NYSE:GPNGlobal Payments Stock Price, Forecast & News

Global Payments' stock was trading at $172.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GPN stock has decreased by 13.8% and is now trading at $148.34. 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 results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.11. The business services provider had revenue of $1.99 billion for 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.33 EPS. View Global Payments' earnings history.

Global Payments announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.195 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $0.78 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.53%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 12th. This is a positive change from Global Payments's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. View Global Payments' dividend history.

Shares of Global Payments split 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.

Global Payments issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.43 to $7.62 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' stock price to reach $195.04 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Global Payments.

News articles about GPN stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near 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), salesforce.com (CRM), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), Broadcom (AVGO) and Costco Wholesale (COST).

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

Global Payments' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include First American Bank (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.00%) and IBM Retirement Fund (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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomasville National Bank. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, David M Sheffield, Guido Francesco Sacchi, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gradient Investments LLC, Fulcrum Equity Management, IBM Retirement Fund, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, First American Bank, Fulton Bank N.A., and CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp. 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 $148.34.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $44.52 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]