NYSE:GPNGlobal Payments Stock Price, Forecast & News

Global Payments' stock was trading at $172.15 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GPN shares have increased by 0.5% and is now trading at $173.00.
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31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Global Payments in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 28 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Global Payments is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 29th 2020.
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Global Payments Inc (NYSE:GPN) released its earnings results on Monday, August, 3rd. The business services provider reported $1.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.04 by $0.27. The business services provider earned $1.52 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.47 billion. Global Payments had a net margin of 5.68% and a return on equity of 5.61%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 71.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.51 earnings per share.
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Global Payments declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 3rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 10th will be given a dividend of $0.195 per share on Thursday, September 24th. This represents a $0.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 9th.
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Global Payments's stock 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.

31 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Global Payments' stock. Their forecasts range from $164.00 to $235.00. On average, they expect Global Payments' stock price to reach $201.97 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.7% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about GPN stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Global Payments earned a media sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.
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Global Payments saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,670,000 shares, a drop of 26.0% from the June 15th total of 4,960,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,990,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days.
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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 FMR LLC (3.03%), Synovus Financial Corp (2.91%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.84%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.60%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.50%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.41%). 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.
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GPN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., Strs Ohio, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold Global Payments company stock in the last year include Alan M Silberstein, David M Sheffield, Guido Francesco Sacchi, John Thompson Turner, Kriss Cloninger III, Robert H B Baldwin Jr, Ruth Ann Marshall, and William I Jacobs.
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GPN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nordea Investment Management AB, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Rafferty Asset Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., and TD Asset Management Inc..
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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 $173.00.

Global Payments has a market capitalization of $51.77 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]