Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) has experienced a decline in its stock price by -3.25 compared to its previous closing price of 114.70. However, the company has seen a fall of -5.21% in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2024-12-11 that ZUG, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AmalgamOS–Distributed Technologies Research, a fintech company focused on simplifying global payments infrastructure, launched its technology platform today.
Is It Worth Investing in Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) Right Now?
Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 20.92x compared to its average ratio, The 36-month beta value for GPN is at 1.00. Analysts have varying views on the stock, with 16 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 rating it as “overweight,” 12 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
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The public float for GPN is 252.30M, and currently, shorts hold a 2.70% of that float. The average trading volume for GPN on December 19, 2024 was 2.42M shares.
GPN’s Market Performance
GPN stock saw a decrease of -5.21% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -4.39% and a quarterly a decrease of -1.77%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.21%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.67% for Global Payments, Inc (GPN). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -4.70% for GPN’s stock, with a 1.21% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GPN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GPN stocks, with Bernstein repeating the rating for GPN by listing it as a “Mkt Perform.” The predicted price for GPN in the upcoming period, according to Bernstein is $112 based on the research report published on October 22, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Monness Crespi & Hardt gave a rating of “Buy” to GPN, setting the target price at $155 in the report published on September 25th of the current year.
GPN Trading at 0.68% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GPN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -21.73% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.67%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.21%, as shares sank -3.27% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +12.30% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, GPN fell by -5.21%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -13.86% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $116.44. In addition, Global Payments, Inc saw -12.62% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at GPN starting from BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR, who purchase 5,800 shares at the price of $116.00 back on Dec 13 ’24. After this action, BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR now owns 42,738 shares of Global Payments, Inc, valued at $672,800 using the latest closing price.
Carter Andrea M, the Chief Human Resources Officer of Global Payments, Inc, sale 2,366 shares at $105.67 during a trade that took place back on Nov 04 ’24, which means that Carter Andrea M is holding 22,078 shares at $250,015 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GPN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.21 for the present operating margin
- 0.63 for the gross margin
The net margin for Global Payments, Inc stands at 0.14. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 6.03, with 2.76 for asset returns.
Based on Global Payments, Inc (GPN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.43 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.2. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.77. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.23.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 3.74 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.49. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 4.28. The receivables turnover for the company is 8.71for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.2. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.93.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Global Payments, Inc (GPN) has had a bad performance lately. Opinion on the stock among analysts is bullish, with some giving it a “buy” rating and others a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
