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Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) closed the day trading at $92.18 down -0.78% from the previous closing price of $92.90. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.78 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.09 million shares were traded. GPN stock price reached its highest trading level at $95.3399 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $91.655.
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 8.34 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.99. 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.
On January 10, 2025, Goldman Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy but kept the price unchanged to $122.
Bernstein Downgraded its Outperform to Mkt Perform on October 22, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $135 to $112.
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 22825242624 and an Enterprise Value of 38200365056. As of this moment, Global’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.93, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.60. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.37. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.26 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.03. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.78 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.677.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GPN is 1.00, which has changed by -0.29026794 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.07903516 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GPN has reached a high of $140.38, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $90.99. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -13.53%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -12.54%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GPN traded about 1.80M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GPN traded about 2395730 shares per day. A total of 248.71M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 245.30M. Insiders hold about 0.94% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.53% stake in the company. Shares short for GPN as of 1740700800 were 7094193 with a Short Ratio of 3.94, compared to 1738281600 on 6103515. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7094193 and a Short% of Float of 2.8800000999999997.
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 0.010764263The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.7. The current Payout Ratio is 16.23% for GPN, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-12-13 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.
