Global Payments GPN Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 67.3%-6.4pp | 72.5%+2.1pp | 73.1%-8.7pp | 73.7%-3.4pp | 73.7%+0.9pp | |
| Operating margin | 15.3%-10.4pp | 22.6%-2.2pp | 29.5%+7.0pp | 25.2%+2.6pp | 25.7%+2.9pp | |
| Net margin | -8%-28.2pp | 18.1%-0.7pp | 22.7%+1.8pp | 18.5%-1.5pp | 20.2%+2.8pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 35.9%-13.8pp | 41%-6.2pp | 49.4%-1.4pp | 47.3%-1.4pp | 49.7%+2.6pp | |
| Free cash flow margin | 12%-19.4pp | 26.4%-2.2pp | 31%-7.0pp | 31.9%+2.4pp | 31.4%+6.9pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | -3.1%-10.1pp | 6.2%-0.7pp | 7.7%+1.7pp | 6.4%0.0pp | 7%+1.1pp | |
| Return on assets | -1.3%-4.4pp | 2.8%-0.4pp | 3.6%+0.8pp | 2.9%0.0pp | 3.1%+0.5pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 3.6%-0.9pp | 4.8%+0.1pp | 4.6%+1.2pp | 3.7%0.0pp | 4.5%+0.9pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | 0.2×0.0× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 0.8×-0.2× | 1.7×+0.7× | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | |
| Quick ratio | 0.8×-0.2× | 1.7×+0.7× | 0.9×-0.1× | 0.9×0.0× | 0.9×0.0× | |
| Cash ratio | 0.4×0.0× | 1.1×+0.7× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×+0.2× | 0.4×+0.2× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.9×+0.2× | 1×+0.2× | 0.8×0.0× | 1.1×+0.4× | 0.7×0.0× | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.4×0.0× | 0.5×+0.2× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.2×+1.7× | 4.3×+0.5× | 3.7×-0.4× | 6.1×+1.8× | 3.5×-0.7× | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $18.52B-23.1% | $18.32B-35.7% | $20.16B-22.7% | $19.26B-22.0% | $24.08B-29.4% | |
| Enterprise value | $35.25B-6.2% | $31.83B-26.5% | $34.27B-13.7% | $41.53B+4.9% | $37.57B-23.5% | |
| Price / sales | 2.1×-1.0× | 2.4×-1.1× | 2.6×-1.4× | 2.5×-1.0× | 3.1×-1.4× | |
| Price / book | 0.8×-0.3× | 0.8×-0.5× | 0.9×-0.3× | 0.9×-0.3× | 1.1×-0.5× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.1×+1.3× | 10.1×-1.0× | 9×-3.0× | 11.4×-0.2× | 9.8×-4.1× | |
| EV / sales | 4×-0.9× | 4.1×-1.1× | 4.4×-1.6× | 5.4×-0.2× | 4.9×-1.7× | |
| Free cash flow yield | 5.7%-4.3pp | 11.1%+2.8pp | 11.9%+2.3pp | 12.8%+4.4pp | 10.1%+4.7pp | |
| Earnings yield | -3.8%-10.3pp | 7.6%+2.1pp | 8.7%+3.4pp | 7.4%+1.7pp | 6.5%+2.6pp | |
| Dividend yield | 1.3%+0.3pp | 1.3%+0.4pp | 1.2%+0.2pp | 1.3%+0.2pp | 1%+0.3pp |
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Compare these in charts →Questions, answered.
- What are Global Payments's profit margins?
- Global Payments (GPN) runs a 67.3% gross margin and a 15.3% operating margin, with a -8.0% net margin.
- Where do Global Payments's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Global Payments's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
