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Globalfoundries Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Globalfoundries Inc. had return on equity of 7.8%, an operating margin of 11.7%, debt equal to 9.6% of equity and a current ratio of 2.62. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Globalfoundries Inc.: financial ratios, annual
Fiscal year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025
Gross margin−9.2%−14.7%15.4%27.6%28.4%24.5%24.9%
Operating margin−28.0%−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%16.3%14.9%
Return on equity−15.2%−16.7%−3.3%16.2%9.7%−2.4%7.8%
Return on assets—−11.0%−1.8%8.8%5.7%−1.5%5.2%
Asset turnover—0.390.480.490.410.390.40
Current ratio—1.581.671.732.042.112.62
Debt to equity30.3%32.6%25.2%25.3%21.4%16.8%9.6%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/mn/mn/m50.7x53.8xn/m36.2x
Effective tax rate———5.6%6.1%—2.5%
R&D as % of revenue10.0%9.8%7.3%5.9%5.8%7.3%7.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue10.1%12.2%26.8%37.7%24.4%9.3%10.6%
Free cash flow ÷ net income———−30.0%31.5%—114.0%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow————0.0%18.2%0.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

7 of 7 checks passed · December 31, 2025
What it owns · $17.1bn
Short-term assets $6.2bnLonger-term assets $10.9bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $17.1bn
Short-term liabilities $2.4bnLonger-term liabilities $2.8bnShareholders' equity $11.9bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $6.2bn of assets due within a year against $2.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $6.2bn short-term assets against $2.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $1.8bn of cash against $1.2bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 10% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 27% to 10% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $1.7bn of operating cash flow against $1.2bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $797m against $22m of interest.

From Globalfoundries Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Low.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Globalfoundries Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Globalfoundries Inc.