NYSE:GPN - Global Payments Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Global Payments declared a dividend on Thursday, October 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.195 per share on Friday, December 27th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 12th. This is a positive change from Global Payments's previous dividend of $0.01. View Global Payments' Dividend History.

Global Payments's stock split on 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Friday, February 16th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $600,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The business services provider reported $1.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.67 by $0.03. The business services provider had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.16 billion. Global Payments had a net margin of 10.59% and a return on equity of 9.05%. The firm's revenue was up 27.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.44 earnings per share. View Global Payments' Earnings History.

Global Payments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Global Payments.

Global Payments will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Global Payments issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.12-6.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.13. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.6-5.63 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.48 billion.

28 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Global Payments' shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' stock price to reach $192.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Global Payments.

28 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 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Global Payments.

Media coverage about GPN stock has trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a coverage optimism score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Global Payments.

Some companies that are related to Global Payments include Visa (V), Mastercard (MA), Fidelity National Information Servcs (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Worldpay (WP), Paychex (PAYX), FleetCor Technologies (FLT), Total System Services (TSS), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY), The Western Union (WU), WEX (WEX), Euronet Worldwide (EEFT) and Genpact (G).

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

Global Payments' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.09%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.08%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.03%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.03%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, 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 sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, First National Bank of Omaha and IFP Advisors Inc. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, Kriss Cloninger III, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Ruth Ann Marshall and William I Jacobs. View Insider Buying and Selling for Global Payments.

GPN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Murphy Middleton Hinkle & Parker Inc. and HBW Advisory Services 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $199.78.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $60.04 billion and generates $3.37 billion in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $452.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.19 on an earnings per share basis. Global Payments employs 11,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Global Payments.

The official website for Global Payments is http://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]