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Valued at a market cap of $20.2 billion, Global Payments Inc. (GPN) is a payment technology and software provider headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It enables businesses of all sizes to accept and process payments securely across card, digital, and check-based channels. The company is expected to announce its fiscal Q2 earnings for 2025 on Wednesday, Aug. 6.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect this payment technology company to report a profit of $2.88 per share, up 2.9% from $2.80 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has topped Wall Street’s earnings estimates in three of the last four quarters, while missing on another occasion. In Q1, GPN’s EPS of $2.82 outpaced the forecasted figure by 4.8%.
For fiscal 2025, analysts expect GPN to report a profit of $11.54 per share, up 4.4% from $11.05 per share in fiscal 2024. Furthermore, its EPS is expected to grow 13.2% year-over-year to $13.06 in fiscal 2026.
Shares of GPN have declined 19.8% over the past 52 weeks, considerably lagging behind both the S&P 500 Index's ($SPX) 10.5% rise and the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund’s (XLK) 10.8% return over the same time frame.
On May 6, shares of Global Payments surged marginally after its Q1 earnings release. The company’s adjusted net revenue increased by 1% from the year-ago quarter to $2.2 billion, coming in line with analyst estimates. Moreover, due to a 70 basis-point expansion in its adjusted operating margin and a decline in the number of outstanding shares, its adjusted EPS excluding share-based compensation of $2.82, improved 14.6% year-over-year, surpassing the consensus estimates by 4.8%.
Looking ahead to fiscal 2025, GPN expects constant currency-adjusted net revenue growth to be in the range of 5% to 6%, excluding dispositions, and projects constant currency-adjusted EPS growth to be between 10% and 11%.
Wall Street analysts are moderately optimistic about GPN’s stock, with an overall "Moderate Buy" rating. Among 33 analysts covering the stock, 12 recommend "Strong Buy," one indicates a "Moderate Buy," 18 suggest "Hold,” and two advise a “Strong Sell” rating. The mean price target for GPN is $99.21, indicating a 20% potential upside from the current levels.
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