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GlobalWafers (6488.TW) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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GlobalWafers is a Taiwan-based maker of silicon wafers, the polished discs of silicon that chipmakers pattern into semiconductors. It supplies substrates to foundries and device makers across the industry.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for 6488.TW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Rubin Build-Out 100 — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Rubin Build-Out 100 · as of 2026-11-06

DayWeekMonth3 months
6488.TW−9.2%−32.3%−57.5%−41.3%
Advanced Materials−3.2%−19.6%−36.9%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+0.8%−13.2%−28.8%—

Against the index: 19.1 pts behind on the week, 28.7 pts behind on the month; against its Advanced Materials sleeve 20.6 pts behind on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.91 · down 2.45 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-06

Company snapshot — GlobalWafers

6488.TW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
GlobalWafers is a Taiwan-based maker of silicon wafers, the polished discs of silicon that chipmakers pattern into semiconductors. It supplies substrates to foundries and device makers across the industry. The company grew through consolidation of several smaller wafer producers into one of a small number of global suppliers of this material.
Where it sits in the stack
GlobalWafers holds no seat in Closelooknet's index; the diary files it under the Other sector of our universe, outside the layered stack we track for chip build-out names.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group entry is empty for GlobalWafers; the market's usual comparison is Shin-Etsu Handotai, the other major silicon wafer maker for semiconductor fabrication.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
GlobalWafers carries a score in the diary, but only one module is populated so far, so the score is still being built. It holds no index seat and appears in no quoted edition to date.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether GlobalWafers' shares recover toward their longer-run average after falling well off a recent high, and whether wafer demand tied to AI chip production feeds through to volumes.

GlobalWafers (6488.TW) trades on the TW exchange in Taiwan, classified under Other.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.50%, semi-annual · last 5.70 TWD on 2026-07-16

Dividends and capital return

What 6488.TW pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 7.70 TWD per share · a 1.50% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-11-06
  • Change on the year −30.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 11.00 TWD per share
  • Last distribution 5.70 TWD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-16
  • By calendar year 2024: 19.00 TWD · 2025: 13.00 TWD · 2026: 5.70 TWD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-01-19

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-07

Quick answers

What is GlobalWafers (6488.TW)?

GlobalWafers trades as 6488.TW on the TW exchange (Taiwan) and is classified under Other in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is 6488.TW in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — GlobalWafers is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-07.

Where does 6488.TW trade against its moving averages?

GlobalWafers trades 44.8% below its 50-day and 35.1% below its 200-day moving average (38.8% below its 20-day). As of 2026-11-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is 6488.TW doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month GlobalWafers is −57.5% against −28.8% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 28.7 points behind its index, as of 2026-11-06. Its Advanced Materials sleeve is −36.9% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

What does GlobalWafers do?

GlobalWafers is a Taiwan-based maker of silicon wafers, the polished discs of silicon that chipmakers pattern into semiconductors. It supplies substrates to foundries and device makers across the industry. The company grew through consolidation of several smaller wafer producers into one of a small number of global suppliers of this material. Closelooknet's peer group entry is empty for GlobalWafers; the market's usual comparison is Shin-Etsu Handotai, the other major silicon wafer maker for semiconductor fabrication. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does GlobalWafers sit in the AI build-out?

GlobalWafers holds no seat in Closelooknet's index; the diary files it under the Other sector of our universe, outside the layered stack we track for chip build-out names. GlobalWafers carries a score in the diary, but only one module is populated so far, so the score is still being built. It holds no index seat and appears in no quoted edition to date. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does GlobalWafers pay a dividend?

GlobalWafers has paid 7.70 TWD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 1.50% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 5.70 TWD on 2026-07-16. As of 2026-11-06; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

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