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In the latest session, Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) closed at $77.76 down -1.18% from its previous closing price of $78.69. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.18 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.88 million shares were traded. GPN stock price reached its highest trading level at $79.06 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $77.045.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Global Payments, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.20 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 6.04. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.95 and its Current Ratio is at 0.95. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.74 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.63.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of . The stock’s future direction. 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:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 21 ’25 when Cortopassi Robert M sold 4,000 shares for $85.52 per share. The transaction valued at 342,080 led to the insider holds 49,121 shares of the business.
Cortopassi Robert M bought 4,000 shares of GPN for $342,082 on Aug 21 ’25. On Aug 12 ’25, another insider, SHEFFIELD DAVID M, who serves as the EVP, Chief Accounting Officer of the company, sold 2,500 shares for $83.03 each. As a result, the insider received 207,575 and left with 16,454 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 18865129472 and an Enterprise Value of 33750001664. As of this moment, Global’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.60, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.70. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.27. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.99 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.83. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.353 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.584.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GPN is 0.96, which has changed by -0.260485 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19736934 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GPN has reached a high of $120.00, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $65.93. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -9.58%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.36%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, GPN has traded an average of 2.31M shares per day and 1935870 over the past ten days. A total of 242.48M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 240.32M. Insiders hold about 0.94% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.33% stake in the company. Shares short for GPN as of 1760486400 were 8826353 with a Short Ratio of 3.82, compared to 1757894400 on 8823769. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8826353 and a Short% of Float of 3.66.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for GPN is 1.00, from 1.0 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.012708095. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.82. . The current Payout Ratio is 16.23% for GPN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-09-12 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-12. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-11-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The market rating of Global Payments, Inc (GPN) is currently shaped by the ongoing analysis conducted by 28.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $3.17, with high estimates of $3.31 and low estimates of $3.09.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $13.09 and $12.05 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $12.22. EPS for the following year is $13.65, with 30.0 analysts recommending between $13.97 and $13.04.
Revenue Estimates
A total of 22 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $2.41B this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $2.45B to a low estimate of $2.38B. As of . The current estimate, Global Payments, Inc’s year-ago sales were $2.36BFor the next quarter, 22 analysts are estimating revenue of $2.33B. There is a high estimate of $2.42B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $2.29B.
A total of 26 analysts have provided revenue estimates for GPN’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $9.44B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $9.13B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $9.3B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $9.15BBased on 23 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $9.74B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $9.98B and the low estimate is $9.43B.
