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After finishing at $77.91 in the prior trading day, Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) closed at $77.5, down -0.53%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.53 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.52 million shares were traded. GPN stock price reached its highest trading level at $78.72 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $77.22.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of GPN by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.03 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.49. 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 03 ’25 when Green David Lawrence sold 11,600 shares for $79.99 per share. The transaction valued at 927,884 led to the insider holds 68,096 shares of the business.
Green David Lawrence bought 11,600 shares of GPN for $927,993 on Dec 03 ’25. On Nov 12 ’25, another insider, MCDANIEL CONNIE D, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 4,464 shares for $77.81 each. As a result, the insider received 347,344 and left with 30,014 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 18802051072 and an Enterprise Value of 32931514368. As of this moment, Global’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.87, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.66. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.50. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.06 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.81. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.268 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.511.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GPN is 0.80, which has changed by -0.33450073 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12529528 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GPN has reached a high of $118.86, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $65.93. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.66%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.18%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 2.31M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2509600 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 236.61M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 234.49M. Insiders hold about 0.95% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.06% stake in the company. Shares short for GPN as of 1763078400 were 7809870 with a Short Ratio of 3.39, compared to 1760486400 on 8826353. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7809870 and a Short% of Float of 3.3099998.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, GPN’s forward annual dividend rate was 1.0, compared to 1.00 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.012835322. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.84. The current Payout Ratio is 16.23% for GPN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-09-12 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-12. 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 currently under the scrutiny of 22.0 analysts, each contributing to the ongoing evaluation of its stock.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 $13.65, 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 25 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 22 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $9.72B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $9.91B and the low estimate is $9.57B.
