The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

GPN

Concerning the House

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 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. The company 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. It markets its products and services through direct sales force, trade associations, agent and enterprise software providers, referral arrangements with value-added resellers, independent sales organizations, payment facilitators, and financial institutions. The company was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

United States · www.globalpayments.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2025 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$7.71B+12.6%
Operating income$1.97B+14.6%
Net income$1.40B+14.5%
Cash from ops$2.55B+11.2%
Quotation

$94.83

+6.30 (+7.1%)

52w hi$94.83
52w lo$62.23
Vol2.61M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score +0.11

Short+0.28
Medium+0.13
Long-0.28

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Global Payments Inc.

Industrials · Specialty Business Services

Market cap$25.09B
Enterprise value$42.43B
Trailing P/E44.94x
Forward P/E5.95x
EV / EBITDA9.47x
P / S (ttm)2.46x
Profit margin-9.2%
Return on equity2.4%
Revenue growth+68.6%
Earnings growth-95.2%
Debt / equity98.27
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX1.24
Corr SPX0.50
Annual vol40.5%
Annual ret+3.6%
Sharpe0.09
Max DD-47.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.03
Sector+0.07
Technical+0.19
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$88.90$95.58$88.60$94.832.61M
Aug 12$85.75$88.74$84.20$88.532.94M
Aug 11$85.96$86.91$85.58$85.862.10M
Aug 10$85.70$86.93$84.99$86.132.69M
Aug 7$87.60$88.50$84.64$86.125.31M