NYSE:GPN - Global Payments Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.04%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 14th. View Global Payments' Dividend History.

Global Payments shares split on the morning of 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 initiated a share buyback plan on Friday, February 16th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $600,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 3rd. The business services provider reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.03. The business services provider earned $924.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $914.06 million. Global Payments had a return on equity of 17.66% and a net margin of 13.27%. Global Payments's revenue for the quarter was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.85 earnings per share. View Global Payments' Earnings History.

Global Payments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Global Payments.

Global Payments issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.00-$5.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $5.06. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.90-$3.975 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.94 billion.

25 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate Global Payments' share price to reach $111.50 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Global Payments.

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News coverage about GPN stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a media sentiment score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the business services provider an impact score of 46.29 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Global Payments' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.75%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.53%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (3.27%), Vista Equity Partners Management LLC (3.19%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.12%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.09%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, David E Mangum, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Michael W Trapp, 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 Vista Equity Partners Management LLC, Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, BlackRock Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Legal & General Group Plc, Millennium Management LLC, American Century Companies Inc. and Earnest Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, David E Mangum, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, 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 AGF Investments Inc., The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Baird Financial Group Inc., Echo Street Capital Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Temasek Holdings Private Ltd, KBC Group NV and Seven Eight Capital 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $113.31.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $18.25 billion and generates $3.98 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $468.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.01 on an earnings per share basis. Global Payments employs 10,000 workers across the globe.

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]