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Global Payments Inc. GPN
$82.18 +4.85% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $19.46B
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-3.89, down 168.0% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to 11.9% from 24.9% a year earlier.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +2.2%).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Financial Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 5%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 8%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 3%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 7%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 45%
- Gross marginBottom 47%
- Operating marginBottom 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Interest coverTop 39%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 9%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 33%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 38%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 42%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 45%
- 6-month returnTop 11%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 27%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 48%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 37%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 20%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 28%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 18%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 14%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.7% | 14.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -147.6% | -168.0% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 67.6% | 63.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 24.9% | 11.9% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 33.1% | 8.1% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 14.8% | -0.7% | ↑ | Top 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -168.0% | -147.6% | ↓ | Bottom 5% |
| Gross margin | 63.9% | 67.6% | ↓ | Bottom 47% |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 24.9% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| Net margin | -9.4% | 16.1% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 8.1% | 33.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.9% | — | Top 45% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.0% | — | Bottom 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +486.3 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 5.57×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.29%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.76%
- Shareholder yield
- 7.05%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +6.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +2.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $101.93
- Target vs current price
- +24.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 63
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 59%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +0.6% | -0.9% | -2.7% | +2.1% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +6.5% | +0.2% | -1.2% | -2.3% | +21.0% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | +0.6% | +16.5% | +12.3% | +3.8% | -4.0% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +0.9% | +3.7% | -1.8% | +2.1% | -7.0% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +1.6% | +9.1% | +5.1% | +10.6% | +1.0% |
| May 6, 2025 | +5.2% | +0.0% | +4.9% | -4.4% | +0.9% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | -1.0% | -4.3% | -3.0% | -15.3% | -26.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -0.3% | +4.3% | +8.4% | +18.6% | +11.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $3.46 | $3.44 | +0.6% | $3.16B |
| May 6, 2026 | $2.96 | $2.78 | +6.5% | $2.86B |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $3.18 | $3.16 | +0.6% | $2.32B |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $3.26 | $3.23 | +0.9% | $2.01B |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $3.10 | $3.05 | +1.6% | $1.96B |
| May 6, 2025 | $2.82 | $2.68 | +5.2% | $2.41B |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $2.95 | $2.98 | -1.0% | $2.52B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $3.08 | $3.09 | -0.3% | $2.60B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 6.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.9× | — | — | Top 38% |
| EV / Sales | 3.58× | — | — | Bottom 42% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.23% | — | — | Bottom 33% |
| Earnings yield | -4.73% | — | — | Bottom 9% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.2× – 264.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -4.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -168.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -16.5%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 61
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +7.4%
- RSI (14)
- 42.0
- Relative volume
- 0.96×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 63th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.33
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.49
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -55.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2021 | Jun 10, 2026 | -71.5% | 1284 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 31, 2020 | Jan 29, 2021 | -18.1% | 19 days | 30 days (Mar 15, 2021) |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -15.0% | 14 days | 7 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $19.46B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$3.89
- Revenue (TTM)
- $10.19B
- Dividend yield
- 1.22%
- 52-week range
- $61.16 – $95.88
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.52B | $8.98B | $9.65B | $10.11B | $7.71B |
| Gross profit | $4.75B | $5.20B | $5.93B | $6.35B | $5.59B |
| Operating income | $1.76B | $1.98B | $2.21B | $2.29B | $1.47B |
| Net income | $965.5M | $111.5M | $986.2M | $1.57B | $1.40B |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.29 | $0.40 | $3.77 | $6.16 | $5.83 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.00B | $2.52B | $2.41B | $1.96B | $2.01B | $1.90B | $2.97B | $3.32B |
| Net income | $315.1M | $567.2M | $305.7M | $241.6M | $635.2M | $217.5M | -$1.80B | -$8.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.24 | $2.25 | $1.24 | $0.99 | $2.64 | $0.91 | -$7.49 | $0.05 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.78B | $2.24B | $2.25B | $3.53B | $2.66B |
| Capital expenditure | -$493.2M | -$615.7M | -$658.1M | -$674.9M | -$617.8M |
| Free cash flow | $2.29B | $1.63B | $1.59B | $2.86B | $2.04B |
| Dividends paid | -$259.7M | -$274.0M | -$260.4M | -$252.8M | -$238.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.62B | -$2.96B | -$459.5M | -$1.61B | -$1.20B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $5.41B
- Total assets
- $63.57B
- Total liabilities
- $39.60B
- Total debt
- $22.42B
- Net debt
- $17.01B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $23.11B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | $0.25 | Sep 25, 2026 |
| Jun 12, 2026 | $0.25 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $0.25 | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Dec 12, 2025 | $0.25 | Dec 26, 2025 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | $0.25 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.25 | Jun 27, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.25 | Mar 28, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.25 | Dec 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 16,273,824
- Days to cover
- 7.26
- Change vs previous report
- +1.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 3, 2015
- 2-for-1
- Oct 31, 2005
- 2-for-1