Global Payments (GPN) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) is a payments technology and software company that provides payment processing and related services to merchants, financial institutions and other organizations. Its offerings help businesses accept payments through credit cards, debit cards, digital wallets and other channels, both in physical locations and online.

The company provides point-of-sale systems, payment processing, commerce software, fraud prevention, analytics and other business-management tools. It serves merchants across industries such as retail, hospitality, healthcare, education and financial services, with operations and customers in North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America.

Global Payments traces its origins to 1967 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Cameron Bready serves as the company's president and chief executive officer. Through its technology platforms and payment infrastructure, Global Payments aims to support transactions and commerce for businesses of varying sizes around the world.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $79.97 to $83.13
• 50-Day Range: $80.24 to $94.59
• 52-Week Range: $61.16 to $95.88
• Volume: 2.72 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.32 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $21.23 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.25%
• Price Target: $94.48
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Global Payments Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Global Payments scored higher than 82% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 303rd out of 854 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Global Payments has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.23, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 10 buy ratings, 17 hold ratings, and 3 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Global Payments has a consensus price target of $94.48, representing about 17.7% upside from its current price of $80.24.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Global Payments has been the subject of 18 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.82%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Global Payments are expected to grow by 17.82% in the coming year, from $13.64 to $16.07 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Global Payments is -26.93, 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 -26.93, 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 0.44. 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 0.81. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.19% 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 7.26.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Global Payments has recently increased by 1.14%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Global Payments pays a meaningful dividend of 1.22%, 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 6.22% next year. This indicates that Global Payments will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.25

News Sentiment

Global Payments has a news sentiment score of 0.25. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Search Interest

9 people have searched for GPN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 80% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Global Payments to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

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.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Today: 10/02/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Financial Services
• Sub-Industry: Transaction & Payment Processing Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GPN
• CIK: 1123360
• Web: www.globalpayments.com
• Phone: (770) 829-8000
• Fax: 770-829-8267
• Employees: 26,000
• Year Founded: 1967

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Global Payments: $94.48
• High Price Target: $137.00
• Low Price Target: $60.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +17.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.23
• Research Coverage: 30 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($2.98)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 5.88
• P/E Growth: 0.44
• Net Income: $1.40 billion
• Net Margins: -9.16%
• Pretax Margin: 5.91%
• Return on Equity: 13.80%
• Return on Assets: 5.73%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.90
• Current Ratio: 0.82
• Quick Ratio: 0.82

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $7.71 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.76
• Cash Flow: $18.66 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.30
• Book Value: $99.60 per share
• Price / Book: 0.81

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 264,620,000
• Free Float: 263,110,000
• Market Cap: $21.23 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.80