Global Payments (GPN) Competitors

American Express has a net margin of 15.13% compared to Global Payments' net margin of -7.99%. American Express' return on equity of 33.95% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

Global Payments currently has a consensus target price of $85.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.86%. American Express has a consensus target price of $359.05, indicating a potential upside of 15.64%. Given Global Payments' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Global Payments is more favorable than American Express.

In the previous week, American Express had 33 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for American Express and 9 mentions for Global Payments. American Express' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Global Payments' score of 0.44 indicating that American Express is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

American Express has higher revenue and earnings than Global Payments. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Express, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. American Express pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Global Payments pays out -49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Express pays out 23.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. American Express has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Global Payments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Global Payments has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, American Express has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the broader market.

89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of American Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Global Payments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Express shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Global Payments currently has a consensus target price of $85.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.86%. Mastercard has a consensus target price of $656.04, suggesting a potential upside of 33.43%. Given Mastercard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mastercard is more favorable than Global Payments.

Global Payments has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mastercard has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the broader market.

In the previous week, Mastercard had 66 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for Mastercard and 9 mentions for Global Payments. Mastercard's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Global Payments' score of 0.44 indicating that Mastercard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Global Payments pays out -49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mastercard pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Mastercard has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Global Payments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Mastercard has higher revenue and earnings than Global Payments. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mastercard, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

89.8% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.3% of Mastercard shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Global Payments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Mastercard shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Mastercard has a net margin of 45.88% compared to Global Payments' net margin of -7.99%. Mastercard's return on equity of 212.96% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

Visa has a net margin of 51.68% compared to Global Payments' net margin of -7.99%. Visa's return on equity of 65.00% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

82.2% of Visa shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Visa shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Global Payments shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Visa has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the broader market.

Visa presently has a consensus target price of $387.78, indicating a potential upside of 19.67%. Global Payments has a consensus target price of $85.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.86%. Given Global Payments' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Visa.

Visa has higher revenue and earnings than Global Payments. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Visa, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Visa pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Visa pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Payments pays out -49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Visa has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Global Payments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Visa had 69 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for Visa and 9 mentions for Global Payments. Visa's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Global Payments' score of 0.44 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Paychex pays an annual dividend of $4.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Global Payments pays out -49.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paychex pays out 104.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paychex has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Paychex is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Global Payments has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Paychex has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the broader market.

Paychex has a net margin of 25.84% compared to Global Payments' net margin of -7.99%. Paychex's return on equity of 48.52% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

Paychex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Global Payments. Global Payments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paychex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Global Payments presently has a consensus price target of $85.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.86%. Paychex has a consensus price target of $106.38, indicating a potential upside of 5.81%. Given Global Payments' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Paychex.

In the previous week, Global Payments had 5 more articles in the media than Paychex. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Global Payments and 4 mentions for Paychex. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Paychex's score of 0.44 indicating that Global Payments is being referred to more favorably in the media.

89.8% of Global Payments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of Paychex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Global Payments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Paychex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.