Global Payments Inc.

NYSE:GPN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$29.2b

Global Payments Valuation

Is GPN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GPN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: GPN ($110.97) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($192.15)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GPN is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GPN?

Key metric: As GPN is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GPN. This is calculated by dividing GPN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GPN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.7x
EarningsUS$1.36b
Market CapUS$29.19b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GPN's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GPN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average46.6x
CPAY Corpay
23.3x15.7%US$24.5b
FIS Fidelity National Information Services
79.5x25.2%US$44.8b
JKHY Jack Henry & Associates
32.2x8.6%US$13.0b
SQ Block
51.4x27.6%US$58.6b
GPN Global Payments
20.7x10.8%US$29.2b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GPN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x) compared to the peer average (46.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GPN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Diversified Financial Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FOA Finance of America Companies
1.5x-136.3%US$605.78m
PMIR PMI Group
0.09xn/aUS$518.61k
ACGX Alliance Creative Group
1.8xn/aUS$374.34k
No more companies available in this PE range
GPN 20.7xIndustry Avg. 17.6xNo. of Companies12PE01224364860+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GPN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x) compared to the US Diversified Financial industry average (17.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GPN's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GPN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.7x
Fair PE Ratio20.2x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GPN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.2x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GPN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$110.97
US$132.30
+19.2%
15.0%US$171.00US$92.83n/a30
Dec ’25US$118.96
US$129.70
+9.0%
15.0%US$171.00US$92.83n/a30
Nov ’25US$104.44
US$128.70
+23.2%
15.4%US$171.00US$93.00n/a30
Oct ’25US$100.42
US$134.81
+34.2%
16.1%US$194.00US$95.00n/a30
Sep ’25US$111.01
US$139.62
+25.8%
15.8%US$204.00US$95.00n/a34
Aug ’25US$98.12
US$142.59
+45.3%
15.8%US$204.00US$95.00n/a36
Jul ’25US$95.68
US$145.09
+51.6%
15.3%US$204.00US$95.00n/a36
Jun ’25US$101.85
US$148.15
+45.5%
14.4%US$204.00US$90.00n/a35
May ’25US$109.06
US$153.27
+40.5%
12.7%US$204.00US$90.00n/a36
Apr ’25US$130.15
US$156.38
+20.2%
12.5%US$204.00US$90.00n/a35
Mar ’25US$130.09
US$157.13
+20.8%
12.1%US$204.00US$90.00n/a35
Feb ’25US$135.31
US$148.85
+10.0%
12.8%US$180.00US$90.00n/a35
Jan ’25US$127.00
US$143.45
+12.9%
13.7%US$180.00US$90.00n/a35
Dec ’24US$119.79
US$142.82
+19.2%
14.5%US$180.00US$90.00US$118.9635
Nov ’24US$109.02
US$143.53
+31.7%
13.9%US$180.00US$95.00US$104.4434
Oct ’24US$115.39
US$147.10
+27.5%
15.1%US$211.00US$97.00US$100.4230
Sep ’24US$129.32
US$147.19
+13.8%
14.6%US$211.00US$97.00US$111.0132
Aug ’24US$120.75
US$140.94
+16.7%
16.8%US$208.00US$97.00US$98.1232
Jul ’24US$98.52
US$137.88
+39.9%
18.3%US$208.00US$89.00US$95.6832
Jun ’24US$98.84
US$138.48
+40.1%
17.3%US$208.00US$89.00US$101.8531
May ’24US$103.00
US$139.77
+35.7%
16.8%US$208.00US$89.00US$109.0630
Apr ’24US$105.24
US$141.52
+34.5%
17.8%US$208.00US$89.00US$130.1527
Mar ’24US$111.68
US$146.28
+31.0%
18.3%US$208.00US$89.00US$130.0925
Feb ’24US$115.48
US$144.22
+24.9%
20.7%US$220.00US$89.00US$135.3127
Jan ’24US$99.32
US$148.56
+49.6%
18.1%US$220.00US$113.00US$127.0027
Dec ’23US$103.53
US$152.74
+47.5%
17.6%US$224.00US$113.00US$119.7927

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/18 05:04
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/18 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Global Payments Inc. is covered by 70 analysts. 26 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David KoningBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Darrin PellerBarclays