GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) Insider Sells $16,391.55 in Stock

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) insider Samak Azar sold 335 shares of GlobalFoundries stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $48.93, for a total value of $16,391.55. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 11,809 shares in the company, valued at $577,814.37. This represents a 2.76% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

GlobalFoundries Price Performance

NASDAQ GFS opened at $49.99 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a market cap of $27.43 billion, a PE ratio of 35.96, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.80. GlobalFoundries Inc. has a 1 year low of $31.51 and a 1 year high of $92.55. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $72.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.59.

GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 5th. The company reported $0.40 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.35 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.63 billion. GlobalFoundries had a return on equity of 6.85% and a net margin of 11.40%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.34 EPS. GlobalFoundries has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.250-0.350 EPS. On average, analysts predict that GlobalFoundries Inc. will post 1.38 EPS for the current year.

GlobalFoundries Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 14th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 24th were given a dividend of $0.12 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 24th. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. GlobalFoundries’s dividend payout ratio is presently 34.53%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On GlobalFoundries

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd grew its position in GlobalFoundries by 844.7% during the fourth quarter. Aster Capital Management DIFC Ltd now owns 62,593 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,186,000 after buying an additional 55,967 shares in the last quarter. AXQ Capital LP raised its holdings in GlobalFoundries by 438.9% in the 4th quarter. AXQ Capital LP now owns 49,617 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,733,000 after acquiring an additional 40,410 shares in the last quarter. Monaco Asset Management SAM acquired a new position in GlobalFoundries in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $6,984,000. UBS Group AG lifted its position in shares of GlobalFoundries by 136.7% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,809,232 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,178,000 after acquiring an additional 1,044,755 shares during the period. Finally, Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd bought a new stake in shares of GlobalFoundries in the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,526,000.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on GFS shares. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on shares of GlobalFoundries from $55.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Loop Capital set a $80.00 target price on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of GlobalFoundries in a report on Friday, May 29th. Robert W. Baird set a $100.00 target price on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Susquehanna upped their price target on shares of GlobalFoundries to $125.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eight have issued a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $74.62.

More GlobalFoundries News

Here are the key news stories impacting GlobalFoundries this week:

• Positive Sentiment: GlobalFoundries signed a letter of intent to receive a $300 million CHIPS Act R&D award from the U.S. Department of Commerce. The funding is intended to accelerate U.S. leadership in silicon photonics, an important technology for artificial-intelligence and high-performance-computing data centers. The award strengthens GFS’s strategic position, supports domestic semiconductor capabilities and could improve long-term growth prospects. GlobalFoundries silicon photonics CHIPS award
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary said the government agreement reinforces the investment case for expanding U.S. chip manufacturing and research. However, the market may already have reflected some of the benefit in GFS’s valuation. Wedbush analysis of GlobalFoundries government deal
• Neutral Sentiment: GlobalFoundries is scheduled to report second-quarter 2026 results before the market opens on August 5. Analysts are focused on whether revenue growth can lift earnings; the company has exceeded consensus EPS estimates in each of the past four quarters, providing a favorable earnings track record but also raising expectations. GlobalFoundries second-quarter earnings preview
• Neutral Sentiment: Director Samak L. Azar sold 335 shares for approximately $16,392 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Because the sale was relatively small and planned in advance, it is a limited signal about management’s view of the stock, though it may add modest selling pressure. GlobalFoundries insider transaction filing

GlobalFoundries Company Profile

GlobalFoundries, Inc (NASDAQ: GFS) is a leading contract semiconductor manufacturer that provides wafer fabrication and related services to semiconductor companies and systems manufacturers. The company operates as a pure-play foundry, producing integrated circuits across a range of process technologies for customers in markets such as automotive, communications, consumer electronics, industrial, and aerospace. Its service offering spans process development, manufacturing, test and packaging support, and design enablement including process design kits (PDKs) and intellectual property (IP) libraries to help customers bring designs to production.

GlobalFoundries focuses on a portfolio of differentiated and specialty process nodes, offering technologies for radio-frequency (RF) and wireless, analog and mixed-signal, power management, embedded non-volatile memory, and silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process families.