Global Payments (GPN) to Release Quarterly Earnings on Tuesday

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) is anticipated to release its Q1 2025 earnings data before the market opens on Tuesday, May 6th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $2.73 per share and revenue of $2.20 billion for the quarter. Global Payments has set its FY 2025 guidance at 12.710-12.820 EPS.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The business services provider reported $2.84 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.98 by ($0.14). Global Payments had a net margin of 15.54% and a return on equity of 12.21%. The company had revenue of $2.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.31 billion. On average, analysts expect Global Payments to post $12 EPS for the current fiscal year and $13 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Global Payments Stock Performance

Shares of Global Payments stock opened at $78.80 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 0.97. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $89.18 and its 200 day moving average price is $103.10. The company has a market cap of $19.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.75, a PEG ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.96. Global Payments has a one year low of $65.93 and a one year high of $120.00.

Global Payments Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.27%. Global Payments’s payout ratio is 16.18%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Global Payments stock. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new position in shares of Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 6,466 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $725,000. Institutional investors own 89.76% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. Wolfe Research reaffirmed a “peer perform” rating on shares of Global Payments in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. Williams Trading set a $75.00 price target on shares of Global Payments in a research report on Friday, April 18th. Bank of America decreased their price objective on Global Payments from $156.00 to $149.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 14th. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on Global Payments from $145.00 to $100.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 21st. Finally, KeyCorp decreased their price target on Global Payments from $145.00 to $80.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 23rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eighteen have assigned a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Global Payments currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $112.86.

About Global Payments

Global Payments Inc provides payment technology and software solutions for card, check, and digital-based payments in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through two segments, Merchant Solutions and Issuer Solutions. The Merchant Solutions segment offers authorization, settlement and funding, customer support, chargeback resolution, terminal rental, sales and deployment, payment security, and consolidated billing and reporting services.