Financing
Share Buybacks
Year-over-year, this metric grew by 23.2%, from $446.29M to $549.93M. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Share Buybacks shows a downward trend with a -17.2% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementCash Flow Statement
SectionFinancing
CategoryCapital Allocation
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityVolatile
First reportedQ3 2017
Last reportedQ1 2026May 8, 2026
How to read this metric
High repurchases often signal management's confidence in the company's valuation or a strategy to improve earnings per share.
Detailed definition
The cash outflow associated with the company buying back its own shares from the open market. This is a primary method f...
Peer comparison
Common among mature, cash-generative companies; peers in the healthcare sector often balance this with R&D investment.
Metric ID:
share_repurchasesHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $269.98M | $760.76M | $699.94M | $649.65M | $600.34M | $889.74M | $781.58M | $202.79M | $215.49M | $0.00 | $1.00K | $800.05M | $100.00M | $0.00 | $651.90M | $446.29M | $244.80M | $500.00M | $0.00 | $549.93M |
| QoQ Change | — | +181.8% | -8.0% | -7.2% | -7.6% | +48.2% | -12.2% | -74.1% | +6.3% | -100.0% | — | >999% | -87.5% | -100.0% | — | -31.5% | -45.1% | +104.2% | -100.0% | — |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +122.4% | +17.0% | +11.7% | -68.8% | -64.1% | -100.0% | -100.0% | +294.5% | -53.6% | — | >999% | -44.2% | +144.8% | — | -100.0% | +23.2% |
Range$0.00 – $889.74M
CAGR+16.2%
Avg YoY Growth>999%
Median YoY Growth-16.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Global Payments's share buybacks?
- Global Payments (GPN) reported share buybacks of $549.93M in Q1 2026.
- How has Global Payments's share buybacks changed year-over-year?
- Global Payments's share buybacks increased by 23.2% year-over-year, from $446.29M to $549.93M.
- What is the long-term trend for Global Payments's share buybacks?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Global Payments's share buybacks has grown at a -17.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $2.53B to $1.19B.
- What does share buybacks mean?
- Cash spent by the company to buy back its own stock.