NYSE:GPNGlobal Payments Stock Price, Forecast & News

Global Payments' stock was trading at $172.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GPN stock has increased by 1.2% and is now trading at $174.23.
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31 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 28 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Global Payments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 29th 2020.
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Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 3rd. The business services provider reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.11. The business services provider earned $1.52 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.47 billion. Global Payments had a net margin of 5.68% and a return on equity of 5.61%. The business's revenue was up 71.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.51 earnings per share.
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Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.195 per share on Thursday, September 24th. This represents a $0.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 9th.
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Global Payments's stock split on 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 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.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Global Payments' shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' share price to reach $198.87 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about GPN stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.
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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.41%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (0.36%), Coho Partners Ltd. (0.20%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Strs Ohio (0.12%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.12%). 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.
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GPN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Strs Ohio, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, First Trust Advisors LP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., and Calamos Advisors LLC. 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.
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GPN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SeaTown Holdings Pte. Ltd., Iberiabank Corp, Pacer Advisors Inc., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC, and Arizona State Retirement System.
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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 $174.23.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $52.11 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]