What is B. Riley’s Forecast for Global Payments Q1 Earnings?

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) – Investment analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Global Payments in a research report issued on Tuesday, February 18th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings of $2.63 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Global Payments’ current full-year earnings is $11.90 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Global Payments’ Q2 2025 earnings at $3.01 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.18 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.13 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $14.01 EPS.

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

GPN has been the topic of several other research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Global Payments from $118.00 to $115.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Bank of America lowered their target price on shares of Global Payments from $156.00 to $149.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $122.00 target price (down previously from $155.00) on shares of Global Payments in a report on Thursday, January 9th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their target price on shares of Global Payments from $130.00 to $140.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Stephens downgraded shares of Global Payments from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $125.00 to $120.00 in a report on Friday, January 10th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating and fifteen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $134.33.

Global Payments Trading Down 2.3 %

NYSE GPN opened at $103.19 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $25.55 billion, a PE ratio of 16.70, a P/E/G ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.01. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $109.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $108.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 0.97. Global Payments has a one year low of $91.60 and a one year high of $140.38.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Global Payments

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Aurdan Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Global Payments in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $3,050,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its stake in Global Payments by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 99,250 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $11,122,000 after purchasing an additional 288 shares during the period. Forum Financial Management LP raised its stake in Global Payments by 7.5% during the fourth quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 3,863 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $433,000 after purchasing an additional 269 shares during the period. Michels Family Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Global Payments in the 4th quarter valued at $416,000. Finally, North Star Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Global Payments by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. North Star Asset Management Inc. now owns 282,933 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $31,705,000 after acquiring an additional 8,947 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.76% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Global Payments

In other news, Director Robert H. B. Baldwin, Jr. acquired 5,800 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was acquired at an average price of $116.00 per share, with a total value of $672,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 42,738 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,957,608. This represents a 15.70 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.98% of the company’s stock.

Global Payments Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.97%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Global Payments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 16.18%.

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.