For the quarter ended March 2025, GlobalFoundries Inc. (GFS) reported revenue of $1.59 billion, up 2.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.34, compared to $0.31 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.58 billion, representing a surprise of +0.46%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +21.43%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.28.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how GlobalFoundries performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Wafer shipment volume: 543 compared to the 523 average estimate based on four analysts.
- Net revenue- Type of goods and services- Wafer fabrication: $1.40 billion versus $1.42 billion estimated by five analysts on average.
- Net revenue- End Market- Smart Mobile Devices: $586 million versus $632.51 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Net revenue- End Market- Non wafer revenue and other: $188 million versus $161.26 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Net revenue- End Market- Home and Industrial IoT: $328 million versus $295.75 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Net revenue- End Market- Automotive: $309 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $339.69 million.
- Net revenue- End Market- Communications Infrastructure & Datacenter: $174 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $149.40 million.
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Shares of GlobalFoundries have returned +11.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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