NYSE:GPNGlobal 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 (WHO). Since then, GPN shares have decreased by 4.7% and is now trading at $163.98. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 27 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 Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Global Payments.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The business services provider reported $1.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.53 by $0.05. The business services provider had revenue of $1.90 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.74 billion. Global Payments had a return on equity of 6.46% and a net margin of 7.79%. The company's revenue was up 115.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.34 earnings per share. View Global Payments' earnings history.

Global Payments announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.195 per share on Friday, June 26th. This represents a $0.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 11th. View Global Payments' dividend history.

Global Payments's stock split before market open on Tuesday, November 3rd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 7th 2015. The newly created shares were payable 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.

30 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $235.00. On average, they anticipate Global Payments' stock price to reach $195.48 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Global Payments.

Headlines about GPN stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media 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 daily sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories 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 near term. View the latest news about Global Payments.

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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.01%) and Diligent Investors LLC (0.01%). 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, John Thompson Turner, 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 DNB Asset Management AS, HBW Advisory Services LLC, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Arden Trust Co, and IBM Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, David M Sheffield, Guido Francesco Sacchi, John Thompson Turner, Kriss Cloninger III, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Ruth Ann Marshall, and William I Jacobs. View insider buying and selling activity for Global Payments.

GPN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomasville National Bank, Addenda Capital Inc., Mount Yale Investment Advisors LLC, Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp, Paragon Advisors LLC, and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. View insider buying and selling activity for Global Payments.

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One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $163.98.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $49.05 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.

The official website for Global Payments is 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]