profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Global Payments
$91.90+4.21% today
+21.8% in 1 year
1-year low $62.471-year high $101.59
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $17.37 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Global Payments sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $8.98 billion in 2022 to $7.71 billion in 2025, with $1.40 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Global Payments handed back 72% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $1.2B
Free cash flow 2025$2.0B
Bought back its own shares$1.2B
Paid as dividends$239M
Cash vs. debt$8.3B vs. $21.9B
Global Payments vs. similar companies
Global Payments grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Payments | 17.4× · Fair price | ||
 Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 22.3× · Fair price | ||
 Synchrony Financial | 6.3× · Cheap | ||
 SoFi Technologies | 41.6× · Expensive | ||
 Ally Financial | 13.5× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Global Payments's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7,424 | 8,524 | 8,976 | 7,380 | 7,736 | 7,706 | |
| 3,773 | 4,750 | 5,197 | 5,311 | 5,702 | 5,592 | |
| – | – | 1,672 | 1,452 | 1,701 | 1,472 | |
| 2,535 | 3,064 | 2,336 | 3,203 | 3,996 | 3,325 | |
| 585 | 965 | 111 | 986 | 1,570 | 1,400 | |
| 1.95 | 3.29 | 0.40 | 3.77 | 6.16 | 5.78 | |
| 50.8% | 55.7% | 57.9% | 72.0% | 73.7% | 72.6% | |
| – | – | 18.6% | 19.7% | 22.0% | 19.1% | |
| 7.9% | 11.3% | 1.2% | 13.4% | 20.3% | 18.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 44,202 | 45,280 | 44,809 | 50,570 | 46,890 | 53,338 |
| Cash | 1,946 | 1,979 | 1,998 | 2,089 | 2,356 | 8,336 |
| Total debt | 9,845 | 12,063 | 14,286 | 17,376 | 16,661 | 21,865 |
| Total liabilities | 16,715 | 19,410 | 22,269 | 26,783 | 23,874 | 29,559 |
| 27,332 | 25,628 | 22,304 | 22,999 | 22,281 | 22,889 | |
| 301 | 294 | 276 | 262 | 255 | 242 | |
| 2.0% | 2.9% | 1.5% | 2.8% | 4.3% | 3.4% | |
| 2.1% | 3.8% | 0.5% | 4.3% | 7.0% | 6.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,314 | 2,781 | 2,244 | 2,550 | 3,058 | 2,657 | |
| 436 | 493 | 616 | 658 | 675 | 618 | |
| 1,878 | 2,288 | 1,628 | 1,892 | 2,383 | 2,039 | |
| Dividends paid | 233 | 260 | 274 | 260 | 253 | 239 |
| 631 | 2,534 | 2,960 | 459 | 1,608 | 1,231 | |
| 149 | 181 | 163 | 209 | 164 | 154 |
Valuation
- 17.4×
- 6.7×
- 0.72
- 0.7×
- 3.2×
- 11.9×
- 11.4×
- 8.4%
- 5.8%
- 1.5%
Profitability
- 72.6%
- 19.1%
- 18.2%
- 35.5%
- 1.9%
- 2.5%
- -3.1%
- -1.1%
- 2.9%
- –
Growth
- +0.7%
- +24.3%
- −28.7%
- +5.1%
- −4.9%
Financial health
- 5.7×
- 0.99
- 36.7%
- 2.0×
- 0.79
- 0.79
- 0.14
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 35%of 688
Bottom 43%of 540
Bottom 34%of 900
Bottom 25%of 908
Top 32%of 941
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $86.38
- Range
- $76.00 – $109.00
- 7 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 2.96 | 2.82 | +5.0% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | 3.18 | 3.16 | +0.6% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 3.26 | 3.23 | +0.9% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 3.10 | 3.05 | +1.6% |
| May 6, 2025 | 2.82 | 2.68 | +5.2% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | 2.95 | 2.98 | −1.0% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 3.08 | 3.09 | −0.3% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 2.93 | 2.91 | +0.7% |
1.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$15a year at today's yield, before tax
+5.1%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.04 in 2015 → $1.00 in 2025
How safe it looks
17.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 11.7%
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
50No pass
Benjamin Graham
70Pass
Philip Fisher
71Pass
Peter Lynch
73Pass
Joel Greenblatt
24No pass
Charlie Munger
48No pass
Terry Smith
48No pass
Questions about Global Payments
Is Global Payments a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Global Payments AI analysis
What does Global Payments do?
Global Payments Inc. provides payment technology and software solutions for card, electronic, check, and digital-based payments in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. It is in Financial - Credit Services, based in Atlanta, GA, United States, with 26,000 employees.
Does Global Payments pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.5% a year, about 17% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $239 million in dividends.
Is Global Payments stock halal?
No. Global Payments does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 90% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Global Payments stock done over the past year?
Up 21.8% over the past twelve months, to $91.90. It traded between $62.47 and $101.59 and is 9.5% below its high.
Who are Global Payments's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Synchrony Financial, SoFi Technologies and Ally Financial. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Global Payments's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.