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Globalfoundries

GFS on Nasdaq. Semiconductors & related devices. Market value $28.0bn.

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This company reports once a year (it is based outside the US), so every figure comes from its annual report for the year to December 2025.

We can't read total debt from the filing, so debt is left out.

Cash flow or capital spending isn't reported, so free cash flow is unknown.

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Cash yield
annual report to December 2025
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We could not compute this from the filings.

Price to profit
annual report to December 2025
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The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Return on capital
five annual reports to December 2025
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The filings do not give us enough to work this out.

Quality score: not known. Price score: not known. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$48.63 a share, 52% above its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $32.02 to $92.55.

Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

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Shares outstanding
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Health checks

  • Free cash flow positiveNot enough data
  • Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
  • Financial strength (Piotroski)Not enough data
  • Profit backed by cash (accruals)Not enough data
  • DebtUnknown
  • Revenue growth, five yearsUnknown
  • Buying back its own sharesRoughly flat

Dates

Next results (estimated)
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Last annual report (10-K)
27 February 2026
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
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Who owns it

2 long-term investors we follow own it, down from 3 last quarter. 442 funds in all.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26

Sold out this quarter

Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

2 investors own more than 5%.

  • at least 72.8%−4.2 pts
    (filed with 4 related holders)
    Since 30 June 2026
  • FMR LLC
    Passive investor
    at least 12.7%+1.2 pts
    (filed with 1 related holder)
    Since 30 June 2026

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

In the last 12 months, 1 insider bought $767 of shares on the open market. 5 sold $4m, $3m of it under preset trading plans.

  • Azar Samak L
    Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    1 October 2026
    Shares
    335
    Price
    $47.92
    Value
    $16,053
  • Raman Pradheepa
    Chief People Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    28 September 2026
    Shares
    2,145
    Price
    $48.83
    Value
    $104,740
  • Azar Samak L
    Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    24 September 2026
    Shares
    335
    Price
    $45.72
    Value
    $15,316
  • Azar Samak L
    Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    17 September 2026
    Shares
    335
    Price
    $44.87
    Value
    $15,031
  • Azar Samak L
    Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    10 September 2026
    Shares
    335
    Price
    $44.83
    Value
    $15,018
  • Azar Samak L
    Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    3 September 2026
    Shares
    335
    Price
    $43.24
    Value
    $14,485
  • Azar Samak L
    Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    27 August 2026
    Shares
    335
    Price
    $46.75
    Value
    $15,661
  • Azar Samak L
    Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    20 August 2026
    Shares
    335
    Price
    $48.38
    Value
    $16,207
  • Raman Pradheepa
    Chief People Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    18 August 2026
    Shares
    6,760
    Price
    $51.12
    Value
    $345,571
  • Azar Samak L
    Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    13 August 2026
    Shares
    335
    Price
    $52.62
    Value
    $17,628

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

Warning signs in its filings

Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.

Globalfoundries doesn’t file a US annual report (10-K), so we haven’t checked it.

A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.

What could go wrong

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The deep dive

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