GLOBALFOUNDRIES

GFS

Semiconductors · Technology

Price

$57.48

-0.76 (-1.30%)

Market Cap

$31.54B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count rising — dilution

+10.3% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 505.8M (2021) → 558.0M (2025)

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. operates as a semiconductor foundry worldwide. It manufactures integrated circuits, which enable various electronic devices that are pervasive. The company manufactures a range of semiconductor devices, including microprocessors, mobile application processors, baseband processors, network processors, radio frequency modems, microcontrollers, power management units, and microelectromechanical systems, as well as offers mainstream wafer fabrication services and technologies. T

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+127.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$518M/ year

→ Flat (+4% vs prior year)

7.6% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

Steady R&D investment year-over-year

Insider Activity

81.1%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.8B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

GLOBALFOUNDRIES is growing revenue at 0% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

28.9%

Modest — 28.9% gross margin

Operating Margin

13.9%

Healthy — 13.9% operating margin

ROCE

1.9%

Weak — 1.9% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+0.6%

Nearly flat sales (0.6% YoY)

EPS YoY

N/A

Data not available

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

196%

Turns 196% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

14.9%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (14.9%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.10

Conservative — low debt load (0.10)

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

35.9x

Pricey — P/E 35.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+7.2

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (35.9 → 28.7)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.17%

Small dividend — 0.17% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

N/A

no trend

Data not available

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