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Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) closed the day trading at $75.53 down -2.42% from the previous closing price of $77.4. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.42 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.83 million shares were traded. GPN stock price reached its highest trading level at $78.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $75.0.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of GPN, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 6.85 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.27. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.85 and its Current Ratio is at 0.85. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.71 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.59.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, Citigroup on October 23, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $110.
On October 22, 2025, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $103.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 11 ’25 when SHEFFIELD DAVID M sold 2,016 shares for $81.41 per share. The transaction valued at 164,123 led to the insider holds 14,438 shares of the business.
BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR bought 10,392 shares of GPN for $846,117 on Dec 11 ’25. The Director now owns 59,303 shares after completing the transaction at $81.42 per share. On Dec 10 ’25, another insider, BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 3,000 shares for $80.25 each. As a result, the insider paid 240,750 and bolstered with 48,911 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GPN now has a Market Capitalization of 18324113408 and an Enterprise Value of 32368064512. As of this moment, Global’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.60, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.51. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.48. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.01 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.79. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.212 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.382.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GPN is 0.80, which has changed by -0.3317703 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.14778805 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GPN has reached a high of $115.19, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $65.93. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.98%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.93%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GPN traded about 2.26M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GPN traded about 2732130 shares per day. A total of 236.61M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 234.45M. Insiders hold about 0.97% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.11% stake in the company. Shares short for GPN as of 1765756800 were 10065456 with a Short Ratio of 4.45, compared to 1763078400 on 7809870. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 10065456 and a Short% of Float of 4.2700000000000005.
Dividends & Splits
GPN’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.00, up from 1.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.012919896. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.85. The current Payout Ratio is 16.23% for GPN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-12 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-12. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-11-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Global Payments, Inc (GPN) is presently subject to a detailed evaluation by 23.0 analysts, each offering their unique perspectives on its market standing.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $3.0, with high estimates of $3.13 and low estimates of $2.77.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $12.34 and $12.14 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $12.2. EPS for the following year is $13.67, with 28.0 analysts recommending between $14.24 and $13.09.
Revenue Estimates
22 analysts predict $2.32B in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $2.37B to a low estimate of $2.28B. As of. The current estimate, Global Payments, Inc’s year-ago sales were $2.29BFor the next quarter, 22 analysts are estimating revenue of $2.29B. There is a high estimate of $2.33B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $2.24B.
A total of 24 analysts have provided revenue estimates for GPN’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $9.39B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $9.28B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $9.32B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $9.15BBased on 21 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $9.71B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $9.9B and the low estimate is $9.57B.
