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Global PaymentsGPN

Transaction & Payment Processing Services · Atlanta, Georgia · In the S&P 500
Solid businessCheaper than peers
$96.84+12.97%After hours: $95.81 (−1.06%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 22.3% over 1 year
Global Payments over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$70$80$90Nov2026MarMayJulSep$96.84$80NovMarJul$96.84
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$25.63B
Price to earnings42.7x
Forward P/E6.6x
Dividend yield1.03%
Year to date+25.1%
One year+22.3%
Next earningsThu 5 Nov, before the open
SectorFinancials
52-week range (closes)
$62.47$96.84

Quality and valuation

How Global Payments compares with other financials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Global Payments and 7 transaction & payment processing services peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: cheaper than most

An average business among financials companies, priced below most of them.

Global Payments trades at 6.6 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 13.0x for the 84 financials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +32.5% vs +10.2%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 12.4% vs 22.3%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 8.0% vs 20.3%
GPN trades at 6.6x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Transaction & Payment Processing Services peers
GPN6.6xFISV6.8xPYPL10.1xCPAY13.7xXYZ16.6xV28.6xMA30.0xAFRM38.0xSector median 13.0xGPN6.6xFISV6.8xPYPL10.1xCPAY13.7xXYZ16.6xV28.6xMA30.0xAFRM38.0xSector median 13.0x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets

Financials

From Global Payments's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 68.6% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$1bn$2bn$3bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$3.3bnQ2 ’26$0bn$2bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$3.3bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +68.6% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%25%50%Q4 ’24Q1 ’25Q2 ’25Q3 ’25Q4 ’25Q1 ’2668.6%Q2 ’260%50%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’2568.6%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 10.2% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%10%20%30%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2510.2%Q2 ’260%20%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’2510.2%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $823 million over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
−$500m$0m$500mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$427mQ2 ’26−$500m$0m$500mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$427mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsGPNSector median
Revenue growth+32.5%+10.2%
Operating margin12.4%22.3%
Free cash flow margin8.0%20.3%
Price to earnings42.7x14.6x

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