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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 1.29
Total sells 1.44
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy 1 1 — 1 — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 2 — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 18.55%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 22,270.00
Revenue 10,206.75
Net Income (852.95)
Free Cash Flow 822.72
Net Debt 17,009.36
Current Ratio 0.82 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 0.94
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E (52.30) (negative: loss-making)
P/S ratio 2.21
P/B ratio 0.95
Past 5Y EPS Growth 24.32% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 11.66%
Next Y EPS Growth 18.03% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 60.23% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 15.49% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 3.43%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 12.61%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 5.46%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 85.81%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 1.00
Annual Dividend Yield 1.20%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 1.02
0.25
0.25
0.25
2025 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2024 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2023 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2022 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
2021 0.89
0.20
0.20
0.25
0.25
2020 0.78
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2019 0.23
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.20
2018 0.04
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
2017 0.04
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
2016 0.04
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 2,089 2,356 8,336 5,409
Receivables 1,120 788 784 1,577
Inventory — — — —
Other 4,097 1,599 1,477 3,619
8,074 6,031 12,603 11,670
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 2,825 2,836 2,660 3,707
ST’ Debt 621 1,018 1,921 925
Other 3,699 1,519 1,721 5,935
8,126 6,253 7,457 14,154

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 10.27% 0.75% (4.96%)
Cash Flow 16.18% 2.80% 5.79%
Earnings 17.82% 19.09% 132.44%
Book Value 23.41% (3.02%) 1.51%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,970 3,321 — — —
’25 1,820 1,969 2,008 1,909 7,706
’24 2,420 1,971 1,998 1,347 7,736
’23 2,292 2,452 2,476 159 7,380
’22 2,156 2,281 2,285 2,253 8,976
’21 1,990 2,137 2,202 2,194 8,524
’20 1,904 1,672 1,918 1,930 7,424
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (289) 663 — — —
’25 555 818 769 515 2,657
’24 530 809 836 883 3,058
’23 600 565 427 959 2,550
’22 630 568 336 710 2,244
’21 599 510 918 753 2,781
’20 437 524 584 769 2,314
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (550) 427 — — —
’25 428 665 599 347 2,039
’24 384 630 669 699 2,383
’23 437 396 257 801 1,892
’22 474 400 197 557 1,628
’21 513 377 787 611 2,288
’20 332 420 463 663 1,878
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (6.59) 0.05 — — —
’25 1.24 0.99 2.64 0.92 5.79
’24 1.22 1.47 1.24 2.25 6.16
’23 (0.04) 1.05 1.39 1.38 3.77
’22 0.87 (2.42) 1.05 0.94 0.40
’21 0.66 0.89 1.01 0.72 3.29
’20 0.48 0.12 0.74 0.61 1.95
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 51.29 69.04 94.81 98.56 105.54 116.75 92.27 94.05 91.60 65.93

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 79.93 104.90 129.25 185.42 215.70 220.81 153.76 138.07 141.78 115.19
People
People Employees 8,995 10,000 11,000 24,000 24,000 25,000 25,000 27,000 27,000 26,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.00 0.40 0.31 0.20 0.31 0.34 0.36 0.27 0.29 0.30
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,898 3,975 3,366 4,912 7,424 8,524 8,976 7,380 7,736 7,706
Gross margin, % 60.40 51.50 67.47 57.78 50.82 55.73 57.90 71.97 73.71 72.57
EBT 361 393 562 518 594 1,045 224 782 1,530 1,260
EBT margin, % 12.45 9.88 16.70 10.54 8.00 12.25 2.50 10.59 19.78 16.35
Net income 290 494 485 469 605 988 143 1,029 1,644 1,456
Depreciation 190 496 574 944 1,693 1,785 1,772 1,900 2,000 1,543
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 21.91 25.70 21.22 24.77 24.81 29.13 32.62 28.26 30.42 31.89
Earnings 1.67 3.03 2.85 2.17 1.95 3.30 0.41 3.78 6.18 5.79
Cash flow 4.48 3.31 6.97 7.02 7.73 9.50 8.15 9.76 12.02 10.99
Capex (0.69) (0.93) (1.34) (1.55) (1.46) (1.69) (2.24) (2.52) (2.65) (2.56)
Free cash flow 3.79 2.38 5.63 5.46 6.28 7.82 5.92 7.24 9.37 8.44
Book value 21.01 25.64 26.38 141.48 91.86 88.40 81.91 89.15 89.88 97.58
Shares, m 132 155 159 198 299 293 275 261 254 242
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 42.24 33.19 36.06 77.36 110.47 41.09 227.73 33.55 18.10 13.34
P/S 2.85 3.87 4.86 7.37 8.68 4.64 3.07 4.50 3.68 2.43
P/B 3.36 3.88 3.91 1.29 2.35 1.53 1.22 1.43 1.25 0.79
EV/Sales 3.85 4.71 6.03 8.89 9.67 5.76 4.35 6.43 5.46 4.13
EV/FCF 32.36 50.87 22.72 40.29 38.24 21.45 23.97 25.07 17.73 15.61
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 593 512 1,106 1,391 2,314 2,781 2,244 2,550 3,058 2,657
Capex (92) (144) (213) (308) (436) (493) (616) (658) (675) (618)
Free cash flow 501 368 893 1,083 1,878 2,288 1,628 1,892 2,383 2,039
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 264 488 108 787 43 248 (585) (52) (221) 5,146
Total debt 4,439 4,660 5,130 9,126 9,294 11,493 13,459 16,313 16,098 21,462
Net debt 3,276 3,324 3,919 7,447 7,348 9,514 11,461 14,224 13,741 13,126
Shareholders’ equity 2,779 3,965 4,186 28,055 27,487 25,869 22,540 23,280 22,856 23,578
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.57 3.96 3.45 1.49 1.32 2.16 0.25 2.07 3.22 2.79
ROIC 4.39 4.79 5.68 1.39 1.60 2.40 1.18 2.19 3.37 2.99
ROE 9.61 13.89 11.09 2.67 2.10 3.62 0.46 4.30 6.81 6.03
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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GPN Global Payments Inc. $22.3B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +68.63% (above 0%: growing) −94.95% (below 0%: shrinking) −35.83% (below 0%: shrinking) 61.04% 10.15%
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Median of peers $24.8B 32.8× 31.1× +21.10% +9.62% +22.14% 80.35% 8.60%

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Global Payments Inc. (GPN) key facts

  • Global Payments Inc. (GPN) is a Software Infrastructure company in the Technology sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Global Payments Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.7 billion, roughly unchanged from fiscal 2024.
  • As of October 16, 2026, GPN traded at $83.67, a market capitalization of $22.3 billion.
  • Global Payments Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share, a yield of 1.20%.
  • Return on equity was 6.03% and debt-to-equity 0.94.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.90 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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