Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) Declares $0.25 Quarterly Dividend

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 28th. Investors of record on Friday, September 11th will be given a dividend of 0.25 per share by the business services provider on Friday, September 25th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 11th.

Global Payments has increased its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years. Global Payments has a dividend payout ratio of 7.3% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Global Payments to earn $16.09 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.00 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 6.2%.

Global Payments Stock Performance

NYSE GPN opened at $89.54 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $85.60 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $75.63. The stock has a market cap of $23.69 billion, a PE ratio of -30.05, a PEG ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 0.78. Global Payments has a fifty-two week low of $61.16 and a fifty-two week high of $95.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 0.82.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The business services provider reported $3.46 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.44 by $0.02. Global Payments had a positive return on equity of 13.80% and a negative net margin of 9.16%.The company had revenue of $3.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.16 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.10 EPS. Global Payments’s revenue was up 68.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Global Payments has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.600-13.800 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Global Payments will post 13.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Global Payments

Global Payments Inc (NYSE: GPN) is a worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions that enables commerce for merchants, issuers and enterprises. The company develops and operates payment processing networks, point-of-sale systems and cloud-based software that facilitate electronic transactions across in-store, online and mobile channels. Its services span merchant acquiring, payment gateway services, omnichannel commerce platforms, and solutions for recurring and subscription billing.

Global Payments offers a range of products and services including integrated payment terminals and point-of-sale software, e-commerce and gateway technologies, fraud prevention and tokenization tools, and business analytics and reporting.