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

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) – Stock analysts at B. Riley issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Global Payments in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 18th. B. Riley analyst H. Goetsch anticipates 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 $12.08 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.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on GPN. StockNews.com raised shares of Global Payments from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Global Payments from $118.00 to $115.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on shares of Global Payments from $143.00 to $130.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of Global Payments from $138.00 to $135.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Bank of America cut their target price on shares of Global Payments from $156.00 to $149.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 14th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating and fifteen have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Global Payments currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $134.33.

Global Payments Price Performance

NYSE GPN opened at $105.65 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $110.16 and a 200 day simple moving average of $108.75. The company has a market cap of $26.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.10, a P/E/G ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.01. Global Payments has a 1 year low of $91.60 and a 1 year high of $140.38.

Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 13th. The business services provider reported $2.84 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.98 by ($0.14). The company 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%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Global Payments

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its holdings in Global Payments by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 99,250 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $11,122,000 after acquiring an additional 288 shares during the last quarter. Forum Financial Management LP grew its holdings in Global Payments by 7.5% during the 4th quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 3,863 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $433,000 after acquiring an additional 269 shares during the last quarter. Michels Family Financial LLC bought a new stake in Global Payments during the 4th quarter worth about $416,000. North Star Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Global Payments by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. North Star Asset Management Inc. now owns 282,933 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $31,705,000 after acquiring an additional 8,947 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cache Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Global Payments during the 4th quarter worth about $606,000. Institutional investors own 89.76% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Robert H. B. Baldwin, Jr. acquired 5,800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 13th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $116.00 per share, with a total value of $672,800.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 42,738 shares in the company, valued at $4,957,608. The trade was a 15.70 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 0.98% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Global Payments Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. Global Payments’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.