Global Payments
GPN NYSE· Transaction & Payment Processing Services
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$81.86
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Global Payments had $7.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 0.4% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +0.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 22.8%, down 2.8 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 23 is left after running the business.
- Global Payments made $1.4B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 12.3% a year.
- Free cash flow was $2.0B in fiscal 2025, 26.5% of revenue.
- Global Payments returned $1.4B to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 70% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 5.0%.
- Global Payments owes $13.2B more than it holds in cash, about 4.4 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$22.1B
P/E
—
Revenue
$7.7B
Net income
$1.4B
Free cash flow
$2.0B
Operating margin
22.8%
Global Payments in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−0.4%
No. Sales fell 0.4% last year.
Does it make a profit?
18.2%
Yes. It keeps 18.2% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
26.5%
Yes. 26.5% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
4.4x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 4.4 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
6 / 9
Mixed. It passes 6 of 9 health tests.
What Global Payments does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 20, 2026
- Legal name
- GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.
- CIK
- 0001123360
Global Payments · GPN
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $8.5B | $9.0B | $7.4B | $7.7B | $7.7B |
| Revenue growth | 14.8% | 5.3% | −17.8% | 4.8% | −0.4% |
| Gross margin | 55.7% | 57.9% | 72.0% | 73.7% | 72.6% |
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 7.1% | 17.8% | 25.5% | 22.8% |
| Net income | $966M | $112M | $986M | $1.6B | $1.4B |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 1.2% | 13.4% | 20.3% | 18.2% |
| Diluted EPS | $3.29 | $0.40 | $3.77 | $6.16 | $5.78 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $2.8B | $2.2B | $2.5B | $3.1B | $2.7B |
| Capital expenditure | $493M | $616M | $658M | $675M | $618M |
| Free cash flow | $2.3B | $1.6B | $1.9B | $2.4B | $2.0B |
| FCF margin | 26.8% | 18.1% | 25.6% | 30.8% | 26.5% |
| Dividends paid | $260M | $274M | $260M | $253M | $239M |
| Share buybacks | $2.5B | $2.9B | $418M | $1.6B | $1.2B |
| Share count change | −2.3% | −6.2% | −5.0% | −2.6% | −5.0% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $2.0B | $2.0B | $2.1B | $2.4B | $8.3B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $11.5B | $13.5B | $16.4B | $16.3B | $21.6B |
| Shareholders' equity | $25.6B | $22.3B | $23.0B | $22.3B | $22.9B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.1x | 5.0x | 5.8x | 4.4x | 4.4x |
| Current ratio | 1.1x | 0.9x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 1.7x |
| Interest coverage | 4.1x | 1.5x | 2.1x | 3.3x | 2.8x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 3.3% | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4.5% | 3.8% |
| Return on equity | 3.7% | 0.5% | 4.4% | 6.9% | 6.2% |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$1.3M
3 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$1.4M
3 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Global Payments · GPN
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Payments GPN | $22.1B | −0.4% | 22.8% | 26.5% | 3.8% | — | 6 |
| Toast TOST | $19.0B | 24.1% | 4.8% | 9.9% | — | 40.7x | 7 |
| Fidelity National Informatio... FIS | $19.1B | 5.4% | 16.3% | 23.0% | 5.1% | 5.7x | 5 |
| Corpay CPAY | $26.5B | 13.9% | 44.0% | 28.7% | 11.5% | 24.3x | 5 |
| Affirm AFRM | $24.2B | 32.2% | 9.8% | 23.3% | — | — | — |
KIRA
At $81.86 a share, the company is worth $22.1B.
Global Payments grew sales faster than 0 of its 4 similar companies.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001123360). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.