Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) Expected to Post Q3 2025 Earnings of $3.32 Per Share

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) – Analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Global Payments in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, September 24th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $3.32 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $3.44. Seaport Res Ptn currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Global Payments’ current full-year earnings is $11.07 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Global Payments’ Q4 2025 earnings at $3.33 EPS.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The business services provider reported $2.93 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.90 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $2.57 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.32 billion. Global Payments had a return on equity of 11.93% and a net margin of 14.26%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.48 earnings per share.

GPN has been the subject of a number of other reports. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their target price on Global Payments from $150.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, July 8th. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and set a $147.00 price target on shares of Global Payments in a research note on Tuesday, September 17th. TD Cowen lowered their target price on shares of Global Payments from $125.00 to $122.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Global Payments from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of Global Payments from $170.00 to $160.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 25th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and sixteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $141.36.

Global Payments Stock Up 0.6 %

NYSE:GPN opened at $97.67 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a current ratio of 0.92. The firm has a market cap of $24.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.38, a P/E/G ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 0.98. Global Payments has a fifty-two week low of $91.60 and a fifty-two week high of $141.77. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $105.56 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $109.52.

Global Payments Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 13th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 13th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.02%. Global Payments’s payout ratio is currently 19.84%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CAO David M. Sheffield sold 1,651 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.73, for a total transaction of $166,305.23. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 20,531 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,068,087.63. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.98% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Global Payments

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GPN. Pzena Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Global Payments by 194.2% during the 2nd quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 6,423,463 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $621,149,000 after purchasing an additional 4,240,388 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Global Payments by 188.1% in the 2nd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,157,728 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $109,857,000 after purchasing an additional 755,898 shares during the last quarter. Kodai Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in Global Payments in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $69,029,000. Natixis lifted its stake in Global Payments by 830.2% during the first quarter. Natixis now owns 589,520 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $78,795,000 after purchasing an additional 526,143 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC boosted its position in shares of Global Payments by 267.0% during the first quarter. Lord Abbett & CO. LLC now owns 677,854 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $90,602,000 after buying an additional 493,164 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.76% of the company’s stock.

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.