Global Payments/$GPN
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About Global Payments
Global Payments is a leading provider of payment processing and software solutions and historically focused on serving small and midsize merchants. The Worldpay acquisition pushes the company into the large merchant space and expands the company's international operations. Following the Worldpay acquisition, the company will process about $4 trilliion in payment volume.
- Ticker
- $GPN
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 26,000
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, United States
- Website
- www.globalpayments.com
Global Payments Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$24B
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-$3.67
0.77
$1.00
1.11%
Price and volume
Market cap
$24B
Beta
0.77
52-week high
$95.88
52-week low
$61.16
Average daily volume
2.8M
Dividend rate
$1.00
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.825
Quick ratio
0.494
Long term debt to equity
0.897
Total debt to equity
0.983
Interest coverage (TTM)
2.79%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
4,482.188
Gross margin (TTM)
63.96%
Net profit margin (TTM)
-9.15%
Operating margin (TTM)
22.75%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
20.69%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$390,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.59%
Return on equity (TTM)
2.43%
Valuation
Price to revenue (TTM)
2.25
Price to book
1.04
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-1.03
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
27.94
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.58%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
3.228
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.11%
Forward dividend yield
1.11%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
32.20%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-163.98%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
3.21%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
6.91%
What the Analysts think about Global Payments
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Global Payments stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Global Payments stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Q2 adjusted EPS rose 12% to $3.46, normalized adjusted net revenue grew approximately 4%, and normalized adjusted operating margin expanded 70 basis points to 42.0%, indicating early operating traction after the Worldpay combination. (Global Payments)
Worldpay is expanding Global Payments’ enterprise and platform reach: Q2 revenue growth was driven primarily by the acquired business, including stronger card-not-present activity, embedded payments, and integrated-partner services. (SEC filing)
The company returned $1.2 billion to shareholders through the first half of 2026 and reaffirmed plans to return more than $2 billion during 2026, supporting the equity story with substantial capital returns while integration proceeds. (Global Payments)
Global Payments lowered its 2026 normalized constant-currency adjusted net-revenue-growth outlook to approximately 4%–5%, citing weakness in its travel portfolio related to the ongoing Middle East conflict. (Global Payments)
Worldpay-related borrowing and higher refinancing rates increased interest expense by $125 million year over year in Q2 2026, pressuring earnings and raising execution risk around the acquisition’s financing. (SEC filing)
Acquisition amortization and integration costs materially compressed GAAP profitability: Q2 operating margin fell to 10.2% from 20.0% a year earlier, while continuing-operations EPS declined to $0.43 from $1.03. (SEC filing)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 10 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Global Payments
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Fund name | Fund size | $GPN weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares Digitalisation$DGTL | $793M | 0.82% |
iShares Digitalisation£DGIT | £585M | 0.82% |
Amundi S&P 500£500G | £6.6B | 0.54% |
iShares S&P 500 Equal Weight€O4J0 | €4.3B | 0.27% |
iShares S&P 500 Equal Weight£EWSP | £3.7B | 0.27% |
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