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Model output · Signal date 2026-11-06
Global Payments Inc (GPN) Stock Forecast Nov. 6, 2026
Analysis updated on Nov. 6, 2026 (UTC) · Alpha · vs marketSwitch to Total · NYSE
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Alpha
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Rank correlation · 90D
50.0%
Spearman, 357 dates
Market Cap
$25.77B
large-cap · #16 of 60 peers
Summary
Global Payments Inc (GPN) stock forecast summary
Our AI scores Global Payments Inc every trading day against every stock it covers. Create a free account and follow it to see its rating and price target.
Global Payments Inc is a large-cap company with a market capitalization of $25.77B. It ranks number 16 by market capitalization among the 60 Services-Business Services, NEC issuers in our coverage with a current forecast.
For GPN, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 50.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-08-19 and 2026-08-07 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 42.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-08-19 and 2026-10-07. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4629 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-08-04 produced a positive net return in 92.9% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
Expected return relative to the market over the horizon: a positive alpha means the model expects the stock to beat the market, whatever the market does. Ratings: strong buy ≥ +3.1%, buy ≥ +1.5%, sell < -0.5%, strong sell < -1.8% (top 15%, next 20%, middle 30%, next 20%, bottom 15% of the 2026-11-06 signals)
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Cross-section · 2026-11-06
How GPN ranks among 5150 stocks
90D Alpha forecasts of every company scored, cut into five relative ratings at the 15th, 35th, 65th and 85th percentiles (dashed lines).
Fundamentals · 2026-09-30
Global Payments Inc (GPN) fundamentals
Trailing twelve months. The industry median and the rank (1 = highest) are taken over the Services-Business Services, NEC peers listed below that report each metric.
Valuation & Market
| Metric | GPN | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Market Cap | $25.77B | 16/60 |
| P/B Ratio | 1.11x | 40/47 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.01% | 12/14 |
| EPS | $-4.57 | – |
| Book Value/Share | $87.43 | – |
| Revenue/Share | $41.29 | – |
| FCF/Share | $-0.64 | – |
Profitability & Margins
| Metric | GPN | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| ROE | -5.6% | 33/38 |
| ROA | -2.1% | 34/40 |
| ROIC | 1.3% | 37/45 |
| Gross Margin | 63.4% | 12/42 |
| Operating Margin | 5.9% | 34/51 |
| Net Margin | -11.8% | 38/42 |
| EBT Margin | -1.0% | 44/53 |
| Tax Rate | 193.0% | – |
The effective tax rate is outside the normal band, which points to a large non-recurring tax item in the trailing twelve months; headline net income, net margin and P/E are affected by it.
Financial Health
| Metric | GPN | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Current Ratio | 0.82x | 50/56 |
| D/E Ratio | 1.66x | 24/52 |
| Financial Leverage | 2.70x | 22/48 |
| Interest Coverage | 0.9x | 36/48 |
| Working Capital | -$2.47B | 54/56 |
Cash Flow
| Metric | GPN | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $728M | 23/54 |
| Free Cash Flow | -$169M | 44/45 |
| Capital Spending | -$897M | 42/45 |
| OCF Growth YoY | -74.0% | 45/46 |
| FCF Growth YoY | -107.8% | 39/40 |
| FCF/Sales | -1.6% | 44/45 |
| CapEx/Sales | 8.2% | 3/45 |
Operational Efficiency
| Metric | GPN | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Asset Turnover | 0.18x | 39/42 |
| Receivables Turnover | 6.8x | 22/42 |
| Fixed Assets Turnover | 4.7x | 42/44 |
| Days Sales Outstanding | 54 days | 21/42 |
Income Statement
| Metric | GPN | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Total Revenue | $10.93B | 13/48 |
| Operating Income | $646M | 18/52 |
| Net Income | -$1.29B | 41/42 |
| SG&A Expense | $6.21B | 7/43 |
| Cost of Goods Sold | $4.00B | 12/43 |
Dividend & Shareholder Information
| Metric | GPN | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Dividends Per Share | $0.98 | – |
| Shares Outstanding | 265M | – |
| Net Income Growth | -173.6% | 32/33 |
| EPS Growth | -164.4% | 36/38 |
Balance Sheet Highlights (USD millions)
| Total Current Assets | $11.03B | 17.7% of assets |
| Cash & Short-term Investments | $5.57B | 8.9% of assets |
| Accounts Receivable | $1.61B | 2.6% of assets |
| Total Liabilities | $38.45B | 61.6% of assets |
Quarterly Financial Reports
GPN quarterly financials and insider trading
Industry Peers · Services-Business Services, NEC
Global Payments Inc (GPN) industry peers
Companies classified under the same SEC industry code as Global Payments Inc (Services-Business Services, NEC): 60 common-stock issuers with a forecast this week, one row per issuer, largest first. This is a classification match, not a curated list of competitors.
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Sign up free| Company | 90-Day AI Forecast (Alpha) | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|
| GPN Global Payments Inc | $25.77B | |
| V Visa Inc. | $775.82B | |
| MA Mastercard Inc | $568.62B | |
| BABA Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | $253.85B | |
| ACN Accenture Plc | $174.28B | |
| UBER Uber Technologies, Inc | $140.49B | |
| PDD Pdd Holdings Inc. | $120.37B | |
| DASH Doordash, Inc. | $78.33B | |
| MELI Mercadolibre Inc | $76.55B | |
| RELX Relx Plc | $73.07B | |
| EBAY Ebay Inc | $53.54B | |
| PYPL Paypal Holdings, Inc. | $49.21B | |
| MSCI Msci Inc. | $45.83B | |
| FISV Fiserv Inc | $33.44B | |
| CPAY Corpay, Inc. | $29.89B | |
| TCOM Trip.Com Group Ltd | $29.06B | |
| BR Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. | $21.71B | |
| KSPI Joint Stock Co Kaspi.Kz | $17.44B | |
| RBA Rb Global Inc. | $17.32B | |
| FICO Fair Isaac Corp | $15.22B | |
| FIS Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. | $14.82B | |
| GRAB Grab Holdings Ltd | $13.95B | |
| CART Maplebear Inc. | $13.45B | |
| CSGP Costar Group, Inc. | $12.29B | |
| AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc | $11.94B | |
| WSE Wise Group Plc | $11.42B | |
| HQY Healthequity, Inc. | $8.57B | |
| ETSY Etsy Inc | $7.75B | |
| ANDG Andersen Group Inc. | $7.34B | |
| Z Zillow Group, Inc. | $6.81B | |
| EXLS Exlservice Holdings, Inc. | $6.51B | |
| LYFT Lyft, Inc. | $6.47B | |
| XMTR Xometry, Inc. | $6.25B | |
| WEX Wex Inc. | $5.91B | |
| MBGL Mobility Global Inc. | $5.86B | |
| AMTM Amentum Holdings, Inc. | $5.20B | |
| SEZL Sezzle Inc. | $5.03B | |
| RELY Remitly Global, Inc. | $4.56B | |
| PAY Paymentus Holdings, Inc. | $4.22B | |
| DLO Dlocal Ltd | $4.11B | |
| FOUR Shift4 Payments, Inc. | $3.47B | |
| MMS Maximus, Inc. | $3.43B | |
| TNET Trinet Group, Inc. | $3.05B | |
| CBZ Cbiz, Inc. | $3.03B | |
| PAYO Payoneer Global Inc. | $2.42B | |
| TIC Tic Solutions, Inc. | $2.26B | |
| CNXC Concentrix Corp | $1.85B | |
| LQDT Liquidity Services Inc | $1.37B | |
| NUTX Nutex Health Inc. | $1.36B | |
| RDWR Radware Ltd | $1.30B | |
| QNST Quinstreet, Inc | $1.18B | |
| RSKD Riskified Ltd. | $1.13B | |
| PAYS Paysign, Inc. | $809M | |
| PHR Phreesia, Inc. | $783M | |
| MAX Mediaalpha, Inc. | $736M | |
| CASS Cass Information Systems Inc | $694M | |
| PRTH Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. | $650M | |
| RMNI Rimini Street, Inc. | $484M | |
| ADV Advantage Solutions Inc. | $405M | |
| RPAY Repay Holdings Corp | $395M |
Where GPN sits on the market map
Trade & Services · Services-Business Services, NEC
News
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Global Payments Inc (GPN) stock forecast FAQ
What is the Global Payments Inc (GPN) stock forecast?
Our AI scores Global Payments Inc every trading day against every stock it covers. Create a free account and follow it to see its rating and price target.
How accurate are Global Payments Inc stock predictions?
For GPN, the Spearman rank correlation between our 90-day forecasts and the returns that followed is 50.0%, measured on 357 forecast dates between 2022-08-19 and 2026-08-07 on this stock's own recent history. A rank correlation runs from -100% to +100%: it measures whether higher forecasts were followed by higher returns, and a value near zero or below means the model has shown little skill on this stock. On the 30-day forecasts the same correlation is 42.0%, measured on 400 forecast dates between 2022-08-19 and 2026-10-07. Across our coverage, the out-of-sample test on 4629 stocks from 2025-01-06 to 2026-08-04 produced a positive net return in 92.9% of rebalance periods (factor-neutral book, net of estimated costs). Full backtest report
How often are Global Payments Inc forecasts updated?
Global Payments Inc forecasts are refreshed on trading days as the daily model run completes. The forecast on this page was produced on Nov. 6, 2026.
Which companies are Global Payments Inc's industry peers?
60 issuers in our coverage, GPN included, share the SEC industry code Services-Business Services, NEC. The largest are: Visa Inc. (V), Mastercard Inc (MA), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA), Accenture Plc (ACN), Uber Technologies, Inc (UBER), Pdd Holdings Inc. (PDD).
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