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

Global Payments' stock was trading at $172.15 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GPN stock has decreased by 22.7% and is now trading at $133.11. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

28 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 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Global Payments.

Global Payments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Global Payments.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $1.62 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.11. The business services provider earned $1.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.06 billion. Global Payments had a net margin of 8.77% and a return on equity of 7.25%. The firm's revenue was up 125.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.33 earnings per share. View Global Payments' earnings history.

Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.195 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $0.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. This is a boost from Global Payments's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. View Global Payments' dividend history.

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 issued shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.43 to $7.62 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.56. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.68 billion to $7.75 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.74 billion.

28 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' share price to reach $203.07 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 52.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Global Payments.

Press coverage about GPN stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutGlobal Payments.

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

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

Global Payments' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fulcrum Equity Management (0.00%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David Lawrence Green, David M Sheffield, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fulcrum Equity Management. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $133.11.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $39.95 billion and generates $4.91 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $430.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.86 on an earnings per share basis. Global Payments employs 24,000 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]