Global Payments Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Global Payments stock.
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Global Payments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) released its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, August, 1st. The business services provider reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.90 by $0.14. The business services provider earned $2.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.86 billion. Global Payments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.70% and a net margin of 10.83%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 40.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $1.31 EPS.
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Global Payments' stock was trading at $172.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GPN stock has decreased by 6.3% and is now trading at $161.30.
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Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, September 24th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.62%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 9th. This is an increase from Global Payments's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20.
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Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.64%. Global Payments does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Global Payments is 16.64%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Global Payments will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.82% next year. This indicates that Global Payments will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 issued 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.

Global Payments declared that its board has approved a share repurchase program on Monday, August 2nd 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $1,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Global Payments issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Monday, August, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $8.070-$8.200 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $7.560. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.70 billion-$7.73 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.61 billion.

19 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $185.00 to $240.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' share price to reach $221.47 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 37.3% from the stock's current price.
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163 employees have rated Global Payments CEO Jeffrey S. Sloan on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey S. Sloan has an approval rating of 69% among Global Payments' employees.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Global Payments investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Mastercard (MA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Visa (V), The Boeing (BA), salesforce.com (CRM), Adobe (ADBE), The Walt Disney (DIS), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Intel (INTC).

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

Global Payments' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (14.77%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.98%), State Street Corp (3.77%), FMR LLC (1.93%), Lone Pine Capital LLC (1.89%) and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.53%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Connie D Mcdaniel, David M Sheffield, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, John Thompson Turner, Joia M Johnson, Kriss Cloninger III, M Troy Woods, Paul M Todd, 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, FMR LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, California Public Employees Retirement System, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, and Creative Planning. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Guido Francesco Sacchi, John Thompson Turner, M Troy Woods, Paul M Todd, and William I Jacobs.
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GPN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lone Pine Capital LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amundi, Bank of Nova Scotia, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Morgan Stanley, and Morgan Stanley. Company insiders that have bought Global Payments stock in the last two years include Connie D Mcdaniel, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, and Joia M Johnson.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $161.30.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $47.38 billion and generates $7.42 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $584.52 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.01 on an earnings per share basis.

Global Payments employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

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Global Payments was founded in 2000.

The official website for Global Payments is www.globalpaymentsinc.com.

Global Payments is headquartered at 3550 LENOX ROAD, ATLANTA GA, 30326.

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].