Global Payments Inc. (GPN) To Go Ex-Dividend on September 11th

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 28th. Stockholders 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) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 11th.

Global Payments has increased its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%annually over the last three years. Global Payments has a dividend payout ratio of 7.3% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities 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

GPN opened at $89.54 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 0.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -30.05, a PEG ratio of 0.50 and a beta of 0.78. The company has a fifty day moving average of $85.60 and a 200 day moving average of $75.63. Global Payments has a fifty-two week low of $61.16 and a fifty-two week high of $95.88.

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, topping the consensus estimate of $3.44 by $0.02. Global Payments had a negative net margin of 9.16% and a positive return on equity of 13.80%. The business had revenue of $3.16 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.16 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.10 EPS. The business’s quarterly 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. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Global Payments will post 13.64 earnings per share 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.