Fidelity National Information Services vs Global Payments
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The short version
- Fidelity National Information Services is the larger business, with $10.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $7.7B for Global Payments.
- Fidelity National Information Services grew revenue faster (5.4%, against −0.4%).
- Global Payments kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (22.8% operating margin, against 16.3%).
- Global Payments turned more of its sales into free cash flow (26.5% FCF margin, against 23.0%).
- Fidelity National Information Services earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (5.1%, against 3.8%).
| Latest fiscal year | FIS · FY25 | GPN · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $19.4B | $22.4B |
| Revenue | $10.7B | $7.7B |
| Free cash flow | $2.5B | $2.0B |
| Net income | $382M | $1.4B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 5.4% | −0.4% |
| 5-year growth | −3.2% | 0.8% |
| Share count change | −5.4% | −5.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.9% | 72.6% |
| Operating margin | 16.3% | 22.8% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 18.2% |
| FCF margin | 23.0% | 26.5% |
| Return on capital | 5.1% | 3.8% |
| Return on equity | 2.6% | 6.2% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $12.5B | $13.2B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.4x | 4.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $2.3B | $1.4B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 5.8x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 |
Revenue
FY16
FIS $8.8B
GPN $2.9B
FY17
FIS $8.7B
GPN $4.0B
FY18
FIS $8.4B
GPN $3.4B
FY19
FIS $10.3B
GPN $4.9B
FY20
FIS $12.6B
GPN $7.4B
FY21
FIS $9.3B
GPN $8.5B
FY22
FIS $9.7B
GPN $9.0B
FY23
FIS $9.8B
GPN $7.4B
FY24
FIS $10.1B
GPN $7.7B
FY25
FIS $10.7B
GPN $7.7B
FIS
GPN
Operating margin
FY16
FIS 13.9%
GPN 14.7%
FY17
FIS 16.5%
GPN 14.1%
FY18
FIS 17.3%
GPN 21.9%
FY19
FIS 9.4%
GPN 16.1%
FY20
FIS 4.4%
GPN 12.0%
FY21
FIS 11.1%
GPN 15.9%
FY22
FIS 12.1%
GPN 7.1%
FY23
FIS 14.7%
GPN 17.8%
FY24
FIS 16.9%
GPN 25.5%
FY25
FIS 16.3%
GPN 22.8%
FIS
GPN
Free cash flow
FY16
FIS $1.8B
GPN $501M
FY17
FIS $1.6B
GPN $330M
FY18
FIS $1.9B
GPN $893M
FY19
FIS $2.2B
GPN $1.1B
FY20
FIS $4.2B
GPN $1.9B
FY21
FIS $4.5B
GPN $2.3B
FY22
FIS $3.7B
GPN $1.6B
FY23
FIS $4.2B
GPN $1.9B
FY24
FIS $2.1B
GPN $2.4B
FY25
FIS $2.5B
GPN $2.0B
FIS
GPN
Return on capital
FY16
FIS 4.0%
GPN 8.2%
FY17
FIS 7.4%
GPN 8.2%
FY18
FIS 6.3%
GPN 8.3%
FY19
FIS 1.7%
GPN 3.2%
FY20
FIS 0.5%
GPN 2.2%
FY21
FIS 0.8%
GPN 3.3%
FY22
FIS 1.7%
GPN 0.9%
FY23
FIS 2.6%
GPN 2.8%
FY24
FIS 3.9%
GPN 4.5%
FY25
FIS 5.1%
GPN 3.8%
FIS
GPN
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.