Global Payments, Inc (GPN) is expecting 7.12% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) kicked off on Friday, up 1.71% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $115.85. Over the past 52 weeks, GPN has traded in a range of $91.60-$141.77.

Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Technology sector was 24.95%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 11.10%. With a float of $252.30 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $254.40 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 27000 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 62.79%, operating margin of 20.96%, and the pretax margin is 15.14%.

Global Payments, Inc (GPN) Insider Activity

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Software – Infrastructure Industry. The insider ownership of Global Payments, Inc is 0.86%, while institutional ownership is 91.53%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 04 ’24, was worth 250,015. In this transaction Chief Human Resources Officer of this company sold 2,366 shares at a rate of $105.67, taking the stock ownership to the 22,078 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 04 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 2,366 for $105.67, making the entire transaction worth $250,006.

Global Payments, Inc (GPN) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 11.10% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 11.25% during the next five years compared to 5.82% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Global Payments, Inc’s (GPN) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.93. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.04. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 10.56.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.30, a number that is poised to hit 2.98 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 12.84 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Global Payments, Inc (GPN)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 2.28 million, its volume of 2.25 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 35.02%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 2.23.

During the past 100 days, Global Payments, Inc’s (GPN) raw stochastic average was set at 92.25%, which indicates a significant increase from 63.83% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 15.91% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 32.88% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $107.73, while its 200-day Moving Average is $110.28. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $118.71 in the near term. At $119.59, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $120.83. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $116.59, it is likely to go to the next support level at $115.36. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $114.48.

Global Payments, Inc (NYSE: GPN) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 30.50 billion has total of 254,495K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 9,654 M in contrast with the sum of 986,230 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 2,602 M and last quarter income was 315,130 K.