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Global Payments (GPN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$69.11 -1.02 (-1.45%)
Closing price 05/8/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
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$68.77 -0.34 (-0.50%)
As of 05/8/2026 07:57 PM Eastern
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About Global Payments Stock (NYSE:GPN)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$68.58
$70.60
50-Day Range
$62.72
$78.32
52-Week Range
$62.45
$90.64
Volume
3.56 million shs
Average Volume
3.21 million shs
Market Capitalization
$19.02 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
1.45%
Price Target
$85.81
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Global Payments Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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92nd Percentile Overall Score

GPN MarketRank™: 

Global Payments scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 34th out of 296 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Global Payments has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.09, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 17 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Global Payments has a consensus price target of $85.81, representing about 24.2% upside from its current price of $69.11.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Global Payments has been the subject of 16 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Global Payments' stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Global Payments are expected to grow by 18.84% in the coming year, from $13.85 to $16.46 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Global Payments is -33.88, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Global Payments is -33.88, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Global Payments has a PEG Ratio of 0.39. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Global Payments has a P/B Ratio of 0.78. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.59% of the float of Global Payments has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Global Payments has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.26.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Global Payments has recently increased by 6.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Global Payments pays a meaningful dividend of 1.45%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Global Payments does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Global Payments will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.08% next year. This indicates that Global Payments will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Global Payments' dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Global Payments has a news sentiment score of 0.59. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.48 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 26 news articles for Global Payments this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 19 people have searched for GPN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -27% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 1 people have added Global Payments to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -75% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Global Payments insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.57% of the stock of Global Payments is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    89.76% of the stock of Global Payments is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Global Payments' insider trading history.
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GPN Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Global Payments' stock was trading at $77.43 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GPN stock has decreased by 10.7% and is now trading at $69.1130.

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The business services provider reported $2.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.82 by $0.14. Global Payments's revenue was up 63.1% on a year-over-year basis.
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Global Payments shares split on the morning of Tuesday, November 3rd 2015.The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 7th 2015. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Monday, November 2nd 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

The following companies are subsidiaries of Global Payments: Mineral Tree, CaixaBank, COMERCIA GLOBAL PAYMENTS EP S.L, Zego, Heartland Retail, Total System Services, Sentral Education, and others.

Global Payments' top institutional investors include Pzena Investment Management LLC (4.22%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.77%), Focused Investors LLC (0.52%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.51%). Insiders that own company stock include David Lawrence Green, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Joshua J Whipple, Dara L Steele-Belkin, Dara L Steele-Belkin, Connie D Mcdaniel, Andrea M Carter, David M Sheffield and Patricia A Watson.
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Shares of GPN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Global Payments investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe (ADBE), PayPal (PYPL) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

Record date for 3/30 Dividend
3/09/2026
Ex-Dividend for 3/30 Dividend
3/09/2026
Dividend Payable
3/30/2026
Last Earnings
5/06/2026
Today
5/10/2026
Record date for 6/26 Dividend
6/12/2026
Ex-Dividend for 6/26 Dividend
6/12/2026
Dividend Payable
6/26/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Financial Transaction Services
Sub-Industry
Data Processing & Outsourced Services
Current Symbol
NYSE:GPN
CIK
1123360
Employees
26,000
Year Founded
1967

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$110.00
Low Price Target
$60.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+24.2%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.09
Research Coverage
23 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
($2.04)
Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
4.99
P/E Growth
0.39
Net Income
$1.40 billion
Net Margins
-7.99%
Pretax Margin
7.73%
Return on Equity
13.11%
Return on Assets
5.79%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.86
Current Ratio
0.79
Quick Ratio
1.69

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$7.71 billion
Price / Sales
2.47
Cash Flow
$18.99 per share
Price / Cash Flow
3.64
Book Value
$88.88 per share
Price / Book
0.78

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
275,240,000
Free Float
273,674,000
Market Cap
$19.02 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.75

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This page (NYSE:GPN) was last updated on 5/10/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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