NYSE:GPN - Global Payments Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Global Payments announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 14th. 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 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 declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Friday, February 16th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $600,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 3rd. The business services provider reported $1.13 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.03. The business services provider earned $924.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $914.06 million. Global Payments had a net margin of 13.27% and a return on equity of 17.66%. The business's revenue was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.85 earnings per share. View Global Payments' Earnings History.

Global Payments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Global Payments.

Global Payments updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.00-$5.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.06. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.90-$3.975 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.94 billion.

25 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' share price to reach $112.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. View Analyst Ratings for Global Payments.

25 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 21 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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News articles about GPN stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a news sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the business services provider an impact score of 46.21 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Global Payments' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Rathbone Brothers plc (0.16%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.09%), JLB & Associates Inc. (0.07%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), Spence Asset Management (0.03%) and Chicago Capital LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, David E Mangum, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Michael W Trapp, 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Bank of Montreal Can, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Hartford Investment Management Co., Oakbrook Investments LLC, Westpac Banking Corp, Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Retirement Systems of Alabama. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, David E Mangum, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, 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 Rathbone Brothers plc, Exane Derivatives, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Chicago Capital LLC, Conservest Capital Advisors Inc., Amalgamated Bank, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and Atria Investments LLC. 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 $117.12.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $18.87 billion and generates $3.98 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $468.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.01 on an earnings per share basis. Global Payments employs 10,000 workers across the globe.

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]