In the past week, GPN stock has gone up by 3.38%, with a monthly decline of -4.41% and a quarterly plunge of -29.44%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.97%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.14% for Global Payments, Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 1.29% for GPN’s stock, with a -23.57% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
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 12.74x compared to its average ratio. GPN has 36-month beta value of 0.95. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 12 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 18 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for GPN is 243.12M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.18% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of GPN on May 08, 2025 was 3.33M shares.
GPN) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) has plunged by -0.49 when compared to previous closing price of 79.28, but the company has seen a 3.38% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-05-06 that GPN returns $446.3 million to its shareholders via repurchases in Q1.
Analysts’ Opinion of GPN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GPN stocks, with RBC Capital Mkts repeating the rating for GPN by listing it as a “Sector Perform.” The predicted price for GPN in the upcoming period, according to RBC Capital Mkts is $86 based on the research report published on April 25, 2025 of the current year 2025.
TD Cowen gave a rating of “Hold” to GPN, setting the target price at $78 in the report published on April 21st of the current year.
GPN Trading at -11.48% 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 -34.26% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.14%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.97%, as shares sank -0.73% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -23.73% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, GPN rose by +3.38%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -21.61% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $77.89. In addition, Global Payments, Inc saw -29.60% 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 Carter Andrea M, who proposed sale 3,815 shares at the price of $78.71 back on May 07 ’25. After this action, Carter Andrea M now owns shares of Global Payments, Inc, valued at $300,283 using the latest closing price.
BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR, the Director of Global Payments, Inc, purchase 5,800 shares at $116.00 during a trade that took place back on Dec 13 ’24, which means that BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR is holding 42,738 shares at $672,800 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GPN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.24 for the present operating margin
- 0.63 for the gross margin
The net margin for Global Payments, Inc stands at 0.16. The total capital return value is set at 0.06. Equity return is now at value 7.03, with 3.14 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 0.21. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.75. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.82.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 4.37 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 3.18. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.33. The receivables turnover for the company is 9.34for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.22. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.94.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Global Payments, Inc (GPN) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as 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.
