Global Payments Q1 EPS Estimate Reduced by Seaport Res Ptn

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) – Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Global Payments in a research note issued on Thursday, April 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Cantwell now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $2.60 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.90. The consensus estimate for Global Payments’ current full-year earnings is $11.89 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Global Payments’ Q2 2026 earnings at $2.94 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.57 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.62 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.67 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of Global Payments from $166.00 to $163.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $122.00 price objective (down from $155.00) on shares of Global Payments in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Citigroup decreased their price objective on Global Payments from $138.00 to $135.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Stephens downgraded shares of Global Payments from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $125.00 to $120.00 in a research report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered Global Payments from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $135.00 to $78.00 in a research report on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have given a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Global Payments has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $124.73.

Global Payments Trading Down 17.4 %

Shares of Global Payments stock opened at $69.50 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.93. Global Payments has a 1 year low of $68.48 and a 1 year high of $127.66. The firm has a market cap of $17.09 billion, a PE ratio of 11.25, a PEG ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $95.50 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $104.88.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The business services provider reported $2.84 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.98 by ($0.14). The business had revenue of $2.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.31 billion. Global Payments had a return on equity of 12.21% and a net margin of 15.54%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in GPN. Virtu Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Global Payments by 79.4% during the 3rd quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 32,107 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,288,000 after buying an additional 14,212 shares in the last quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in Global Payments by 5.6% in the third quarter. SkyView Investment Advisors LLC now owns 5,315 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $544,000 after purchasing an additional 280 shares during the last quarter. Boyar Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 22.4% in the 3rd quarter. Boyar Asset Management Inc. now owns 8,329 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $853,000 after buying an additional 1,525 shares during the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its position in Global Payments by 4.4% during the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 9,718 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $995,000 after purchasing an additional 411 shares during the period. Finally, Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB raised its holdings in Global Payments by 24.3% during the 3rd quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 44,394 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,547,000 after buying an additional 8,677 shares during the period. 89.76% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Global Payments Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.44%. Global Payments’s dividend payout ratio is currently 16.18%.

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.