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
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$22B
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-$3.67
0.79
$1.00
1.22%
Price and volume
Market cap
$22B
Beta
0.79
52-week high
$95.88
52-week low
$61.16
Average daily volume
2.4M
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)
4,524.054
Gross margin (TTM)
63.96%
Net profit margin (TTM)
-9.15%
Operating margin (TTM)
20.51%
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)
2.042
Price to book
0.94
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-0.93
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
25.338
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.95%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
3.228
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.22%
Forward dividend yield
1.22%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
32.20%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-164.02%
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
Adjusted EPS rose 12% year on year to $3.46 in Q2, while management expects about 150 basis points of full-year adjusted margin expansion. It also plans to return more than $2 billion to shareholders in 2026. (Global Payments)
Genius is showing early commercial traction: new merchant locations per sales professional rose 30% from the start of the year, bookings increased more than 25% sequentially and new-customer yields rose 75% year on year. Worldpay’s bank partners could give the product a wider sales channel. (The Motley Fool)
Management says Worldpay integration is progressing, with the combined operating model and leadership structure in place. If the company delivers the planned $600 million of annual cost synergies, the deal could support stronger profitability over time. (Global Payments, Last10K)
Global Payments cut its 2026 outlook after Middle East conflict disrupted travel spending and cross-border transactions. The revised forecast is only 4%–5% normalized revenue growth and $13.60–$13.80 adjusted EPS. (Reuters)
The Worldpay deal leaves the company with $22.4 billion of debt as of 30 June 2026. That large debt load raises the importance of delivering cash flow and synergies, and can limit flexibility if performance weakens. (StockTitan)
Global Payments faces strong competition for small-business customers, and one analyst view is that Genius may not match fintech rivals on technology. If merchants favour competing platforms, the new product’s early sales momentum may not translate into durable share gains. (American Banker)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 7 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing Global Payments
AllUSDGBPEUR
Fund name | Fund size | $GPN weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares Digitalisation$DGTL | $793M | 0.73% |
iShares Digitalisation£DGIT | £585M | 0.73% |
Amundi S&P 500£500G | £6.6B | 0.54% |
iShares S&P 500 Financials Sector$IUFS | $2.4B | 0.24% |
iShares S&P 500 Financials Sector£UIFS | £1.8B | 0.24% |
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