Global Payments Q2 EPS Estimate Decreased by William Blair

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

GPN has been the topic of several other research reports. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Global Payments from $125.00 to $110.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. Wolfe Research reiterated a "peer perform" rating on shares of Global Payments in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. KeyCorp lifted their target price on shares of Global Payments from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. StockNews.com lowered Global Payments from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 7th. Finally, Cowen cut Global Payments from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, April 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nineteen have assigned a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $112.09.

Global Payments Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of GPN traded up $0.16 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $82.92. 2,511,156 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,431,797. Global Payments has a fifty-two week low of $65.93 and a fifty-two week high of $120.00. The business has a 50-day moving average of $86.18 and a 200-day moving average of $102.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $20.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.93.

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 the consensus estimate of $2.73 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $2.20 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.20 billion. Global Payments had a return on equity of 12.21% and a net margin of 15.54%. Global Payments's revenue for the quarter was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.59 EPS.

Global Payments Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Investors of record on Friday, June 13th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 13th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.21%. Global Payments's dividend payout ratio is currently 16.13%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its position in Global Payments by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 299,137 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $30,638,000 after purchasing an additional 8,078 shares in the last quarter. Sage Capital Advisors llc raised its stake in Global Payments by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Sage Capital Advisors llc now owns 28,232 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $3,164,000 after buying an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. Czech National Bank lifted its position in shares of Global Payments by 6.5% in the 4th quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 55,180 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $6,183,000 after buying an additional 3,349 shares during the last quarter. Fiduciary Alliance LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Global Payments during the 4th quarter worth approximately $678,000. Finally, Wedmont Private Capital lifted its stake in Global Payments by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 17,973 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,900,000 after buying an additional 322 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.