Global Payments Inc.

GPN Technology Software Infrastructure

Global Payments Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.7 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 68.6%, EPS fell 95.0%, free cash flow fell 35.8% and total debt rose 39.9%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

83.67 0.50 −0.59%
Market cap
$22.3B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−52.3×
Dividend yield
1.20%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.90
Beneish M
−2.69
Dividend safety
71/100

Global Payments Inc. (GPN) Return on equity

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Global Payments Inc.'s return on equity over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was −3.97%, down 10.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.03%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.46% (fiscal 2022) to 27.9% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 50% of that period. That is below the Software Infrastructure industry median of 0.60% and below the Technology sector median of 0.00%.

Return on equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on equity Change (points)
FY2025 6.03% (0.78)
FY2024 6.81% 2.51
FY2023 4.30% 3.84
FY2022 0.46% (3.16)
FY2021 3.62% 1.52
FY2020 2.10% (0.57)
FY2019 2.67% (8.42)
FY2018 11.1% (2.80)
FY2017 13.9% 4.28
FY2016 9.61% (4.91)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.46% High 27.9%
Ten-year median 6.42%
Current reading's percentile 50

Return on equity against peers

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FFIV F5, Inc. compare 19.8%
IOT Samsara Inc. compare 6.43%
GPN Global Payments Inc. −3.97%
VRSN VeriSign, Inc. compare −40.0%
Software Infrastructure industry median 0.60%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 1.35%

What Return on equity is

ROE shows how much profit a company earns for its shareholders on the equity they have in the business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Common Equity (latest quarter)

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