Global Payments (GPN) Competitors

In the previous week, Mastercard had 17 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Mastercard and 9 mentions for Global Payments. Mastercard's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Global Payments' score of 0.04 indicating that Mastercard is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Global Payments has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Mastercard has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the broader market.

Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Mastercard pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Global Payments pays out -33.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mastercard pays out 19.1% 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.

Global Payments presently has a consensus price target of $95.21, indicating a potential upside of 14.97%. Mastercard has a consensus price target of $680.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.30%. Given Mastercard's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mastercard is more favorable than Global Payments.

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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Mastercard has a net margin of 46.34% compared to Global Payments' net margin of -9.16%. Mastercard's return on equity of 239.99% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

Visa has a net margin of 50.78% compared to Global Payments' net margin of -9.16%. Visa's return on equity of 67.68% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

In the previous week, Visa had 22 more articles in the media than Global Payments. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Visa and 9 mentions for Global Payments. Visa's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Global Payments' score of 0.04 indicating that Visa is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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 currently has a consensus target price of $425.21, suggesting a potential upside of 13.18%. Global Payments has a consensus target price of $95.21, suggesting a potential upside of 14.97%. Given Global Payments' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Visa.

Visa has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Global Payments has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the broader market.

Visa pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Global Payments pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Visa pays out 22.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Payments pays out -33.6% 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 increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Global Payments is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

82.2% of Visa shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Visa shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Global Payments shares are owned 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.

In the previous week, Global Payments had 4 more articles in the media than Block. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Global Payments and 5 mentions for Block. Global Payments' average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Block's score of -0.13 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, 70.4% of Block shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Global Payments shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of Block 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.

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

Global Payments has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Block has a beta of 2.55, indicating that its share price is 155% more volatile than the broader market.

Block has a net margin of 1.43% compared to Global Payments' net margin of -9.16%. Global Payments' return on equity of 13.80% beat Block's return on equity.

Global Payments presently has a consensus target price of $95.21, suggesting a potential upside of 14.97%. Block has a consensus target price of $95.45, suggesting a potential upside of 26.94%. Given Block's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Block is more favorable than Global Payments.

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

Global Payments has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the broader market. Comparatively, Corpay has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the broader market.

Global Payments presently has a consensus target price of $95.21, suggesting a potential upside of 14.97%. Corpay has a consensus target price of $438.93, suggesting a potential upside of 8.97%. Given Global Payments' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Payments is more favorable than Corpay.

89.8% of Global Payments shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.8% of Corpay shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Global Payments shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of Corpay shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Corpay has a net margin of 22.72% compared to Global Payments' net margin of -9.16%. Corpay's return on equity of 42.18% beat Global Payments' return on equity.

In the previous week, Global Payments had 6 more articles in the media than Corpay. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Global Payments and 3 mentions for Corpay. Corpay's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Global Payments' score of 0.04 indicating that Corpay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.