Global Payments Inc. (GPN) Stock

About Global Payments Inc.

Global Payments Inc. is led by CEO Cameron Bready, employs 26,000 people, headquartered in Atlanta, US, publicly traded since 2001.

Global Payments Inc. (GPN) stock trades at $82.20 with a market capitalization of $20.41B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -20.10, price-to-book of 0.88, price-to-sales of 1.91. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $61.16 and $95.88, and currently trades 14.3% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.28%.

On profitability, Global Payments Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of -4.14%, return on capital employed of 2.44%, an operating margin of 19.10%, a net profit margin of -9.38%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Global Payments Inc. reported annual revenue of $7.7B, net profit of $1.4B, revenue has compounded at 0.7% a year over the last five years, profit at 19.1% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.69, total assets of $53.3B, $8.3B in cash and equivalents.

GPN has an average daily trading volume of 3,219,275 shares, a beta of 0.79 (less volatile than the overall market).