NYSE:GPN - Global Payments Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Global Payments announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.195 per share on Friday, March 27th. This represents a $0.78 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. This is a positive change from Global Payments's previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. 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 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 Inc (NYSE:GPN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The business services provider reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.51 by $0.11. The business services provider earned $1.99 billion during 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 company's revenue was up 125.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.33 EPS. View Global Payments' Earnings History.

Global Payments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Global Payments.

Global Payments issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.43 to $7.62 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $245.00. On average, they anticipate Global Payments' stock price to reach $211.01 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Global Payments.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 23 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Global Payments.

Press coverage about GPN stock has trended very negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Global Payments.

Some companies that are related to Global Payments include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Worldpay (WP), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX), Genpact (G) and Euronet Worldwide (EEFT).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Global Payments investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Mastercard (MA), Visa (V), Walt Disney (DIS), Adobe (ADBE), Netflix (NFLX), salesforce.com (CRM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Broadcom (AVGO).

Global Payments' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (4.46%), State Street Corp (3.92%), Synovus Financial Corp (3.05%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.92%), Capital International Investors (1.96%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (1.63%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David Lawrence Green, 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 Point72 Asset Management L.P., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Bank of America Corp DE, Maplelane Capital LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, Kriss Cloninger III, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Ruth Ann Marshall and William I Jacobs. View Insider Buying and Selling for Global Payments.

GPN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace North America L.P., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Geode Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Samlyn Capital LLC and Schonfeld Strategic Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $183.75.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $55.06 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 11,000 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]