What is Wedbush’s Forecast for GlobalFoundries Q1 Earnings?

GlobalFoundries Inc. (NASDAQ:GFS) – Stock analysts at Wedbush lowered their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for GlobalFoundries in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 12th. Wedbush analyst M. Bryson now expects that the company will earn $0.21 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.23. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $60.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for GlobalFoundries’ current full-year earnings is $1.22 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for GlobalFoundries’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.33 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.45 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.24 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.53 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.62 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.87 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.74 EPS.

GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The company reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.45 by ($0.07). GlobalFoundries had a net margin of 10.95% and a return on equity of 6.87%.

GFS has been the subject of a number of other reports. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on GlobalFoundries from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of GlobalFoundries from $47.00 to $45.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of GlobalFoundries from $71.00 to $55.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 6th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated a “neutral” rating and set a $40.00 price target on shares of GlobalFoundries in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Susquehanna lowered their price objective on shares of GlobalFoundries from $50.00 to $48.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, GlobalFoundries presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $49.64.

GlobalFoundries Stock Up 0.8 %

GlobalFoundries stock opened at $43.16 on Monday. GlobalFoundries has a 1-year low of $35.85 and a 1-year high of $61.98. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $42.31 and a 200-day moving average price of $42.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a current ratio of 2.42 and a quick ratio of 1.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.21, a PEG ratio of 8.23 and a beta of 1.56.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. FMR LLC raised its position in GlobalFoundries by 7.5% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 53,096,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,278,373,000 after acquiring an additional 3,721,153 shares during the period. Analog Century Management LP acquired a new position in shares of GlobalFoundries during the 4th quarter worth about $50,298,000. Adage Capital Partners GP L.L.C. purchased a new position in GlobalFoundries in the 4th quarter valued at about $16,091,000. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in GlobalFoundries by 10.5% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,331,811 shares of the company’s stock valued at $100,058,000 after buying an additional 221,731 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Weiss Asset Management LP acquired a new stake in GlobalFoundries in the 3rd quarter worth about $8,361,000.

About GlobalFoundries

GlobalFoundries Inc, a semiconductor foundry, provides range of mainstream wafer fabrication services and technologies worldwide. It manufactures various semiconductor devices, including microprocessors, mobile application processors, baseband processors, network processors, radio frequency modems, microcontrollers, and power management units.