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. Since then, GPN stock has decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $163.05. 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 Monday, August 3rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Global Payments.

Global Payments will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, August 3rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The business services provider reported $1.58 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.53 by $0.05. The business services provider earned $1.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.74 billion. Global Payments had a return on equity of 6.46% and a net margin of 7.79%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 115.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.34 earnings per share. View Global Payments' earnings history.

Global Payments announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Stockholders 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 0.48%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. View Global Payments' dividend history.

Global Payments's stock split on the morning of Tuesday, November 3rd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 7th 2015. The newly issued 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 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Global Payments' shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' stock price to reach $194.97 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Global Payments.

News headlines about GPN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), JLB & Associates Inc. (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp (0.01%) and Gradient Investments 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 JLB & Associates Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, Whittier Trust Co., Redhawk Wealth Advisors Inc., HBW Advisory Services LLC, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., and Arden Trust Co. 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 purchased 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, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Gradient Investments LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, and UNIVEST FINANCIAL 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 $163.05.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $48.77 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]