Global Payments
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Funds holding %
of 7,425 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
73% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 15 [Q3] → 26 (+11) [Q4]
64% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 128 | Existing positions closed: 78
9% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $23.2B [Q3] → $25.2B (+$2.07B) [Q4]
4% more funds holding
Funds holding: 878 [Q3] → 910 (+32) [Q4]
0.5% less ownership
Funds ownership: 89.02% [Q3] → 88.52% (-0.5%) [Q4]
14% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $328M | Put options by funds: $380M
20% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 295 | Existing positions reduced: 369
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$77
6%
upside
Avg. target
$115
59%
upside
High target
$163
125%
upside
9 analyst ratings
7 positive
78%
2 neutral
22%
0 negative
0%
Keybanc Philip Gibbs 43% 1-year accuracy 10 / 23 met price target | 10%upside $80 | Overweight Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Wells Fargo Andrew Bauch 33% 1-year accuracy 13 / 39 met price target | 6%upside $77 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 21 Apr 2025 |
Baird David Koning 63% 1-year accuracy 19 / 30 met price target | 38%upside $100 | Outperform Maintained | 21 Apr 2025 |
Barclays Ramsey El-Assal 43% 1-year accuracy 29 / 67 met price target | 52%upside $110 | Overweight Maintained | 15 Apr 2025 |
Evercore ISI Group | 17%upside $85 | In-Line Initiated | 9 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 13 articles about GPN published over the past 30 days
Neutral
Business Wire
1 day ago
Global Payments to Report First Quarter Results on May 6, 2025
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #globalpayments--Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) will release first quarter financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

Positive
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
Global Payments Enacts Transformative Deal
Global Payments (GPN) is expected to undergo significant changes with a transformative deal which should act as a catalyst for a rerating. Management plans to asset swap their Issuer Solutions business against WorldPay. This will transform Global Payments into a pure play commerce solutions company. Despite a challenging 2025, GPN's low current valuation presents a strong buy opportunity with potential for substantial upside over the next 3-5 years.

Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 week ago
Global Payments Inc. (GPN) Global Payments Announces Agreements to Acquire Worldpay and Divest Issuer Solutions (Transcript)
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE:GPN ) Global Payments Announces Agreements to Acquire Worldpay and Divest Issuer Solutions April 17, 2025 7:30 AM ET Company Participants Winnie Smith - Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Cameron Bready - CEO Josh Whipple - CFO Bob Cortopassi - President and COO Conference Call Participants Darrin Peller - Wolfe Research Ramsey El-Assal - Barclays Jason Kupferberg - Bank of America Dan Perlin - RBC Capital Markets David Koning - Baird Adam Frisch - Evercore ISI James Faucette - Morgan Stanley Andrew Schmidt - Citi Operator Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to Global Payments Investor and Analyst Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.

Negative
CNBC
1 week ago
Global Payments shares plunge 17% after company announces $24 billion Worldpay deal
Global Payments announced on Thursday that it's buying Worldpay for more than $24 billion. In a connected transaction, Global Payments is selling its Issuer Solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion.

Neutral
Market Watch
1 week ago
Global Payments and FIS just struck a complex megadeal. Who's the big winner?
The payment-technology world is getting a shakeup thanks to a newly announced deal between Fidelity National Information Services Inc. and Global Payments Inc. that will give both businesses more focus.

Positive
CNBC Television
1 week ago
Faber Report: Global Payments to buy Worldpay for $22.7B
David Faber shares the latest details on Global Payments acquisition of Worldpay.

Positive
PYMNTS
1 week ago
Global Payments, FIS Upend FinTech With Dual $13.5 Billion, $6.6 Billion Deals
Global Payments set the FinTech sector abuzz early Thursday (April 17) with a pair of sweeping transactions. It sold its issuer solutions business to FIS for $13.5 billion and simultaneously bought Worldpay for a net price of $22.7 billion, according to a Thursday press release.

Positive
WSJ
1 week ago
Global Payments to Acquire Worldpay for $24.25 Billion
Global Payments has agreed to acquire Worldpay for $24.25 billion from Fidelity National Information Services and private equity firm GTCR, and divest its issuer solutions business to Fidelity for $13.5 billion.

Positive
Reuters
1 week ago
Global Payments to buy Worldpay for $22.7 billion
Fintech company Global Payments said on Thursday it would buy payments processor Worldpay from rival FIS and investment company GTCR for $22.7 billion.

Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
GTCR Announces Sale of Worldpay to Global Payments for $24.25 Billion in Conjunction with Transformative Three-Way Transaction
Sale of Industry-Leading Payments Technology and Solutions Company Marks an Important Milestone in GTCR's Strategic Transformation in Partnership with Leaders Strategy™ CEO Charles Drucker CHICAGO , April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- GTCR, a leading private equity firm, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to sell Worldpay (the "Company"), a global leader in merchant acquiring and payments processing, to Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) for $24.25 billion as part of a transformative three-way transaction. In July 2023, GTCR signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 55% majority stake in Worldpay from FIS® (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology.

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