A share price of Global Payments, Inc [GPN] is currently trading at $99.92, up 1.02%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The GPN shares have gain 1.83% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -3.39%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Global Payments, Inc [NYSE: GPN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 10, 2025, when Stephens downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight but kept the price target unchanged to $120 for it. Previously, Goldman downgraded its rating to Neutral on January 10, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $122. On October 22, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Mkt Perform and revised its price target to $112 on the stock. Monness Crespi & Hardt reiterated its recommendation of a Buy and reduced its price target to $155 on September 25, 2024. B. Riley Securities reiterated a Buy rating for this stock on September 25, 2024, and downed its price target to $194. In a note dated September 25, 2024, William Blair downgraded an Mkt Perform rating on this stock.
Global Payments, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $90.99 and $136.36. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $125.29 within the next 12 months. Global Payments, Inc [NYSE: GPN] shares were valued at $99.92 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 25.39% based on the average GPN price forecast.
Analyzing the GPN fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Global Payments, Inc [NYSE:GPN] were 10.11B which represents 3.35% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.63% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.24%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.18%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.16%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.06. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.73.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 99.20 points at the first support level, and at 98.48 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 100.60, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 101.28.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Global Payments, Inc [NYSE:GPN] is 0.97. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.97, and the Cash Ratio is 0.41. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.43, the price to book ratio is 1.12 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 16.18.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR, Director, that happened on Dec 13 ’24 when 5800.0 shares were purchased. Chief Human Resources Officer, Carter Andrea M completed a deal on Nov 04 ’24 to sell 2366.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Carter Andrea M bought 2366.0 shares on Nov 04 ’24.
