Shares of Consumer Discretionary sector company Global Payments moved 1.3% today, and are now trading at a price of $105.18. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 620,713 compared to its average volume of 1,743,454. The S&P 500 index returned a -0.0% performance.
Global Payments Inc. provides payment technology and software solutions for card, check, and digital-based payments in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company is based in Atlanta and has 25,000 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $27,346,169,856. Global Payments currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.0% per year.
32 analysts are following Global Payments and have set target prices ranging from $97.0 to $208.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, GPN is trading -28.34% away from its average analyst target price of $146.78 per share.
Over the last year, GPN shares have gone down by -7.0%, which represents a difference of -16.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $129.7 per share and its 52 week low is $92.27. With average free cash flows of $1.56 Billion that have been growing at an average rate of 10.1% over the last 6 years, Global Payments declining stock performance may not be reflective of the quality of its underlying business.
| Date Reported | Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) | Capital expenditures ($ k) | Free Cash Flow ($ k) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,210,390 | 622,627 | 1,587,763 |
| 2022 | 2,244,040 | 615,652 | 1,628,388 |
| 2021 | 2,780,825 | 493,216 | 2,287,609 |
| 2020 | 2,314,150 | 436,236 | 1,877,914 |
| 2019 | 1,391,278 | 307,868 | 1,083,410 |
| 2018 | 1,106,082 | 213,290 | 892,792 |
