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

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.690-2.690 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 Price Performance

GPN stock traded down $14.49 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $69.64. 7,681,741 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,274,116. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $97.05 and a 200 day simple moving average of $105.32. The company has a market cap of $17.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.97. Global Payments has a one year low of $68.51 and a one year high of $127.66. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66.

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

Global Payments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th were issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. Global Payments’s payout ratio is 16.18%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Global Payments from $156.00 to $149.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Stephens lowered Global Payments from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $125.00 to $120.00 in a report on Friday, January 10th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their target price on Global Payments from $140.00 to $135.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 31st. Evercore ISI initiated coverage on shares of Global Payments in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. They issued an “in-line” rating and a $85.00 target price for the company. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of Global Payments from $166.00 to $163.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, February 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and fourteen have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Global Payments has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $129.81.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Global Payments

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Global Payments stock. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in shares of Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund 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.