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Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) closed the day trading at $69.46 down -17.43% from the previous closing price of $84.12. In other words, the price has decreased by -$17.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 17.55 million shares were traded. GPN stock price reached its highest trading level at $76.72 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $68.485.
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 6.24 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.98. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.97 and its Current Ratio is at 0.97. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.77 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.70.
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 the company, Keefe Bruyette on April 17, 2025, Downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform and sets its target price to $78 from $135 previously.
On January 10, 2025, Stephens Downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight which previously was Overweight but kept the price unchanged to $120.
Goldman Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on January 10, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $122.
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 13 ’24 when BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR bought 5,800 shares for $116.00 per share. The transaction valued at 672,800 led to the insider holds 42,738 shares of the business.
Carter Andrea M sold 2,366 shares of GPN for $250,015 on Nov 04 ’24. The Chief Human Resources Officer now owns 22,078 shares after completing the transaction at $105.67 per share. On Nov 04 ’24, another insider, Carter Andrea M, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 2,366 shares for $105.67 each.
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 17078546432 and an Enterprise Value of 32574525440. As of this moment, Global’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.25, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.06. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.06. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.69 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.78. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.223 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.399.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GPN is 0.97, which has changed by -0.44087577 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.05430484 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GPN has reached a high of $127.66, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $77.83. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -28.63%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -33.68%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GPN traded about 2.45M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GPN traded about 5352310 shares per day. A total of 248.71M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 243.57M. Insiders hold about 0.94% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 94.05% stake in the company. Shares short for GPN as of 1743379200 were 7818818 with a Short Ratio of 3.19, compared to 1740700800 on 7094193. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7818818 and a Short% of Float of 3.19.
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 0.0118877785The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.72. The current Payout Ratio is 16.23% for GPN, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-14 with an ex-dividend date of 1741910400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2015-11-03 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
