Global Payments is a specialty business services business based in the US. Global Payments shares (GPN) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $80.50 – an increase of 1.58% over the previous week. Global Payments employs 27,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $10.1 billion.
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| Latest market close | $80.50 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $65.93 - $119.42 |
| 50-day moving average | $88.23 |
| 200-day moving average | $103.01 |
| Wall St. target price | $97.30 |
| PE ratio | 13.0259 |
| Dividend yield | $1 (1.24%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $6.18 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $80.5 from 2025-05-09
| 1 week (2025-05-02) | 2.09% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-11) | -5.25% |
| 3 months (2025-02-12) | -26.03% |
| 6 months (2024-11-12) | -30.82% |
| 1 year (2024-05-10) | -26.30% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-10) | -21.00% |
| 3 years (2022-05-10) | 115.7565 |
| 5 years (2020-05-11) | 166.3211 |
Valuing Global Payments stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Global Payments's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Global Payments's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Global Payments shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Global Payments's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.5526. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Global Payments's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Global Payments's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $4.4 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Global Payments's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $10.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 23.28% |
| Gross profit TTM | $6.3 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 3.23% |
| Return on equity TTM | 7.1% |
| Profit margin | 15.48% |
| Book value | $90.68 |
| Market Capitalization | $19.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Global Payments.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 22.95
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Global Payments's overall score of 22.95 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 21st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Global Payments is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 4.16/100
Global Payments's environmental score of 4.16 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Global Payments is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 15.45/100
Global Payments's social score of 15.45 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Global Payments is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 12.34/100
Global Payments's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Global Payments is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Global Payments scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Global Payments has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Global Payments Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 22.95 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 20.92 |
| Environmental score | 4.16 |
| Environmental score percentile | 7 |
| Social score | 15.45 |
| Social score percentile | 7 |
| Governance score | 12.34 |
| Governance score percentile | 7 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Dividend payout ratio: 9.81% of net profits
Recently Global Payments has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Global Payments shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Global Payments's case, that would currently equate to about $1 per share.
While Global Payments's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Global Payments is investing more in its future growth.
Global Payments's most recent dividend payout was on 27 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 June 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Global Payments's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 2 November 2015 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Global Payments shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Global Payments shares which in turn could have impacted Global Payments's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Global Payments's shares have ranged in value from as little as $65.93 up to $119.4161. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Global Payments's is 0.967. This would suggest that Global Payments's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Global Payments Inc. provides payment technology and software solutions for card, check, and digital-based payments in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through two segments, Merchant Solutions and Issuer Solutions. The Merchant Solutions segment offers authorization, settlement and funding, customer support, chargeback resolution, reconciliation and dispute management, terminal rental, sales and deployment, payment security, and consolidated billing and reporting services. This segment also provides an array of enterprise software solutions that streamline business operations of its customers in various vertical markets; and value-added solutions and services, such as point-of-sale software, analytics and customer engagement, payroll and reporting, and human capital management. The Issuer Solutions segment offers solutions that enable financial institutions and retailers to manage their card portfolios through a platform; and commercial payments, accounts payables, and electronic payment alternatives solutions for businesses and governments. It markets its products and services through direct sales force, trade associations, agent and enterprise software providers, referral arrangements with value-added resellers, and independent sales organizations.
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