What is KeyCorp’s Estimate for Global Payments Q1 Earnings?

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) – Analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Global Payments in a research report issued on Wednesday, December 18th. KeyCorp analyst A. Markgraff forecasts that the business services provider will earn $2.65 per share for the quarter. KeyCorp has a “Overweight” rating and a $135.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Global Payments’ current full-year earnings is $11.01 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Global Payments’ Q2 2025 earnings at $3.01 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.19 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.21 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $12.07 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on GPN. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on Global Payments from $135.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 2nd. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on shares of Global Payments from $126.00 to $122.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. BNP Paribas raised shares of Global Payments to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. Monness Crespi & Hardt dropped their price objective on shares of Global Payments from $165.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Global Payments from $156.00 to $166.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and seventeen have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $138.55.

Global Payments Price Performance

Global Payments stock opened at $112.03 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $111.07 and its two-hundred day moving average is $104.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 0.93. The firm has a market cap of $28.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.10, a P/E/G ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.00. Global Payments has a 52 week low of $91.60 and a 52 week high of $141.77.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Global Payments

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of GPN. Cromwell Holdings LLC bought a new stake in Global Payments during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Beaird Harris Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Global Payments in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. POM Investment Strategies LLC acquired a new position in shares of Global Payments in the second quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Capital Performance Advisors LLP bought a new stake in shares of Global Payments during the third quarter worth $33,000. Finally, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Global Payments by 59.6% during the third quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 383 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 143 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 89.76% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Global Payments news, Director Robert H. B. Baldwin, Jr. bought 5,800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 13th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $116.00 per share, with a total value of $672,800.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now owns 42,738 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,957,608. The trade was a 15.70 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.98% of the company’s stock.

Global Payments Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. Global Payments’s payout ratio is presently 18.83%.

Global Payments Company Profile

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, terminal rental, sales and deployment, payment security, and consolidated billing and reporting services.