Global Payments Inc. (GPN) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Global Payments Inc. (GPN) closed at $86.49 on 25 September 2026, up 1.4%. That leaves it up 1.7% over a week, down 7.0% over a month and down 0.7% over a year. That is 73% of the way up its 52 week range of $61.16 to $95.88. The median analyst price target of $95 sits 9.8% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
GPN trades below its 50 day average of $87.81 but above its 200 day average of $76.46: the long trend is up, the recent one is not. The 50 day average sits above the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 1.09, a stock that moves about as much as the market. It is 9.8% below its 52 week high and 41.4% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 13 firms recorded 19 actions on GPN: 14 kept a view, 2 upgrades and 3 new initiations. Price targets: 14 raised and 1 lowered. The most recent targets from 18 firms run from $76 to $137, with a median of $95, 9.8% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2026 | Loop Capital | Initiates Coverage On Buy | $137.00 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Piper Sandler | Initiates Coverage On Neutral | $101.00 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | RBC Capital | Maintains Sector Perform | $102.00 to $106.00 |
| 26 Aug 2026 | TD Cowen | Maintains Hold | $90.00 to $95.00 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Wolfe Research | Maintains Outperform | $110.00 to $125.00 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Truist Securities | Maintains Hold | $79.00 to $95.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 3 November 2026 for Q3 2026, with earnings per share expected at $3.58. The last report, on 5 August 2026 for Q2 2026, showed EPS of $3.46 against $3.48 expected, a miss of 0.6%, on revenue of $3.2 billion. Global Payments Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Global Payments Inc. shows revenue growth of 32.20%, a gross margin of 63.91%, an operating margin of 12.84% and a return on equity of -4.09%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 32.2% | 84th |
| Gross margin | 63.9% | 76th |
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 70th |
| Free cash flow margin | 8.1% | 61st |
| Return on equity | -4.1% | 40th |
| Return on assets | -1.7% | 44th |
| Debt to equity | 0.97 | 76th |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 39th |
| Effective tax rate | 24.9% | 82nd |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Global Payments Inc.
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Financials
- Industry
- Business Services
- Headquarters
- ATLANTA, Georgia
- Chief executive
- Jeffrey S. Sloan
- Employees
- 25,000
- Website
- globalpaymentsinc.com
Global Payments provides payment technology and software solutions for card, electronic, check, and digital-based payments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It operates through three segments: Merchant Solutions, Issuer Solutions, and Business and Consumer Solutions. Global Payments was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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