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Global Payments GPN Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.0B+63.1%
Gross profit$1.7B+28.0%
Operating income-$15.6M-104%
Net income-$1.8B-689%
EPS (diluted)-$6.59-631%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$5.9B+116%
Total debt$22.6B+39.3%
Total equity$23.8B+6.9%
Total assets$64.3B+34.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$288.8M-152%
CapEx$261.3M+105%
Free cash flow-$550.2M-229%

Valuation

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Market cap$18.15B-23.1%
Enterprise value$34.88B-6.2%
P/S2.1×-1.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin67.3%-6.4pp
Operating margin15.3%-10.4pp
Net margin-8%-28.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-3.1%-10.1pp
Debt / equity0.9×+0.2×
Current ratio0.8×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Global Payments’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Global Payments’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Global Payments's return on invested capital?
Global Payments (GPN) reported return on invested capital of 3.6% in Q1 2026.
How has Global Payments's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Global Payments's return on invested capital decreased by 20.3% year-over-year, from 4.5% to 3.6%.
What is the long-term trend for Global Payments's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Global Payments's return on invested capital has grown at a 11.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 11.4% to 17.5%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.