Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.690-2.690 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.710. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.2 billion-$2.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.2 billion. Global Payments also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 12.710-12.820 EPS.

Global Payments Stock Down 17.2 %

Shares of NYSE:GPN traded down $14.49 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $69.64. 7,681,741 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,274,116. The firm has a market cap of $17.12 billion, a PE ratio of 11.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.97. Global Payments has a fifty-two week low of $68.51 and a fifty-two week high of $127.66. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $97.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $105.32. The company has a quick ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The business services provider reported $2.84 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.98 by ($0.14). Global Payments had a return on equity of 12.21% and a net margin of 15.54%. The firm had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.31 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Global Payments will post 11.89 earnings per share for the current year.

Global Payments Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.44%. Global Payments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.18%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

GPN has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. StockNews.com raised shares of Global Payments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Barclays lowered their target price on Global Payments from $125.00 to $110.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Global Payments from $166.00 to $163.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 14th. Citigroup decreased their target price on shares of Global Payments from $138.00 to $135.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Stephens lowered shares of Global Payments from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $125.00 to $120.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and fourteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $129.81.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Global Payments

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Global Payments stock. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in shares of Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 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.

Global Payments Company Profile

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.