Global Payments - GPN Stock Forecast, Price & News

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 22 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" GPN shares.
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27 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Global Payments' shares. Their GPN share price forecasts range from $132.00 to $240.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $172.04 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 51.8% from the stock's current price.
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Global Payments' stock was trading at $135.18 at the start of the year. Since then, GPN stock has decreased by 16.2% and is now trading at $113.30.
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Global Payments saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,470,000 shares, an increase of 40.9% from the August 31st total of 6,010,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,010,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 1st. The business services provider reported $2.23 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.25 by $0.02. The business services provider earned $2.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.09 billion. Global Payments had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.24% and a net margin of 0.87%. Global Payments's revenue was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.92 EPS.
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Global Payments announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, September 30th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 15th.
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Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.85%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 555.59%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, GPN will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.61% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Global Payments's stock split on the morning of Tuesday, November 3rd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 7th 2015. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, November 2nd 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Global Payments declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback program on Monday, August 1st 2022, which permits the company to repurchase $1,500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 4.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Global Payments updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $9.53-$9.75 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $9.51. The company issued revenue guidance of $8.48 billion-$8.55 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $8.41 billion.

163 employees have rated Global Payments Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey S. Sloan on Glassdoor.com. Jeffrey S. Sloan has an approval rating of 69% among the company's employees.

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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Thomasville National Bank (0.01%), Wedmont Private Capital (0.01%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%), Fulton Bank N.A. (0.00%) and Capital Investment Advisors LLC (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Connie D Mcdaniel, David Lawrence Green, 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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Shares of GPN stock 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 $113.30.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) has a market capitalization of $31.40 billion and generates $8.52 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $965.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.18 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 25,000 workers across the globe.

Global Payments' mailing address is 3550 LENOX ROAD, ATLANTA GA, 30326. The official website for the company is www.globalpaymentsinc.com. The business services provider can be reached via phone at (770) 829-8000, via email at investor.relations@globalpay.com, or via fax at 770-829-8267.