GFS Stock — GlobalFoundries Inc.

GlobalFoundries Inc. (GFS)

Updated October 16, 2026.

GFS is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.03%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.51%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 1.0% over the past 5 years, 77.1 points behind SPY at 78.1%.

GlobalFoundries is a semiconductor foundry providing wafer fabrication services and manufacturing a range of semiconductor devices including processors, microcontrollers, and power management units, along with quantum technology solutions. The company currently distributes quarterly, though the latest distribution was special and may not recur regularly. It may appeal to technology-focused income investors seeking exposure to semiconductor manufacturing.

GFS performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 1.0% over the past 5 years, 77.1 points behind SPY at 78.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 35.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 52.4%.

GFS key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/28/2021

Distribution rate

1.03%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.51%

Last close

$46.68 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$26,020,300,388

Average volume

6107200.0

Dividend

$0.12

Ex-dividend date

09/23/2026

Payment date

10/09/2026

Beta

1.765

Payout ratio

14.2%

P/E ratio

36.47

Forward P/E

18.797

EPS

$1.28

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.03%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.51%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

GFS risks and drawbacks

GFS's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 52.4%.

Who may consider GFS — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (GFS pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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