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GlobalFoundriesvs.Western Digital

GFS vs WDC · 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.

Western Digital is about 4.8× larger than GlobalFoundries by market cap; Western Digital trades at the lower P/E (27.7 vs 48.6); year to date, Western Digital leads (+238.2% vs +97.5%).

Side by side

GFSWDC
Market cap$37.8B$181B
Price$68.97$582.59
Today−1.1%+0.8%
Return YTD+97.5%+238.2%
Return 1Y+67.3%+795.5%
P/E48.627.7
P/S5.515.3
P/B3.218.7

Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

GlobalFoundriesGFS

NASDAQ · USA

Foundry specializing in mature process technologies — chips for automotive, defense and communications rather than the most advanced AI chips.

FoundryAuto/defense chips
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Western DigitalWDC

NASDAQ · USA

Manufacturer of hard drives for data centers. AI is creating record demand for massive, low-cost storage of training data.

Data center storage
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