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

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

Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 14th. Investors of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Friday, March 29th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.03%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th. 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 distributed 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 declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Friday, February 16th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $600,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 13th. The business services provider reported $1.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.25 by $0.08. The business services provider had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.04 billion. Global Payments had a net margin of 13.43% and a return on equity of 19.11%. Global Payments's quarterly revenue was up 12.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.07 EPS. View Global Payments' Earnings History.

Global Payments is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Global Payments.

Global Payments will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8776746428.

Global Payments updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 13th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.90-6.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $6.03. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.43-4.49, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.43 billion.Global Payments also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $5.90-6.10 EPS.

21 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Global Payments' shares. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $155.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' share price to reach $135.8611 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Global Payments.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Global Payments.

News headlines about GPN stock have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a media sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Global Payments' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.05%), First American Bank (0.03%), Creative Planning (0.02%), UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Brinker Capital Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Global Payments stock include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David E Mangum, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, 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 DNB Asset Management AS, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Brinker Capital Inc., Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., First American Bank, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. and Gradient Investments LLC. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, Cameron M Bready, David Lawrence Green, Guido Francesco Sacchi, Jeffrey Steven Sloan, 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 W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp, UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp, Tealwood Asset Management Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Highland Capital Management LLC and Toth Financial Advisory Corp. 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 $142.89.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $22.56 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.

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]