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Global Payments Inc. (GPN) stock analysis

$83.53−1.52%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • GPN lost 1.5% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 347th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned −3.4%, 19.2 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 11.9% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 3 analysts raised earnings estimates and 2 cut; forward EPS moved +0.6% (−0.3% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Merchant & business payments segment of the Banking, Credit & Payments, where the 1-month median return is +2.3%.
  • The daily chart reads Intermediate downtrend · Decline (since Oct 19, 2026).
Market cap$22.1B
12-month return−3.4%
Forward P/E5.2×
Mean target vs price+25.7%

One-year price with 50- and 200-day averages

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84.8250-day200-day

Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

GPN−1.5%
Sector median−3.9%
S&P 5000.0%
GPN+7.3%
Sector median−9.0%
S&P 500+4.7%
GPN+16.6%
Sector median−7.4%
S&P 500+8.7%
GPN−3.4%
Sector median+0.5%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500347 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Industrials96 / 565

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Intermediate downtrend · DeclineConfirmed

Holding since Oct 19, 2026

  • Price and averages have mixed alignment
  • EMA50 fell over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are falling
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
This pattern on this stock

81 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +1.6%, positive 57% of the time, against +0.5% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$16.09
30-day change+0.6%
90-day change−0.3%
Mean target$105.00 +25.7%
Raised (30d) 3Cut (30d) 2

30 analysts cover the stock

Where it sits in the supply chain

Banking, Credit & Payments · Payments & core systems

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Supplied by
Card & payment networks+12.3%
V+12.7%1 monthMA+12.0%1 month
Its segment
Merchant & business payments+2.3%
GPN−1.5%1 monthCPAY+3.7%1 monthXYZ+0.9%1 monthPYPL+8.1%1 month

Acquiring, business payments and wallets have different fees and costs.

Sells into
Households, businesses & merchants

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−28.6%
Volatility, 60D31.8%
From 52-week high−11.9%
From 52-week low+34.2%
Trailing P/E39.6×
Forward P/E5.2×

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