Global Payments - GPN Stock Forecast, Price & News

28 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 23 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Global Payments stock.
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28 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Global Payments' shares. Their GPN stock forecasts range from $132.00 to $240.00. On average, they predict Global Payments' stock price to reach $175.03 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.7% from the stock's current price.
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Global Payments' stock was trading at $135.18 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, GPN shares have decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $128.00.
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Global Payments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) announced its earnings results on Monday, August, 1st. The business services provider reported $2.36 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.34 by $0.02. The business services provider had revenue of $2.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.09 billion. Global Payments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.24% and a net margin of 0.87%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.92 earnings per share.
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Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 16th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, September 30th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 15th.
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Global Payments(NYSE:GPN) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.78%. Global Payments does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Global Payments is 555.59%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Global Payments will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.54% next year. This indicates that Global Payments will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Global Payments 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 payable 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 declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Monday, August 1st 2022, which permits the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 4.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Global Payments issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $9.53-$9.75 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $9.51. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.48 billion-$8.55 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.41 billion.

163 employees have rated Global Payments CEO Jeffrey S. Sloan on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey S. Sloan has an approval rating of 69% among Global Payments' employees.

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

Global Payments' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.07%), Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (0.59%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.52%), Truist Financial Corp (0.36%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.29%) and Pendal Group Ltd (0.29%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, Connie D Mcdaniel, David Lawrence Green, David M Sheffield, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, John Thompson Turner, Joia M Johnson, Kriss Cloninger III, M Troy Woods, Paul M Todd, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Ruth Ann Marshall and William I Jacobs.
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Shares of GPN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $128.00.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) has a market capitalization of $35.48 billion and generates $8.52 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $965.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.18 on an earnings per share basis.

Global Payments employs 25,000 workers across the globe.

Global Payments was founded in 1967.

Global Payments' mailing address is 3550 LENOX ROAD, ATLANTA GA, 30326. The official website for Global Payments is www.globalpaymentsinc.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (770) 829-8000, via email at investor.relations@globalpay.com, or via fax at 770-829-8267.