Global Payments Inc. (GPN) Stock

About Global Payments Inc.

Global Payments Inc. is led by CEO Cameron Bready, employs 26,000 people, headquartered in Atlanta, US, publicly traded since 2001.

Global Payments Inc. (GPN) stock trades at $82.82 with a market capitalization of $21.92B. The stock is valued at a negative price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -20.10, reflecting a net loss over the last twelve months, price-to-book of 0.88, price-to-sales of 1.91. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $61.16 and $95.88, and currently trades 13.6% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.28%.

On profitability, Global Payments Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -4.14% (negative, reflecting a net loss), return on capital employed of 2.44%, an operating margin of 19.10%, a net profit margin of -9.38%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Global Payments Inc. reported annual revenue of $7.7B, net profit of $1.4B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 0.7%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 19.1%. Over that span net profit grew faster than revenue, so net margin widened.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.69, total assets of $53.3B, $8.3B in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

GPN has an average daily trading volume of 2,919,976 shares, a beta of 0.79 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

Global Payments Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Global Payments Inc. reported revenue of $3.4B rising to $7.7B, a change of +128.6% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 0.8% a year over five years, -5.0% over three, -23.8% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $1.4B.

Operating margin went from 10.6% in 2016 to 19.1% in 2025, a gain of 8.5 percentage points. The most recent net margin is -9.38%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $10.2B and net profit $-956.0M.

Borrowings rose from $4.8B to $21.9B, cash from operations was $2.7B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 4.3% over five years, and was 6.1% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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