Global Payments Inc. · GPN · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

Global Payments: Worldpay and Genius Drive the Next Phase

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but execution-dependent view: resilient operating performance and demand for digital payments provide support, while Worldpay integration, Genius adoption and elevated innovation spending must translate into durable growth and returns.

Reported Before market openNYSEFinancial Services $20.33B market cap
80quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $2.70
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $2.20B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +0.0% Event window
SPY move -0.8% Same window
Abnormal move +0.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 0.8× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -3.3% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The current analysis shifts the strategic center of gravity toward the Worldpay combination and the global Genius rollout. It also highlights a higher innovation investment level, a larger synergy target and a longer-term pro-forma cash-flow opportunity, while maintaining guidance.

Guidance delta

Management maintained its 2025 guidance, according to the supplied transcript analysis.

Key takeaways

  • Q1 adjusted net revenue grew more than 5% year over year, with 70 basis points of margin expansion and 11% adjusted EPS growth, according to the supplied analysis.
  • Worldpay and the Issuer Solutions divestiture are intended to reshape the platform, with management targeting cost and revenue synergies.
  • Genius POS, technology harmonization and more than $1 billion of annual innovation spending are central to the growth plan.

Management priorities

  • Complete the Worldpay acquisition and execute its integration roadmap
  • Launch Genius globally and harmonize the technology stack
  • Reorganize the sales force and unified go-to-market model

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
GPN EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $2.63 Q4 '23 actual $2.65, beat Q1 '24 estimate $2.57 Q1 '24 actual $2.59, beat Q2 '24 estimate $2.91 Q2 '24 actual $2.93, beat Q3 '24 estimate $3.12 Q3 '24 actual $3.08, miss Q2 '25 estimate $3.05 Q2 '25 actual $3.10, beat Q3 '25 estimate $3.23 Q3 '25 actual $3.26, beat Q4 '25 estimate $3.16 Q4 '25 actual $3.18, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2.78 Q1 '26 actual $2.96, beat Q2 '26 estimate $3.44 Q2 '26 actual $3.46, beat Q3 '26 estimate $3.58 Q4 '26 estimate $3.74 Q1 '27 estimate $3.41
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy61 ratings
Bullish3659.0%
Neutral2134.4%
Bearish46.6%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$81.88Previous close
$75Low
$131.46Average
$247High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 14, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Oppenheimer Outperform PerformUpgradeOct 8, 2026
RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainAug 31, 2026
TD Cowen Hold HoldMaintainAug 26, 2026
Wolfe Research Outperform OutperformMaintainAug 25, 2026
Truist Securities Hold HoldMaintainAug 25, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $81.88. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
OppenheimerRayna Kumar$115$81.08 +40.4%Oct 8, 2026
Loop Capital MarketsAnalyst unavailable$137$85.31 +67.3%Sep 24, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$101$88.55 +23.4%Sep 10, 2026
RBC CapitalDaniel Perlin$106$91.82 +29.5%Aug 31, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$95$93.87 +16.0%Aug 25, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Global Payments Inc. is a prominent provider of payment technology and software solutions, facilitating transactions across various forms including card, electronic, check, and digital payments. Its operations span the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The company's business is structured into three primary divisions: Merchant Solutions, Issuer Solutions, and Business and Consumer Solutions. The Merchant Solutions segment offers a comprehensive array of services designed to support businesses in managing their payment processing. These services include transaction authorization, settlement, funding, customer support, chargeback resolution, terminal rental and deployment, robust payment security, consolidated billing, and online reporting. Furthermore, this segment delivers specialized enterprise software solutions that help customers in diverse vertical markets streamline their business operations.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-26T15:30:53.885080+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-14T09:50:45.431743+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-14T09:50:45.428761+00:00

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-14. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.