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Global Payments $GPN

Financials · Transaction & Payment Processing Services · NYSE/NASDAQ

S&P 500 Russell 1000 Georgia

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$85.16

+0.57 (+0.67%)

As of Oct 20, 2026, 3:07 PM EDT · cached

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Today's analyst average Analyst average over timeIndividual analyst targets Analyst history starts Jul 20, 2026, the first target we tracked for GPN.

Key facts

52-week range (closes): $62.47 – $94.83 Lowest close Jun 10, 2026, highest Aug 13, 2026; 251 daily closes to Oct 13, 2026 from Dalsna Finance's price archive
Fiscal year ends: December Fiscal 2025 ended Dec 31, 2025, from SEC filings
In the S&P 500 since: Apr 25, 2016, replacing GameStop (GME) · Global Payments acquired Heartland Payment Systems. · All S&P 500 changes
Analyst coverage: 2 open price targets from 2 firms: Cantor Fitzgerald, Morgan Stanley Approved targets tracked here; see the analyst section below

Global Payments (GPN) is trading up at $85.16 (+0.67%) on NYSE/NASDAQ, as of the latest quote. It is a S&P 500 constituent in the Financials sector.

Analyst price targets on GPN

Current price targets from 2 firms average $95.5, ranging from $91 to $100 — 12% above the current $85.2. Each is tracked to its date and scored the same way a member's call is.

Cantor Fitzgerald $86.1 → $91 by Aug 2027 Neutral Aug 10, 2026 via Investing.com · Cantor Fitzgerald's track record
Morgan Stanley $82.4 → $100 by Jul 2027 Overweight Jul 20, 2026 via Investing.com · Morgan Stanley's track record

Targets published by research firms, extracted from the news, checked against independent reporting, and linked to their source. Where a firm did not state a horizon the target is tracked as 12 months, the industry convention; the rows where the firm set its own horizon are marked. Reported here as facts about what was published — not recommendations from Dalsna Finance, and no firm listed is affiliated with this site.

Global Payments revenue & net income history (FY2016–FY2025)

RevenueNet incomeNet margin (right axis, %)

Global Payments annual financial statements
	FY2016Dec 2016	FY2017Dec 2017	FY2018Dec 2018	FY2019Dec 2019	FY2020Dec 2020	FY2021Dec 2021	FY2022Dec 2022	FY2023Dec 2023	FY2024Dec 2024	FY2025Dec 2025
Income statement
Revenue	$3.37B	$3.98B	$3.37B	$4.91B	$7.42B	$8.52B	$8.98B	$7.38B	$7.74B	$7.71B
Growth (year over year)	+21.5%	+17.9%	−15.3%	+45.9%	+51.1%	+14.8%	+5.3%	−17.8%	+4.8%	−0.4%
Gross profit	$1.77B	$2.05B	$2.27B	$2.84B	$3.77B	$4.75B	$5.20B	$5.31B	$5.70B	$5.59B
Gross margin	52.4%	51.5%	67.5%	57.8%	50.8%	55.7%	57.9%	72.0%	73.7%	72.6%
Operating income	$356.3M	$558.9M	$737.1M	$791.4M	$894.0M	$1.36B	$640.2M	$1.32B	$1.97B	$1.75B
Operating margin	10.6%	14.1%	21.9%	16.1%	12.0%	15.9%	7.1%	17.8%	25.5%	22.8%
Net income	$201.8M	$468.4M	$452.1M	$430.6M	$584.5M	$965.5M	$111.5M	$986.2M	$1.57B	$1.40B
Net margin	6.0%	11.8%	13.4%	8.8%	7.9%	11.3%	1.2%	13.4%	20.3%	18.2%
EPS (diluted)	$1.37	$3.01	$2.84	$2.16	$1.95	$3.29	$0.40	$3.77	$6.16	$5.78
Balance sheet
Cash and equivalents	$1.16B	$1.34B	$1.21B	$1.68B	$1.95B	$1.98B	$2.00B	$2.09B	$2.36B	$8.34B
Total assets	$10.7B	$13.0B	$13.2B	$44.5B	$44.2B	$45.3B	$44.8B	$50.6B	$46.9B	$53.3B
Total liabilities	$7.89B	$9.03B	$9.04B	$16.4B	$16.7B	$19.4B	$22.3B	$26.8B	$23.9B	$29.6B
Long-term debt	$4.26B	$4.56B	$5.02B	$9.09B	$8.47B	$11.4B	$12.3B	$15.7B	$15.1B	$19.5B
Shareholders' equity	$2.63B	$3.79B	$3.99B	$27.9B	$27.3B	$25.6B	$22.3B	$23.0B	$22.3B	$22.9B
Cash flow
Operating cash flow	—	$512.4M	$1.11B	$1.39B	$2.31B	$2.78B	$2.24B	$2.55B	$3.06B	$2.66B
Capital expenditure	—	$181.9M	$213.3M	$307.9M	$436.2M	$493.2M	$615.7M	$658.1M	$674.9M	$617.8M
Free cash flow	—	$330.5M	$892.8M	$1.08B	$1.88B	$2.29B	$1.63B	$1.89B	$2.38B	$2.04B
Dividends paid	—	$0	$0	$23.2M	$233.2M	$259.7M	$274.0M	$260.4M	$252.8M	$238.5M
Share buybacks	—	$34.8M	$208.2M	$311.4M	$631.1M	$2.53B	$2.92B	$418.3M	$1.55B	$1.19B

RevenueNet incomeNet margin (right axis, %)

Global Payments quarterly financial statements
	Q3 FY24Sep 2024	Q4 FY24^†Dec 2024	Q1 FY25Mar 2025	Q2 FY25Jun 2025	Q3 FY25Sep 2025	Q4 FY25^†Dec 2025	Q1 FY26Mar 2026	Q2 FY26Jun 2026
Income statement
Revenue	$2.00B	$1.35B	$1.82B	$1.97B	$2.01B	$1.91B	$2.97B	$3.32B
Growth (year over year)	−19.3%	—	−24.8%	−0.1%	+0.5%	+41.7%	+63.1%	+68.6%
Gross profit	$1.49B	$1.25B	$1.33B	$1.47B	$1.45B	$1.35B	$1.70B	$2.03B
Gross margin	74.7%	92.4%	72.8%	74.5%	72.3%	70.7%	57.1%	61.0%
Operating income	$442.7M	$604.1M	$372.0M	$393.3M	$778.0M	$211.3M	−$15.6M	$337.1M
Operating margin	22.2%	44.8%	20.4%	20.0%	38.8%	11.1%	−0.5%	10.2%
Net income	$315.1M	$567.2M	$305.7M	$241.6M	$635.2M	$217.5M	−$1.80B	$13.0M
Net margin	15.8%	42.1%	16.8%	12.3%	31.6%	11.4%	−60.6%	0.4%
EPS (diluted)	$1.24	$2.23	$1.24	$0.99	$2.64	$0.91	−$6.59	$0.05
Balance sheet
Cash and equivalents	$2.94B	$2.36B	$2.71B	$2.61B	$2.60B	$8.34B	$5.86B	$5.41B
Total assets	$50.0B	$46.9B	$47.6B	$48.5B	$48.0B	$53.3B	$64.3B	$63.6B
Total liabilities	$26.4B	$23.9B	$24.6B	$25.1B	$24.5B	$29.6B	$39.6B	$39.6B
Long-term debt	$15.2B	$15.1B	$15.0B	$14.2B	$13.3B	$19.5B	$21.0B	$21.5B
Shareholders' equity	$22.8B	$22.3B	$22.2B	$22.6B	$22.7B	$22.9B	$23.8B	$23.1B
Cash flow
Operating cash flow	$835.7M	$883.4M	$555.1M	$817.5M	$768.7M	$515.2M	−$288.8M	$662.6M
Capital expenditure	$166.3M	$184.0M	$127.6M	$152.2M	$169.8M	$168.2M	$261.3M	$235.7M
Free cash flow	$669.5M	$699.4M	$427.5M	$665.4M	$598.9M	$347.0M	−$550.2M	$427.0M
Dividends paid	$63.4M	$62.3M	$61.1M	$60.4M	$58.0M	$59.1M	$68.2M	$66.5M
Share buybacks	$0	$651.9M	$446.3M	$244.8M	$500.0M	−$69.0K	$549.9M	$550.0M

From Global Payments's 10-K, 10-KT and 10-Q filings with the SEC; its fiscal year ends in December. Each period shows the latest figure the company has reported for it, including restatements. Net margin is our own calculation from those reported figures (net income ÷ revenue); it is left blank where revenue is zero or missing. † Quarter derived from the company's year-to-date or full-year totals. Filings on SEC EDGAR →

Global Payments vs the Financials sector and the S&P 500

Global Payments's latest reported figures next to the median of the other 75 S&P 500 Financials companies and of the other 502 S&P 500 companies; each median is taken over the companies with a comparable figure (counts in the footnote). A median is the middle value, not an average, so one very large company does not move it.

Global Payments compared with the median Financials company and the median S&P 500 company
Measure	Global Payments	Financials (75 other S&P 500 companies)	S&P 500 (502 other companies)
Revenue growth, latest fiscal year	−0.4%	+7.2%	+7.0%
Net margin, latest fiscal year	18.2%	19.4%	12.9%
Dividend per share, latest fiscal year	$1.00	$2.38	$2.40
Share price change, 1 year	−2.8%	+6.6%	+5.9%

Global Payments: fiscal year ended December 2025, from its 10-K, 10-KT and 10-Q filings with the SEC. Medians computed October 20, 2026 from each company's latest annual filing (fiscal years ending between July 2025 and September 2026) and our price archive. Prices for every company, Global Payments included, are the last regular-session prices of October 19, 2026; the 1-year change compares that price with each company's last close on or before October 20, 2025. Net margin and price change are our calculations from reported figures. Each median counts only the companies with a comparable figure (sector / S&P 500): revenue growth 75/496, net margin 75/496, dividend per share 61/349, 1-year price change 75/490; the reasons below can overlap. 12 are left out of the price figure because our archive holds no comparable close for them; dividend medians are among the 61 sector and 349 S&P 500 companies reporting a per-share dividend. The S&P 500 price figure is the middle company's change, not the index's return.

About Global Payments

Global Payments Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company that provides payment technology to merchants, issuers and consumers. In June 2021, the company was named to the Fortune 500. The company processes payments made through credit cards, debit cards, and digital and contactless payments.

Source: Wikipedia — Global Payments