Zacks Research Predicts Reduced Earnings for Global Payments

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Global Payments in a note issued to investors on Monday, May 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the business services provider will earn $2.89 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $3.00. The consensus estimate for Global Payments’ current full-year earnings is $11.89 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Global Payments’ Q4 2025 earnings at $3.01 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $11.51 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.89 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.27 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.41 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.99 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Williams Trading set a $75.00 price target on Global Payments in a research report on Friday, April 18th. Jefferies Financial Group cut Global Payments from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $75.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, April 18th. KeyCorp raised their target price on Global Payments from $80.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th. TD Cowen cut Global Payments from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $78.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada cut Global Payments from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a $86.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Friday, April 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seventeen have given a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $112.43.

Global Payments Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of Global Payments stock opened at $79.69 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $84.83 and its 200-day simple moving average is $101.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.89, a PEG ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.96. Global Payments has a twelve month low of $65.93 and a twelve month high of $120.00.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 6th. The business services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.73 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $2.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.20 billion. Global Payments had a return on equity of 12.21% and a net margin of 15.54%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down .3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $2.59 EPS.

Global Payments Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 13th. Global Payments’s dividend payout ratio is presently 16.13%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Global Payments

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Optiver Holding B.V. acquired a new position in shares of Global Payments in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. NBC Securities Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Global Payments in the 1st quarter worth $30,000. Whipplewood Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Global Payments in the 4th quarter worth $37,000. Larson Financial Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 546.6% in the 1st quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 375 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 317 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT acquired a new position in shares of Global Payments in the 1st quarter worth $37,000. 89.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Global Payments

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.