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Analysts Set Expectations for Global Payments Q2 Earnings

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Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Global Payments in a research report issued on Monday, July 14th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now expects that the business services provider will post earnings of $2.83 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.89. The consensus estimate for Global Payments' current full-year earnings is $11.89 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Global Payments' Q3 2025 earnings at $3.02 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.12 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $11.52 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.73 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.83 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.60 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.70 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.79 EPS.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 6th. The business services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.73 by $0.09. Global Payments had a net margin of 15.48% and a return on equity of 12.33%. The company had revenue of $2.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.20 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.59 earnings per share. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .3% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on shares of Global Payments from $145.00 to $100.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 21st. B. Riley restated a "buy" rating on shares of Global Payments in a research report on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of Global Payments from $105.00 to $77.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 21st. TD Cowen upgraded shares of Global Payments from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $84.00 price target for the company in a research report on Monday. Finally, Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Global Payments from $125.00 to $110.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seventeen have given a hold rating and eleven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $111.55.

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Global Payments Stock Performance

GPN traded down $1.46 on Wednesday, reaching $81.58. The stock had a trading volume of 311,935 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,497,731. Global Payments has a 12-month low of $65.93 and a 12-month high of $120.00. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. The business's 50-day moving average price is $78.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $90.87. The company has a market cap of $19.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 0.94.

Institutional Trading of Global Payments

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Global Payments by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 24,995,107 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $2,800,952,000 after buying an additional 179,195 shares during the period. Pzena Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Global Payments by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 8,334,097 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $816,075,000 after buying an additional 35,251 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,230,322 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $696,362,000 after acquiring an additional 301,877 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Global Payments in the 4th quarter worth approximately $345,823,000. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 9.8% in the 4th quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 2,906,444 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $325,698,000 after acquiring an additional 259,590 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.76% of the company's stock.

Global Payments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 13th were paid a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 13th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.23%. Global Payments's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 16.13%.

Global Payments Company Profile

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Global Payments Inc provides payment technology and software solutions for card, check, and digital-based payments in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through two segments, Merchant Solutions and Issuer Solutions. The Merchant Solutions segment offers authorization, settlement and funding, customer support, chargeback resolution, terminal rental, sales and deployment, payment security, and consolidated billing and reporting services.

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