Don't Buy Global Payments Before Checking Its Fundamentals!

By Blake Campbell • Thursday, August 14 10:07 • Permanent Link

Join us for a quick overview of Global Payments, a Business Services company whose shares moved -0.9% today. Here are some facts about the stock that should help you see the bigger picture:

Global Payments has moved -20.5% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.7%
GPN has an average analyst rating of buy and is -16.36% away from its mean target price of $102.45 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $5.87
Global Payments has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 14.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $12.8 and its forward P/E ratio is 6.7
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.92 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
Global Payments is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93
GPN has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -32.5% and gross profit margins of 0.6%
The company has a free cash flow of $2.87 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Global Payments Inc. provides payment technology and software solutions for card, check, and digital-based payments in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. It operates through two segments, Merchant Solutions and Issuer Solutions. The Merchant Solutions segment offers authorization, settlement and funding, customer support, chargeback resolution, reconciliation and dispute management, terminal rental, sales and deployment, payment security, and consolidated billing and reporting services. This segment also provides an array of enterprise software solutions that streamline business operations of its customers in various vertical markets; and value-added solutions and services, such as point-of-sale software, analytics and customer engagement, payroll and reporting, and human capital management. The Issuer Solutions segment offers solutions that enable financial institutions and retailers to manage their card portfolios through a platform; and commercial payments, accounts payables, and electronic payment alternatives solutions for businesses and governments. It markets its products and services through direct sales force, trade associations, agent and enterprise software providers, referral arrangements with value-added resellers, and independent sales organizations. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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