GlobalFoundriesvs.Qualcomm
GFS vs QCOM · both in Chips & accelerators, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Designs and builds the processors, accelerators and memory that train and run AI.
Qualcomm is about 5.2× larger than GlobalFoundries by market cap; Qualcomm trades at the lower P/E (20.0 vs 48.6); year to date, GlobalFoundries leads (+97.5% vs +10.6%).
Side by side
| GFS | QCOM | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $37.8B | $198B |
| Price | $68.97 | $189.16 |
| Today | −1.1% | −1.0% |
| Return YTD | +97.5% | +10.6% |
| Return 1Y | +67.3% | +18.9% |
| P/E | 48.6 | 20.0 |
| P/S | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| P/B | 3.2 | 7.3 |
Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
GlobalFoundriesGFS
Foundry specializing in mature process technologies — chips for automotive, defense and communications rather than the most advanced AI chips.
Full GFS profile →QualcommQCOM
Leader in mobile chips and on-device AI — artificial intelligence that runs locally on phones and PCs rather than in the cloud.
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