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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 14th. View Global Payments' Dividend History.

Shares of Global Payments 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 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.

Global Payments announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Friday, February 16th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $600,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) announced its earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The business services provider reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the 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%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 17.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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 updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.00-$5.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 12 month price targets for Global Payments' shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $145.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' share price to reach $112.6667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.8%. View Analyst Ratings for Global Payments.

25 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 21 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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Media stories about GPN stock have been trending positive this week, according to Accern. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a media sentiment score of 0.39 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the business services provider an impact score of 49.35 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

Global Payments' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Rathbone Brothers plc (0.16%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.09%), JLB & Associates Inc. (0.07%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), Spence Asset Management (0.03%) and Chicago Capital LLC (0.02%). 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Bank of Montreal Can, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Hartford Investment Management Co., Oakbrook Investments LLC, Westpac Banking Corp, Hennessy Advisors Inc. and Retirement Systems of Alabama. 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 Rathbone Brothers plc, Exane Derivatives, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Chicago Capital LLC, Conservest Capital Advisors Inc., Amalgamated Bank, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and Atria Investments LLC. 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 $117.12.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $18.68 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]