NYSE:GPNGlobal Payments Stock Price, Forecast & News

Global Payments' stock was trading at $172.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GPN shares have decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $171.46. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 27 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Global Payments.

Global Payments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Global Payments.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The business services provider reported $1.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.53 by $0.05. The business services provider earned $1.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.74 billion. Global Payments had a return on equity of 6.46% and a net margin of 7.79%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 115.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.34 EPS. View Global Payments' earnings history.

Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.195 per share on Friday, June 26th. This represents a $0.78 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 11th. View Global Payments' dividend history.

Shares of Global Payments split before market open on Tuesday, November 3rd 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, October 7th 2015. The newly created 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.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' stock price to reach $195.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Global Payments.

News stories about GPN stock have trended somewhat negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Global Payments.

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

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

Global Payments' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Thomasville National Bank (0.01%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David Lawrence Green, David M Sheffield, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, John Thompson Turner, Joia M Johnson, Kriss Cloninger III, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Ruth Ann Marshall and William I Jacobs. View institutional ownership trends for Global Payments.

GPN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomasville National Bank. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $171.46.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $51.28 billion and generates $4.91 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $430.61 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.86 on an earnings per share basis. Global Payments employs 24,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Global Payments is 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]