NYSE:GPN - Global Payments Stock Price, Forecast & News

Global Payments trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GPN."

Global Payments declared a dividend on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.195 per share on Friday, December 27th. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. This is a boost from Global Payments's previous dividend of $0.01. View Global Payments' Dividend History.

Global Payments shares split before market open on Tuesday, November 3rd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 7th 2015. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, November 2nd 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of Global Payments stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Global Payments declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Friday, February 16th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $600,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The business services provider reported $1.70 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.03. The business services provider had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.16 billion. Global Payments had a net margin of 10.59% and a return on equity of 9.05%. Global Payments's quarterly revenue was up 27.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.44 earnings per share. View Global Payments' Earnings History.

Global Payments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Global Payments.

Global Payments issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.12-6.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.13. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.6-5.63 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.48 billion.

24 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $212.00. On average, they anticipate Global Payments' share price to reach $179.79 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Global Payments.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Global Payments.

Press coverage about GPN stock has been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Global Payments.

Some companies that are related to Global Payments include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Worldpay (WP), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and Genpact (G).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Global Payments investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Visa (V), Walt Disney (DIS), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX), salesforce.com (CRM), Mastercard (MA), Adobe (ADBE) and Starbucks (SBUX).

Global Payments' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.86%), Synovus Financial Corp (5.93%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.55%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (0.74%), Point72 Asset Management L.P. (0.64%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.92%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, Joia M Johnson, Kriss Cloninger III, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Ruth Ann Marshall and William I Jacobs. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Global Payments.

GPN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Coho Partners Ltd., Boston Partners, Man Group plc, SG Americas Securities LLC, River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP, JLB & Associates Inc. and Palmer Knight Co. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, Kriss Cloninger III, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Ruth Ann Marshall and William I Jacobs. View Insider Buying and Selling for Global Payments.

GPN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Synovus Financial Corp, State Street Corp, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, California Public Employees Retirement System, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Voya Investment Management LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd. and Strs Ohio. View Insider Buying and Selling for Global Payments.

Shares of GPN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $176.66.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $53.10 billion and generates $3.37 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $452.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.19 on an earnings per share basis. Global Payments employs 11,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Global Payments.

The official website for Global Payments is http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/.

Global Payments' mailing address is 3550 LENOX ROAD, ATLANTA GA, 30326. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 770-829-8000 or via email at [email protected]