Global Payments Q2 EPS Forecast Decreased by William Blair

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair decreased their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Global Payments in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, May 6th. William Blair analyst A. Jeffrey now anticipates that the business services provider will earn $2.90 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.97. The consensus estimate for Global Payments' current full-year earnings is $11.89 per share.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on GPN. StockNews.com cut Global Payments from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods increased their price target on Global Payments from $78.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a report on Wednesday. Wolfe Research reiterated a "peer perform" rating on shares of Global Payments in a report on Wednesday, April 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group cut Global Payments from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $75.00 price target for the company. in a report on Friday, April 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Global Payments from $115.00 to $85.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nineteen have given a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $112.09.

Global Payments Trading Up 1.1%

NYSE:GPN traded up $0.90 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $80.47. The company had a trading volume of 2,434,197 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,426,104. The company has a market cap of $19.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.02, a P/E/G ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. Global Payments has a 1 year low of $65.93 and a 1 year high of $120.00. The company has a 50-day moving average of $86.87 and a 200 day moving average of $102.39.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The business services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.73 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $2.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.20 billion. Global Payments had a return on equity of 12.21% and a net margin of 15.54%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.59 EPS.

Global Payments Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 13th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 13th. Global Payments's payout ratio is presently 16.13%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Global Payments

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. 1834 Investment Advisors Co. boosted its stake in shares of Global Payments by 17.1% in the 1st quarter. 1834 Investment Advisors Co. now owns 2,897 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $284,000 after buying an additional 424 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Global Payments by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,624,288 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $159,050,000 after buying an additional 9,755 shares during the period. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. purchased a new position in shares of Global Payments in the 1st quarter valued at about $457,000. iA Global Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Global Payments in the 1st quarter valued at about $393,000. Finally, Factorial Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Global Payments by 8.9% in the 1st quarter. Factorial Partners LLC now owns 42,900 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $4,201,000 after buying an additional 3,500 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.76% of the company's stock.

About Global Payments

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.