65× |
|---|
Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
|---|---|---|
| Since a bearish engulfing | 9 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 9 sessions ago |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +1.7% |
|---|---|---|
| Open gap | it gapped 4.1% below the previous close 3 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 53.44 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -4.1% |
| Gap filled | a 5.2% gap up opened on 2026-08-12 has been "filled" 3 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 4 sessions to close | 3 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
|---|
Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 21.4 percentage points (the stock lost 19.1% while the market gained 2.3%) | -21.4% |
|---|---|---|
| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 44.0 percentage points (the stock lost 40.9% while the market gained 3.1%) | -44.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 7.0 percentage points (the stock gained 4.0% while the market gained 11.1%) | -7.0% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 26.9 percentage points (the stock gained 47.4% while the market gained 20.5%) | +26.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, MACD momentum is positive, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 31% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 11.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -30.7% |
|---|
Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 17% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $58.21 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -17.5% |
|---|
Price levels it has turned at before
GFS last closed at $48.05 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 13 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $47.63 | Support | 0.9% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-08-30 to 2026-08-06 |
| $46.73 | Support | 2.8% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-06 to 2026-07-29 |
| $45.09 | Support | 6.2% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-12-18 to 2026-02-20 |
| $65.28 | Resistance | 35.9% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-04-24 to 2026-05-19 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $75.22.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $56.87 and $68.58 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close below $46.39.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · lagging the market · Printed a doji candle · Just filled a gap (5%+ closed in the last week) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.05 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 21 analysts
- Mean price target$76.76 range $55.00 – $140.00; median $75.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-21. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for GFS
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.5115 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-21
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Concentration of production facilities in specific geographic regions.","High dependence on key customers in the mobile and infrastructure sectors.","Cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and intense market competition."]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
1 open-market purchase and 17 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days0 buys · 1 sell ($16392) — 1 selling insider
- Last 90 days1 buy ($767) · 17 sells ($1M) — 1 buying, 3 selling insiders
- Last 180 days1 buy ($767) · 31 sells ($3M) — 1 buying, 4 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-07-30. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about GFS's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
GFS had 6,421,135 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for GFS because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 6,421,135
- Prior settlement (shares) 6,695,897
- Reported change -4.1%
- Days to cover (reported) 1.58
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- TSMC (TSM)
- United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)
- Samsung Foundry
- Intel Foundry (INTC)
- Tower Semiconductor (TSEM)
AI-enriched competitor set. Linked names are companies covered by stocks-llm; other named peers are shown for reference only.
Compare GFS vs…
GlobalFoundries is found in…
Frequently asked questions
What does GlobalFoundries (GFS) do?
GlobalFoundries is a semiconductor foundry that provides manufacturing services and technology solutions for complex integrated circuits. The company specializes in feature-rich process technologies to produce semiconductors that power a wide range of devices across the mobile, infrastructure, industrial, and automotive markets.
What sector is GlobalFoundries (GFS) in?
GlobalFoundries (GFS) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is semiconductor foundry. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are GlobalFoundries's (GFS) competitors?
Notable peers of GlobalFoundries (GFS) include TSMC, United Microelectronics Corporation, Samsung Foundry, Intel Foundry and Tower Semiconductor. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is GlobalFoundries (GFS) overbought or oversold right now?
GlobalFoundries (GFS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 37, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on GFS come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.