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

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN) – Research analysts at KeyCorp issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Global Payments in a report issued on Wednesday, December 18th. KeyCorp analyst A. Markgraff expects that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $2.65 for the quarter. KeyCorp has a “Overweight” rating and a $135.00 price objective 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. Monness Crespi & Hardt cut their target price on shares of Global Payments from $165.00 to $155.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Seaport Res Ptn lowered Global Payments from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Barclays raised their target price on Global Payments from $120.00 to $135.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Oppenheimer began coverage on shares of Global Payments in a research report on Tuesday, October 1st. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Global Payments from $135.00 to $155.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 2nd. One 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 company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Global Payments presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $138.55.

Global Payments Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:GPN opened at $110.58 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $110.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $104.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 0.93 and a quick ratio of 0.93. Global Payments has a fifty-two week low of $91.60 and a fifty-two week high of $141.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $28.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.00.

Global Payments Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.90%. Global Payments’s dividend payout ratio is presently 18.83%.

Insider Activity

In other Global Payments news, Director Robert H. B. Baldwin, Jr. purchased 5,800 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 13th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $116.00 per share, with a total value of $672,800.00. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 42,738 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,957,608. The trade was a 15.70 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.98% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Global Payments

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Global Payments in the 2nd quarter valued at about $251,000. &PARTNERS bought a new stake in Global Payments in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,067,000. Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA lifted its position in shares of Global Payments by 9.5% in the second quarter. Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP MA now owns 90,245 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $8,727,000 after buying an additional 7,809 shares during the last quarter. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. bought a new position in shares of Global Payments during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $329,000. Finally, POM Investment Strategies LLC bought a new position in shares of Global Payments during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. 89.76% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Global Payments

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.