Global Payments - GPN Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" GPN shares.
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21 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Global Payments' shares. Their GPN share price forecasts range from $115.00 to $210.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $149.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 41.9% from the stock's current price.
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Global Payments' stock was trading at $99.32 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GPN shares have increased by 6.0% and is now trading at $105.24.
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Global Payments saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,330,000 shares, a drop of 7.5% from the February 28th total of 3,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,790,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 1st 2023.
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Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) posted its earnings results on Friday, February, 10th. The business services provider reported $2.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.34 by $0.08. The business services provider earned $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.02 billion. Global Payments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.30% and a net margin of 1.24%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.03 earnings per share.
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Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, March 31st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 16th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) stock in their portfolio include BlackRock Future Financial and Technology ETF (BPAY), Global X FinTech Thematic ETF (FINX), ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF (IPAY), Fidelity Crypto Industry and Digital Payments ETF (FDIG), Cultivar ETF (CVAR), ALPS Disruptive Technologies ETF (DTEC), Inspire 100 ETF (BIBL) and Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF (PKW).

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.97%. The dividend payout ratio is 227.28%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, GPN will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.89% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Global Payments's stock 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 market closes on Monday, November 2nd 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Global Payments announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Monday, August 1st 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $1,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 4.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Global Payments issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $10.25 to $10.37 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.38. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.575 billion to $8.675 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.47 billion.

163 employees have rated Global Payments Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey S. Sloan on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey S. Sloan has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees.

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

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One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $105.24.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) has a market capitalization of $27.76 billion and generates $8.98 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $111.49 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.44 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 25,000 workers across the globe.

Global Payments' mailing address is 3550 LENOX ROAD, ATLANTA GA, 30326. The official website for the company 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.