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

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 9th will be paid a dividend of 0.25 per share by the business services provider on Monday, March 30th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 9th.

Global Payments has raised its dividend payment by an average of 0.3%annually over the last three years. Global Payments has a dividend payout ratio of 7.3% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect Global Payments to earn $13.49 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 7.4%.

Global Payments Trading Up 16.5%

Shares of NYSE:GPN traded up $11.50 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $81.27. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 8,574,393 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,730,611. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.24 billion, a PE ratio of 11.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.45 and a beta of 0.76. Global Payments has a 12 month low of $65.93 and a 12 month high of $107.27. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $76.03 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $80.41.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $3.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.16 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $2.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.32 billion. Global Payments had a return on equity of 12.66% and a net margin of 19.68%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.85 earnings per share. Global Payments has set its FY 2026 guidance at 13.800-14.000 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Global Payments will post 11.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Global Payments News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Global Payments this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Management raised FY‑2026 EPS guidance to a range of 13.80–14.00, above Street expectations, signaling confident profit leverage for the year ahead. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: The company unveiled a $2.5 billion stock buyback program alongside a “strong profit outlook,” which supports EPS accretion and shareholder returns. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Q4 adjusted EPS of $3.18 beat/matched consensus and rose ~12% year-over-year; margins remained healthy (net margin ~19.7%), showing operating strength in Merchant Solutions. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Revenue was essentially flat year-over-year at ~$2.32B and came in roughly in line with consensus — not a catalyst, but not a major miss either. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors have fresh detail from the earnings slide deck and the full conference-call transcript to judge execution and cadence going into FY‑2026. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Management flagged elevated technology and expense pressures; a few outlets note higher costs and a slight revenue shortfall in parts of the business that could weigh on near-term margin expansion. Read More.

Global Payments Company Profile

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.