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

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

Global Payments announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 12th. View Global Payments' Dividend History.

Global Payments shares split on 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 buyback plan on Friday, February 16th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $600,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 30th. The business services provider reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.05. The business services provider earned $1.11 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.11 billion. Global Payments had a net margin of 13.62% and a return on equity of 20.36%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.29 EPS. View Global Payments' Earnings History.

Global Payments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Global Payments.

Global Payments issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.00-6.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.05. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.44-4.49 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.47 billion.

21 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $200.00. On average, they anticipate Global Payments' stock price to reach $165.9180 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Global Payments.

21 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 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Global Payments.

News articles about GPN stock have trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Global Payments.

Global Payments saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 10,987,800 shares, an increase of 19.4% from the June 30th total of 9,201,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,570,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.0 days. Currently, 7.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Global Payments' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Global Payments investors own include Mastercard (MA), Visa (v), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Mercadolibre (MELI), Boeing (BA) and Caterpillar (CAT).

Global Payments' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (13.21%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.91%), BlackRock Inc. (7.03%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.94%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.90%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.20%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jennison Associates LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Echo Street Capital Management LLC and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Ruth Ann Marshall and William I Jacobs. View Insider Buying and Selling for Global Payments.

GPN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Coatue Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Swedbank, BlackRock Inc., Steadfast Capital Management LP and Invesco Ltd.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $162.27.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $25.42 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]