Investors Purchase High Volume of GlobalFoundries Call Options (NASDAQ:GFS)

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) saw some unusual options trading activity on Thursday. Traders purchased 15,176 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 139% compared to the typical volume of 6,346 call options.

GlobalFoundries Stock Performance

NASDAQ GFS traded down $0.26 on Thursday, reaching $48.48. The stock had a trading volume of 4,290,466 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,125,643. GlobalFoundries has a 1-year low of $29.77 and a 1-year high of $50.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 3.03 and a quick ratio of 2.24. The company has a market cap of $26.80 billion, a P/E ratio of -540.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.50. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $40.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of $36.34.

GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $1.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.80 billion. GlobalFoundries had a negative net margin of 0.65% and a positive return on equity of 6.64%. The business’s revenue was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.46 EPS. GlobalFoundries has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 0.300-0.400 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that GlobalFoundries will post 1.31 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of GlobalFoundries by 168.2% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,607,792 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,463,000 after acquiring an additional 1,635,338 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG raised its position in GlobalFoundries by 136.7% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,809,232 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,178,000 after purchasing an additional 1,044,755 shares during the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC lifted its stake in shares of GlobalFoundries by 137.8% in the third quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 1,300,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,599,000 after acquiring an additional 753,376 shares during the period. Two Sigma Investments LP lifted its position in shares of GlobalFoundries by 1,789.3% in the 3rd quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 657,269 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,557,000 after purchasing an additional 622,480 shares during the period. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new position in GlobalFoundries in the second quarter valued at $22,595,000.

GlobalFoundries News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting GlobalFoundries this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 beat and buyback — GlobalFoundries reported Q4 EPS $0.55 vs. $0.47 est. and revenue of $1.83B, and announced plans for up to $500M in share repurchases, improving near-term shareholder returns. GlobalFoundries rises after Q4 beat, plans up to $500M buyback
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades / price-target raises — Needham raised its PT to $55 and kept a Buy rating, signaling fresh analyst conviction and incremental upside. Needham raises price target
• Positive Sentiment: More analyst lifts — Robert W. Baird raised its target to $60 (Outperform), adding another sizable upside case that can attract buyers. Baird raises price target
• Positive Sentiment: Additional analyst action — Wedbush raised its PT to $50 (Neutral), supporting the consensus move higher in street valuations. Wedbush raises price target
• Positive Sentiment: Investor outreach — Company to host a webinar on silicon photonics and advanced packaging, highlighting strategic growth areas (can help investor sentiment around future growth drivers). Investor webinar on silicon photonics
• Neutral Sentiment: Mixed guidance — GFS gave Q1 EPS guidance of $0.30–$0.40 (vs. ~ $0.38 consensus) and revenue guidance of $1.6–$1.7B (below ~$1.8B consensus). EPS range is roughly in-line but revenue guidance is below Street expectations, creating a mixed read. Q4 results and Q1 guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest reporting appears erroneous — circulated short-interest updates show zero shares and NaN changes, so they’re unlikely to explain price moves. (Data looks unreliable.)
• Negative Sentiment: Revenue guidance miss risk — the lowered revenue guide vs. consensus could pressure sentiment if investors focus on near-term demand weakness for certain end markets (data-center vs. other segments). Earnings summary and guidance details

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “hold” rating and set a $38.00 target price on shares of GlobalFoundries in a report on Monday, October 27th. Wedbush increased their price target on shares of GlobalFoundries from $40.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of GlobalFoundries from $40.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research note on Thursday. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on GlobalFoundries from $40.00 to $46.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $45.67.

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.