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. Investors of record on Friday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, June 29th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 14th. View Global Payments' Dividend History.

Global Payments shares split before market open 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 announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Friday, February 16th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $600,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 3rd. The business services provider reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.03. The business services provider earned $924.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $914.06 million. Global Payments had a return on equity of 17.66% and a net margin of 13.27%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 earnings per share 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Global Payments' shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $145.00. On average, they anticipate Global Payments' share price to reach $111.9583 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.3%. 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, 4 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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News headlines about GPN stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a coverage optimism score of 0.16 on Accern's scale. They also gave news articles about the business services provider an impact score of 45.95 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Global Payments' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Rathbone Brothers plc (0.16%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.09%), JLB & Associates Inc. (0.07%), Spence Asset Management (0.03%), Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (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, Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas, JLB & Associates Inc. and Gateway Investment Advisers 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 Rathbone Brothers plc, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Conservest Capital Advisors Inc., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Atria Investments LLC, Spence Asset Management, DnB Asset Management AS and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $117.00.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $18.82 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]