GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries' revenue rose 0.6% to $6.8 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 11.7%, up from −3.2% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $1.0 billion, down 8.0%. The diluted share count rose 0.9%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2022 to 2025, earnings per share fell 15.3% a year and net income 15.1% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 1% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 2,939 | 2,352 | 2,387 | 2,192 | 1,809 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 2,013 | 2,511 | 2,372 | 1,806 | 1,151 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −926 | 159 | −15 | −386 | −658 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −0.7x | 0.1x | −0.0x | −0.3x | −0.3x |
| Debt to equity | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.1x |
| Interest coverage | −0.5x | 10.5x | 8.2x | −1.5x | 8.6x |
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 1.7x | 2.0x | 2.1x | 2.6x |
| Quick ratio | 1.3x | 1.3x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 1.9x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | 6 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 8 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −6.2% | −11.4% | −5.0% |
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7 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||||
| Revenue | 5,813 | 4,851 | 6,585 | 8,108 | 7,392 | 6,750 | 6,791 |
| Revenue growth | — | −16.6% | 35.8% | 23.1% | −8.8% | −8.7% | 0.6% |
| Gross profit | −532 | −712 | 1,013 | 2,239 | 2,101 | 1,651 | 1,690 |
| Research and development | 583 | 476 | 478 | 482 | 428 | 496 | 518 |
| Operating income | −1,625 | −1,656 | −60 | 1,167 | 1,129 | −214 | 797 |
| Net income | −1,371 | −1,350 | −250 | 1,448 | 1,020 | −265 | 885 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | −2.72 | −2.70 | −0.49 | 2.62 | 1.83 | −0.48 | 1.59 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 504 | 500 | 506 | 552 | 556 | 553 | 558 |
| Cash flow | |||||||
| Cash from operations | 497 | 1,004 | 2,839 | 2,624 | 2,125 | 1,722 | 1,731 |
| Capital expenditure | 588 | 592 | 1,767 | 3,059 | 1,804 | 625 | 722 |
| Free cash flow | −91 | 412 | 1,072 | −435 | 321 | 1,097 | 1,009 |
| Dividends paid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 682 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0 | 1 | 223 | 181 | 150 | 186 | 200 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | |||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 997 | 908 | 2,939 | 2,352 | 2,387 | 2,192 | 1,809 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | 2,338 | 2,013 | 2,511 | 2,372 | 1,806 | 1,151 |
| Total assets | — | 12,322 | 15,028 | 17,841 | 18,044 | 16,799 | 17,141 |
| Total liabilities | — | 5,080 | 6,995 | 7,881 | 6,893 | 5,975 | 5,158 |
| Shareholders' equity | 9,020 | 7,176 | 7,975 | 9,913 | 11,104 | 10,776 | 11,928 |
| Margins and ratios | |||||||
| Gross margin | −9.2% | −14.7% | 15.4% | 27.6% | 28.4% | 24.5% | 24.9% |
| Operating margin | −27.9% | −34.1% | −0.9% | 14.4% | 15.3% | −3.2% | 11.7% |
| Net margin | −23.6% | −27.8% | −3.8% | 17.9% | 13.8% | −3.9% | 13.0% |
| Free cash flow margin | −1.6% | 8.5% | 16.3% | −5.4% | 4.3% | 16.2% | 14.9% |
| Return on capital | — | — | −0.6% | 12.8% | 10.0% | −1.6% | 7.1% |
| Return on equity | — | — | −3.3% | 16.2% | 9.7% | −2.4% | 7.8% |
| Return on assets | — | — | −1.8% | 8.8% | 5.7% | −1.5% | 5.2% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | 2.7x | −0.7x | 0.1x | −0.0x | −0.3x | −0.3x |