Global Payments Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:GPN)

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

Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 13th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, September 27th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.02%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 12th. 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 issued 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 authorized a stock repurchase plan on Friday, February 16th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $600,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 30th. The business services provider reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.05. The business services provider had revenue of $1.11 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion. Global Payments had a net margin of 13.62% and a return on equity of 20.36%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.29 EPS. View Global Payments' Earnings History.

Global Payments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 29th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Global Payments.

Global Payments updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.00-6.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.05. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.44-4.49 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.47 billion.

21 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' stock price to reach $170.2180 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Global Payments.

21 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 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Global Payments.

News headlines about GPN stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Global Payments.

Global Payments saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,987,800 shares, an increase of 19.4% from the July 15th total of 9,201,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,570,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.0 days. Currently, 7.3% of the company's shares are short sold. View Global Payments' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Global Payments include Booking (BKNG), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Worldpay (WP), Pinduoduo (PDD), NetEase (NTES), eBay (EBAY), First Data (FDC), Mercadolibre (MELI), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), CoStar Group (CSGP), Msci (MSCI), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), Akamai Technologies (AKAM) and Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Global Payments investors own include Visa (v), Alibaba Group (BABA), Mastercard (MA), Home Depot (HD), NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Netflix (NFLX), Cisco Systems (Csco), Starbucks (SBUX) and salesforce.com (CRM).

Global Payments' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (13.21%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.91%), BlackRock Inc. (7.03%), BlackRock Inc. (7.03%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (2.94%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.90%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, 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 JPMorgan Chase & Co., TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, Boston Partners, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Jennison Associates LLC, Jennison Associates LLC and Echo Street Capital Management LLC. 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, 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 Coatue Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Swedbank, BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc. and Steadfast Capital Management LP. 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 $161.62.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $25.32 billion and generates $3.37 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $452.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.19 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]