Q1 Earnings Forecast for Global Payments Issued By KeyCorp

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) – Equities researchers at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Global Payments in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, December 18th. KeyCorp analyst A. Markgraff forecasts that the business services provider will earn $2.65 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp currently has a “Overweight” rating and a $135.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Global Payments’ current full-year earnings is $11.01 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Global Payments’ Q2 2025 earnings at $3.01 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.19 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.21 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $12.07 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. BNP Paribas upgraded Global Payments to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. William Blair lowered shares of Global Payments from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Global Payments from $156.00 to $166.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Seaport Res Ptn cut shares of Global Payments from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on Global Payments from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and seventeen have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $138.55.

Global Payments Stock Performance

Shares of GPN stock opened at $112.03 on Friday. Global Payments has a fifty-two week low of $91.60 and a fifty-two week high of $141.77. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $111.07 and its two-hundred day moving average is $104.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.93. The firm has a market cap of $28.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.10, a PEG ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.00.

Global Payments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.89%. Global Payments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 18.83%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Global Payments news, Director Robert H. B. Baldwin, Jr. acquired 5,800 shares of Global Payments stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $116.00 per share, with a total value of $672,800.00. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 42,738 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,957,608. The trade was a 15.70 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.98% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Cromwell Holdings LLC bought a new stake in shares of Global Payments in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Global Payments in the third quarter valued at $25,000. POM Investment Strategies LLC acquired a new position in Global Payments during the second quarter worth $32,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP bought a new position in shares of Global Payments during the third quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Global Payments by 59.6% in the 3rd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 383 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.76% of the company’s stock.

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.