Seaport Res Ptn Comments on Global Payments Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NYSE:GPN)

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Global Payments in a research note issued on Tuesday, September 24th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $2.65 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.72. 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’ Q2 2025 earnings at $2.93 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $12.21 EPS.

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

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on GPN. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods decreased their price objective on Global Payments from $150.00 to $140.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, July 8th. Monness Crespi & Hardt decreased their price objective on Global Payments from $165.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Stephens reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $130.00 price objective on shares of Global Payments in a research note on Wednesday, September 18th. StockNews.com cut Global Payments from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, BTIG Research cut Global Payments from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and sixteen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $141.36.

Global Payments Trading Up 3.4 %

GPN stock opened at $101.02 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $25.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.04, a PEG ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 0.98. Global Payments has a twelve month low of $91.60 and a twelve month high of $141.77. The company has a quick ratio of 0.92, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.68. The business has a fifty day moving average of $105.56 and a 200-day moving average of $109.52.

Global Payments Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 27th. Investors of record on Friday, September 13th were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 13th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. Global Payments’s payout ratio is presently 19.84%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CAO David M. Sheffield sold 1,651 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.73, for a total transaction of $166,305.23. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 20,531 shares in the company, valued at $2,068,087.63. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.98% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Global Payments

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in Global Payments by 4.1% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 22,795 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,895,000 after buying an additional 904 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 28.2% in the 4th quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 14,978 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,902,000 after purchasing an additional 3,294 shares in the last quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC lifted its stake in shares of Global Payments by 6.2% in the 4th quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC now owns 10,634 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,415,000 after acquiring an additional 621 shares during the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC lifted its stake in shares of Global Payments by 73.9% in the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 5,924 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $752,000 after acquiring an additional 2,517 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TD Asset Management Inc lifted its stake in shares of Global Payments by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 115,237 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $14,635,000 after acquiring an additional 5,833 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 89.76% of the company’s stock.

Global Payments Company Profile

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.