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 2.7% and is now trading at $167.56. 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The business services provider reported $1.58 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 analyst estimates of $1.74 billion. Global Payments had a net margin of 7.79% and a return on equity of 6.46%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 115.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.34 EPS. View Global Payments' earnings history.

Global Payments announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be paid a dividend of $0.195 per share on Friday, June 26th. This represents a $0.78 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. 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 minted shares were distributed 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.

30 analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Global Payments' shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' stock price to reach $195.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Global Payments.

News coverage about GPN stock has trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media 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 -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media 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 immediate future. 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Thomasville National Bank (0.01%), Fulton Bank N. A. (0.00%), Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ (0.00%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.00%) and Paragon Advisors LLC (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, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomasville National Bank, Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Paragon Advisors LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and Fulton Bank N. A.. View insider buying and selling activity for Global Payments.

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One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $167.56.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $50.12 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]