Global Payments, Inc [NYSE: GPN] surged by $5.05 during the normal trading session on Wednesday and reaching a high of $83.175 during the day while it closed the day at $82.66.
Global Payments, Inc stock has also gained 2.49% of its value over the past 7 days. However, GPN stock has declined by -2.82% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -22.62% and lost -15.18% year-on date.
The market cap for GPN stock reached $20.16 billion, with 245.36 million shares outstanding and 241.58 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 3.48M shares, GPN reached a trading volume of 3996412 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Global Payments, Inc [GPN]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GPN shares is $95.91 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GPN stock is a recommendation set at 2.47. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
TD Cowen have made an estimate for Global Payments, Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on July 14, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Truist raised their target price to Hold. The new note on the price target was released on June 02, 2025, representing the official price target for Global Payments, Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $86, while RBC Capital Mkts analysts kept a Sector Perform rating on GPN stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.91, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 12.91. Price to Free Cash Flow for GPN in the course of the last twelve months was 6.69 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.94.
GPN stock trade performance evaluation
Global Payments, Inc [GPN] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.49. With this latest performance, GPN shares gained by 10.77% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -22.62% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -26.24% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for GPN stock in for the last two-week period is set at 58.95, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 2.42, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 2.30 for Global Payments, Inc [GPN]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 78.71, while it was recorded at 79.96 for the last single week of trading, and 96.86 for the last 200 days.
Global Payments, Inc [GPN]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Global Payments, Inc [GPN] shares currently have an operating margin of 22.28% and a Gross Margin at 62.77%. Global Payments, Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 15.48%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 3.14%, with Return on Assets sitting at 3.14%. When it comes to the capital structure of this company, Global Payments, Inc [GPN] has a Total Debt to Total Equity ratio set at 0.76.
Reflecting on the efficiency of the workforce at the company, Global Payments, Inc [GPN] managed to generate an average of $57777.78 per employee.Global Payments, Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.94 and a Current Ratio set at 0.94.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Global Payments, Inc [GPN] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for GPN. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Global Payments, Inc go to 10.25%.
Global Payments, Inc [GPN]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $94.43%, or 95.34% of GPN stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GPN stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 24.2 million shares, which is approximately 9.4994%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 17.75 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$1.72 billion in GPN stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.02 billion in GPN stock with ownership which is approximately 4.1352%.
