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Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 236,610,000 |
| Shares Float | 234,470,000 |
| Shares Short | 7,810,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 112% |
| Institution Holdings | 95.73% |
About Global Payments, Inc
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, reconciliation and dispute management, terminal rental, sales and deployment, payment security, and consolidated billing and reporting services. This segment also provides an array of enterprise software solutions that streamline business operations of its customers in various vertical markets; and value-added solutions and services, such as point-of-sale software, analytics and customer engagement, payroll and reporting, and human capital management. The Issuer Solutions segment offers solutions that enable financial institutions and retailers to manage their card portfolios through a platform; and commercial payments, accounts payables, and electronic payment alternatives solutions for businesses and governments. It markets its products and services through direct sales force, trade associations, agent and enterprise software providers, referral arrangements with value-added resellers, and independent sales organizations. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
General
| Name | Global Payments, Inc |
| Ticker | GPN |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Technology |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 27,000 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 104.90 |
| Market Cap | 18,049,300,000 |
| PE Ratio | 10.70 |
| PEG Ratio | 0.52 |
| EBITDA | 4,384,649,216 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 12.24 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 3.17 |
| Profit Margin | 19.68% |
| Operating Margin | 25.86 |
| Return on Assets | 0.03 |
| Return on Equity | 0.07 |
| Revenue | 8.9B |
| Earnings Per Share | 6.59 |
| Revenue Per Share | 41.09 |
| Gross Profit | 6,289,113,088 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.01 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 11.57 |
| Forward PE | 5.61 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 1.84 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 0.79 |
Dividend
Global Payments, Inc pays out a dividend of $1.13 per share, with a dividend yield of 1.49%.
GPN's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on December 26, 2025.
They pay out 16.23% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Dec 26, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Mar 28, 2025 | $0.25 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Mar 29, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Dec 29, 2023 | $0.25 |
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