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Company snapshot — Globalfoundries Inc

GFS 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
GlobalFoundries runs semiconductor fabrication plants that manufacture chips designed by other companies, working under a foundry model rather than designing its own products. It produces microprocessors, mobile application processors, baseband processors, network processors, radio-frequency modems, microcontrollers and power-management chips for clients across several industries. It also develops quantum technology and partners with the US Department of Energy on artificial intelligence and advanced computing research. It is headquartered in Malta, New York.
Where it sits in the stack
In Rubin, our index of the AI build-out supply chain, GlobalFoundries sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Foundry & Integration sleeve — foundries and IDMs that turn design files into working dies. Capacity at this layer is the binding constraint on the build-out, since fabrication space expands slowly, so utilisation here limits how much the layers above it can ship.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for GlobalFoundries is IDMs and foundry challengers, comparing it with Intel, AMD, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Nvidia and Qualcomm rather than a plain sector list. Samsung Foundry is the added competitor the wider market often names alongside them.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
GlobalFoundries is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, with the balance-sheet module reading strongest and momentum reading weakest.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether utilisation across GlobalFoundries' fabs improves, since capacity is the constraint this sleeve is built around, and whether the weak momentum reading turns.

Globalfoundries Inc (GFS) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology, and sits in Layer 2 of the build-out stack. Constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100.

The Closelooknet company score reads 38/100 composite (momentum 18, quality 36, valuation 47) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

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.

Signals for this name

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

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Stifel, 2026-09-01

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for GFS from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Stifel — target 60 Target set to $60 (+36.6% to spot) 2026-09-01

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against IDMs and foundry challengers · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

IDMs and foundry challengers

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against GFS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

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 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
GFS+4.1%+2.5%+7.3%−38.6%
Foundry & Integration+2.6%+4.5%+9.9%—
Rubin Build-Out 100+1.7%+5.0%+4.1%—

Against the index: 2.5 pts behind on the week, 3.2 pts ahead on the month; against its Foundry & Integration sleeve 2.6 pts behind on the month.

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.49%, semi-annual · buybacks 5 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 0.24 USD per share · a 0.49% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-09-25
  • Last distribution 0.12 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-23
  • By calendar year 2026: 0.24 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2026-06-24
  • Buybacks, FY2025 5 m USD 0.0% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.9% in FY2025 200 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 5 m USD · 0% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

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.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.58 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How GFS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.58 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Globalfoundries Inc moved 0.58% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 60% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.75 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.78% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.36% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

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 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.6% week · +7.5% month · +8.5% quarter · +40.9% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Globalfoundries Inc (GFS)?

Globalfoundries Inc trades as GFS on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is GFS in a Closelooknet index?

Yes — Globalfoundries Inc is a constituent of Rubin Build-Out 100, as of 2026-09-26.

What is Globalfoundries Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

38 out of 100, with momentum 18, quality 36 and valuation 47 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does GFS trade against its moving averages?

Death cross: Its 50-day crossed below its 200-day 10 sessions ago — a death cross, the classic trend-turn-lower. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is GFS doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Globalfoundries Inc is +7.3% against +4.1% for the Rubin Build-Out 100 — 3.2 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Foundry & Integration sleeve is +9.9% 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 Globalfoundries Inc do?

GlobalFoundries runs semiconductor fabrication plants that manufacture chips designed by other companies, working under a foundry model rather than designing its own products. It produces microprocessors, mobile application processors, baseband processors, network processors, radio-frequency modems, microcontrollers and power-management chips for clients across several industries. It also develops quantum technology and partners with the US Department of Energy on artificial intelligence and advanced computing research. Closelooknet's peer group for GlobalFoundries is IDMs and foundry challengers, comparing it with Intel, AMD, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Nvidia and Qualcomm rather than a plain sector list. Samsung Foundry is the added competitor the wider market often names alongside them.

Where does Globalfoundries Inc sit in the AI build-out?

In Rubin, our index of the AI build-out supply chain, GlobalFoundries sits in Layer 2, Fabrication, within the Foundry & Integration sleeve — foundries and IDMs that turn design files into working dies. Capacity at this layer is the binding constraint on the build-out, since fabrication space expands slowly, so utilisation here limits how much the layers above it can ship. GlobalFoundries is a constituent of the Rubin Build-Out 100 and carries a Closelooknet score, with the balance-sheet module reading strongest and momentum reading weakest.

Does Globalfoundries Inc pay a dividend?

Globalfoundries Inc has paid 0.24 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 0.49% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.12 USD on 2026-09-23. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 5 m USD of its own shares, 0% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.9% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Globalfoundries Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Globalfoundries Inc had a beta of 0.58 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 60% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.78% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Globalfoundries Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Globalfoundries Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Stifel on 2026-09-01 (target 60). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelooknet written about Globalfoundries Inc?

Globalfoundries Inc appears in 1 Closelooknet piece, most recently Morning 10: Yen — the Bank of Japan hikes and the dollar holds 157: the carry trade pays, the lines held, chips +3.4% over $505 (2026-09-18). What Closelooknet said most recently: Rubin +1.5% to 1,904.95 on the layers closest to the design: Foundry & Integration +5.4%, Architects +3.8%, Design +3.5%, AI Factory Systems +3.3%, EDA +3.0%, Testing & Metrology +2.5%; Advanced Materials −1.1%, Wafer Processing −1.0%… (Morning 10, 2026-09-18). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GFS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 1 piece · newest: Morning 10, “Yen — the Bank of Japan hikes and the dollar holds 157: the carry trade pays, the lines held, chips +3.4% over $505” (2026-09-18)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where GFS appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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