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GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.

Rising onWhy it's trendingMoving on elevated volumeBacked by solid revenue growth
$GFS·$38B·Semiconductors·Technology
$57.48-1.3%YTD+63.9%1Y+42.1%
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$GFSGLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc.
$57.48-1.30%112 posts+10%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $GFS, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-07-16

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

GlobalFoundries just signed a strategic post-quantum cryptography pact with SEALSQ and is up 73% year-to-date.

GlobalFoundries operates a specialty semiconductor foundry manufacturing chips for automotive, industrial, and communications customers, $37.8B market cap, with Q2 2026 earnings due 2026-08-05.

  • Q1 revenue was $1.63B, up 3.1% year-over-year but down 10.7% sequentially (seasonal Q1 dip), and EPS $0.40 topped the $0.35 consensus by 13.9% — the fifth consecutive positive surprise (magnitudes: 13.9%, 15.9%, 7.0%, 16.3%).
  • Gross margin 26.4%, operating margin 12.1%, trailing ROIC 4.9% — foundry economics are steady, the model reflects specialty-node capex-cycle recovery.
  • Consensus models 2026 revenue $7.24B rising to $8.04B in 2027 and $9.08B in 2028, EPS $1.89 to $2.46 to $3.26 — the 53.9x multiple discounts mid-teens growth.
  • On July 8, GlobalFoundries and SEALSQ announced a partnership to accelerate post-quantum cryptography and quantum computing — Tier-1 foundry validation of PQC IP.
  • Motley Fool July 10 flagged an insider sale of 78% of company shares — a large diversification at record prices; recent Form 4s show smaller S-Sales by Azar (335 at $70.90) and Hogan (500+2,200 at $65.90-$70.90).
  • The stock is up 53% over twelve months and 73% year-to-date, at 49% of the 52-week range and 20% below the 50-day — a mean-reverting pullback within a strong trend.

The setup is a specialty foundry with SEALSQ post-quantum credential, five straight EPS beats, and a pullback — August 5 has room if fiscal 2027 guide holds.

Agrees with X sentimentX posters cite GFS entering a strategic partnership with SEALSQ ($LAES) to accelerate post-quantum cryptography and quantum computing — framing it as Tier-1 foundry validation of PQC IP. Bulls also group GFS with SIVE and AMD as emerging semiconductor sovereignty plays. That aligns with the July 8 SEALSQ announcement and the operating-fundamentals-plus-strategic-catalysts framing.

What to watch: August 5 Q2 earnings — revenue growth versus the +3.1% Q1 pace (any reacceleration signals the specialty-node capex cycle is turning), gross-margin trajectory versus the 26.4% base, 2026 guide versus the $7.24B consensus, and any commentary on the SEALSQ PQC partnership scale-up. Automotive and industrial end-market color is the demand-vector signal.

On the calendar: 2026-08-05 Q2 2026 earnings; specialty-node revenue growth and 2026 guide drive the print.

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment9 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-17

GlobalFoundries is being framed as a strategic hub for the emerging CPO/quantum-security ecosystem. Concrete bull threads: partnership with Sivers Semiconductors ($SIVE) supporting a $25B market by 2030 across CPO, LPO and SCALE; partnership with SEALSQ ($LAES) to fast-track pre-certified PQC security IP, secure chiplets and Hardware Root of Trust architectures; and a Sivers-to-AMD-to-Microsoft/Meta/Oracle/OpenAI chain of custody where SIVE makes the laser, GFS builds the platform, and AMD puts it into next-gen chips for hyperscalers. Bulls also flag GFS as one of the tier-1 foundries validating LAES's technology (materially reducing 'vaporware scam' risk). The main critical thread is a technical warning that if INTC closes below key support, TSM/GFS/TSEM/UMC could all fall further. Overall constructive.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Specialty semiconductor foundry manufacturing chips for RF, automotive, IoT, and aerospace markets with U.S. and European fabs.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Semiconductors sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $GFS.

Semiconductors · Technology

No material change from last week — structural AI capex engine unchanged: hyperscaler Blackwell allocation stays tight through 2H26 and HBM3e pricing holds as LLM context-window expansion drives 5-8x per-server memory demand uplift.

What this means for $GFS

Direct beneficiary — Specialty semiconductor foundry manufacturing chips for RF, automotive, IoT, and aerospace markets with U.S; core operations sit in the path of the AI capex and HBM/compute demand cycle.

Top industry ETF

$SMHVanEck Semiconductor ETF
+50.8%YTD
+90.8%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
53.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
4.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
12.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
2.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
6.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
6.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
26.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.1Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$0.40$0.35+13.9%
Q4 2025Feb 11, 2026$0.55$0.47+15.9%
Q3 2025Nov 12, 2025$0.41$0.38+7.0%
Q2 2025Aug 5, 2025$0.42$0.36+16.3%
Next earningsWed, Aug 5·consensus EPS $0.44

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.6B+3.1%27.6%11.0%$0.19$230.0M
Q4 FY25$1.8B0.0%28.9%13.9%$0.36$166.0M
Q3 FY25$1.7B-2.9%24.8%11.6%$0.45$406.0M
Q2 FY25$1.7B+3.4%24.2%11.6%$0.41$272.0M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 16 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$7.2B$7.1B – $7.6B$1.89$1.82 – $1.9716
FY27$8.0B$7.7B – $8.8B$2.46$2.19 – $3.4115
FY28$9.1B$9.0B – $9.1B$3.26$2.94 – $3.8812
FY29$9.1B$8.8B – $9.8B$3.12$2.99 – $3.4411

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.1×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.43%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-24.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+13.5%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 103.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.5% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.765-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 9Samak L AzarChief Legal Officer335 sh$24KSellJul 9Hogan Michael JamesChief Strategy Officer500 sh$35KSellJul 8Hogan Michael JamesChief Strategy Officer2.2K sh$145KSellJul 2Samak L AzarChief Legal Officer335 sh$26KSellJun 25Samak L AzarChief Legal Officer335 sh$29KSellJun 24Hogan Michael JamesChief Strategy Officer2.8K sh$234KSellJun 18Samak L AzarChief Legal Officer335 sh$28KSellJun 11Samak L AzarChief Legal Officer335 sh$26KSellJun 10Hogan Michael JamesChief Strategy Officer2.8K sh$210KSellJun 4Samak L AzarChief Legal Officer335 sh$27K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GFS on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GFS on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GFS on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GFS on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GFS on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GFS on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GFS on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsMar 183
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GFS on 2026-03-18, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

A GlobalFoundries Insider Sold 78% of His Company Shares. Here's a Closer Look at the Transaction.fool.com·7d agoSandboxAQ CEO: "It’s Time That America Really Has a Sovereign Wealth Fund." Why America Should Copy Norway’s $2 Trillion Fund247wallst.com·8d agoGlobalFoundries in the Spotlight After SEALSQ Pact on Post-Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Computingbenzinga.com·10d agoSEALSQ and GlobalFoundries Partner to Accelerate Post-Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Computing Technologiesglobenewswire.com·10d agoAre Computer and Technology Stocks Lagging GlobalFoundries (GFS) This Year?zacks.com·11d ago

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