FERROGLOBE PLC (GSM)
Materials · specialty chemicals and materials · NASDAQ
Ferroglobe is a leading global producer of silicon metal and specialty alloys used in the automotive, construction, and electronics industries.
What FERROGLOBE PLC does
Ferroglobe PLC is a global producer of silicon metal, ferrosilicon, and related specialty alloys used primarily in aluminum casting, steelmaking, and other industrial metallurgical applications. The company operates production facilities across multiple continents and serves customers in automotive, construction, and other industrial sectors.
Themes: Ferroalloys / metallurgical products, Industrial metals, Aluminum casting, Steelmaking additives
Fundamentals
- Price$4.05 as of 2026-08-24 close
- Market cap$820M as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return-7.3% 2025-08-22 close $4.37 → 2026-08-24 close $4.05
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-8.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+33.2% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-15.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.36 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-11.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-19.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.97 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
Dividend: yield +1.3%; pays a dividend.
How GSM compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 25% 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 25% 142 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 141 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 151 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 127 covered Materials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 95 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 124 covered Materials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Materials 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.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Not assessable from available data. GSM paid a dividend in FY2025, but coverage cannot be assessed from the available data (non_positive_net_income, non_positive_free_cash_flow).
- Earnings payoutnot assessable earnings were not positive that year
- Free-cash-flow payoutnot assessable free cash flow was not positive that year
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How FERROGLOBE PLC looks technically
FERROGLOBE PLC (GSM) is trading 5.5% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 80 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 27, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 10 trading days ago. It is 28.9% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 5.5% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -5.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $3.66 | $3.66 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $4.32 | $4.32 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 11 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 11 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 80 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 80 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 27, with sellers in control | 26.8 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 54.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($3.26 to $4.72) — its "stochastic" reading is 56 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. | 56.2 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 2 sessions |
Range
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| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $5.74 | $5.74 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 28.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -28.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 32.5% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +32.5% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 28.9% below its highest point of the past year | 28.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 10 trading days ago | 10 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 10 trading days ago | 10 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $25.67 (set on 2011-07-13) | $25.67 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($3.14 to $5.56), and it has recovered roughly a third of its fall from last year’s high — 39% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $4.64 to $4.71. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 38.8% |
| From the all-time high | it is 84.1% below its all-time high | -84.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a support level at $4.07 — a price it turned at five times since 2024-09-11, most recently on 2025-09-17. Since 2024-08-21 it has 6 such levels below the current price and 8 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.35 (set on 2020-03-16) | $0.35 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 1065.7% above its all-time low | +1,066% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 93% of the past ~6 months) | 93rd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.2186 between its high and its low — about 5.4% 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 | $0.2186 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $2.89 and $4.96 — 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 | $2.89 – $3.93 – $4.96 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.4% in a typical session — about typical for the 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 | 5.4% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 1.1 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (5.5% 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 | 1.1 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 | 0.87× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.0% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +1.0% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 16.4% above the previous close 12 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 3.42 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +16.4% |
| Gap filled | a 2.2% gap up opened on 2026-08-03 has been "filled" 14 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 14 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 |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 17.7 percentage points (the stock gained 20.0% while the market gained 2.3%) | +17.7% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 3.8 percentage points (the stock lost 0.7% while the market gained 3.1%) | -3.8% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 30.0 percentage points (the stock lost 18.9% while the market gained 11.1%) | -29.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 22.9 percentage points (the stock lost 2.4% while the market gained 20.5%) | -22.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bullish state: trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 0.7% above 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 uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thick, spanning 12.9% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | +0.7% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 3% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $4.22 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -3.3% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
GSM last closed at $4.08 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 6 prices below its last close and 8 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $4.07 | Support | 0.2% below the last close | turned there five times · 2024-09-11 to 2025-09-17 |
| $4.15 | Resistance | 1.8% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-01-17 to 2026-04-24 |
| $3.98 | Support | 2.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-14 to 2025-05-27 |
| $4.26 | Resistance | 4.4% above the last close | turned there five times · 2024-10-10 to 2025-07-15 |
| $3.79 | Support | 7.0% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-02-07 to 2026-06-05 |
| $4.38 | Resistance | 7.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-09-05 to 2025-12-16 |
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
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
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 · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · lagging the market · Trading above the Ichimoku cloud · Near a support level (sitting on a price it has bounced off before) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (2.00 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 1 analyst
- Mean price target$6.00 range $6.00 – $6.00
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 GSM
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.025 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)
["Cyclical demand exposure to automotive and construction industries","Commodity price volatility for raw materials and finished goods","Currently unprofitable with negative net margin (-8.09%) amid declining revenues"]
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days2 buys ($200647) · 0 sells — 2 buying insiders
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-03-23. As of 2026-08-25.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about GSM'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)
GSM had 3,147,803 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 GSM because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 3,147,803
- Prior settlement (shares) 2,472,420
- Reported change 27.32%
- Days to cover (reported) 2.88
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
- Elkem ASA
- Ferroatlántica
- Mississippi Silicon
- Rusal
- Glencore
- South32 (S32)
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Frequently asked questions
What does FERROGLOBE PLC (GSM) do?
Ferroglobe PLC is a global producer of silicon metal, ferrosilicon, and related specialty alloys used primarily in aluminum casting, steelmaking, and other industrial metallurgical applications. The company operates production facilities across multiple continents and serves customers in automotive, construction, and other industrial sectors.
What sector is FERROGLOBE PLC (GSM) in?
FERROGLOBE PLC (GSM) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is specialty chemicals and materials. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does GSM pay a dividend?
Yes — FERROGLOBE PLC (GSM) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.30% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are FERROGLOBE PLC's (GSM) competitors?
Notable peers of FERROGLOBE PLC (GSM) include Elkem ASA, Ferroatlántica, Mississippi Silicon, Rusal and Glencore. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is FERROGLOBE PLC (GSM) overbought or oversold right now?
FERROGLOBE PLC (GSM) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 55, 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 GSM 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 2026-08-24.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.