Last Price$100.80.6%
Market Cap$25.3B
LTM Free Cash Flow margin
28.3%
5Y avg
22.0%
Specialty Business Services industry
median
4.6%
Stock quality & Intrinsic value
7/10
0.6% undervalued
Global Payments Inc. Free Cash Flow margin
Annual
Quarterly
LTM
Industry median
Company stand-alone
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| May'06 | May'07 | May'08 | May'09 | May'10 | May'11 | May'12 | May'13 | May'14 | May'15 | May'16 | Dec'16 | Dec'17 | Dec'18 | Dec'19 | Dec'20 | Dec'21 | Dec'22 | Dec'23 | Dec'24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow margin | 23.1% | 14.7% | 17.8% | 23.4% | 24.9% | 32.9% | (12.9%) | 6.0% | 4.4% | 12.2% | 17.3% | 15.4% | 8.3% | 26.5% | 22.1% | 25.3% | 26.8% | 18.1% | 16.5% | 28.3% |
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Global Payments Inc. (GPN) Free Cash Flow margin comparison analysis
General
LTM Free Cash Flow margin
OTHER METRICS
Company name
Revenue growth
EPS growth
Net Income margin
Global Payments Inc.GPN
28.3%
4.7%
63.5%
15.5%
Median Peer Set
6.9%
8.4%
21.2%
5.9%
Thomson Reuters CorporationTRI
25.5%
2.5%
49.0%
39.7%
RB Global, Inc.RBA
23.4%
16.4%
114.3%
9.6%
Cintas CorporationCTAS
18.7%
8.9%
16.7%
16.4%
Rentokil Initial plcRTO
9.7%
45.5%
25.6%
7.1%
UniFirst CorporationUNF
7.6%
8.7%
35.0%
6.0%
CBIZ, Inc.CBZ
6.1%
14.0%
(67.8%)
2.3%
Maximus, Inc.MMS
5.2%
8.2%
89.8%
5.8%
AramarkARMK
2.8%
(7.7%)
(61.4%)
1.5%
ABM Industries IncorporatedABM
2.0%
3.2%
(66.1%)
1.0%
First Advantage CorporationFA
0.0%
(5.7%)
(39.5%)
4.9%
GPN key stats
USD
Millions
Billions
Annual
Quarterly
Trailing
Key stats
Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash Flow Statement
Valuation
Ratios
Per share
Per employee
Dividends & Yields
| May'06 | May'07 | May'08 | May'09 | May'10 | May'11 | May'12 | May'13 | May'14 | May'15 | May'16 | Dec'16 | Dec'17 | Dec'18 | Dec'19 | Dec'20 | Dec'21 | Dec'22 | Dec'23 | Dec'24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% growth | 908.1 15.8% | 1,061.5 16.9% | 1,274.2 20.0% | 1,462.3 14.8% | 1,642.5 12.3% | 1,859.8 13.2% | 2,203.8 18.5% | 2,375.9 7.8% | 2,554.2 7.5% | 2,773.7 8.6% | 2,898.2 4.5% | 3,371.0 16.3% | 3,975.2 17.9% | 3,366.4 (15.3%) | 4,911.9 45.9% | 7,423.6 51.1% | 8,523.8 14.8% | 8,975.5 5.3% | 9,654.4 7.6% | 10,105.9 4.7% |
| Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) | 358.0 | 414.8 | 475.6 | 504.9 | 584.6 | 665.0 | 784.8 | 862.1 | 952.2 | 1,022.1 | 1,147.6 | 1,603.5 | 1,928.0 | 1,095.0 | 2,073.8 | 3,650.7 | 3,773.7 | 3,778.6 | 3,727.5 | 3,760.1 |
% margin | 550.0 60.6% | 646.7 60.9% | 798.6 62.7% | 957.5 65.5% | 1,057.9 64.4% | 1,194.8 64.2% | 1,419.1 64.4% | 1,513.8 63.7% | 1,602.0 62.7% | 1,751.6 63.2% | 1,750.5 60.4% | 1,767.4 52.4% | 2,047.1 51.5% | 2,271.4 67.5% | 2,838.1 57.8% | 3,772.8 50.8% | 4,750.0 55.7% | 5,196.9 57.9% | 5,926.9 61.4% | 6,345.8 62.8% |
| Operating Expenses | 347.1 | 425.5 | 545.9 | 664.9 | 734.6 | 863.2 | 1,111.7 | 1,156.6 | 1,196.5 | 1,295.0 | 1,325.6 | 1,411.1 | 1,488.3 | 1,534.3 | 2,046.7 | 2,878.9 | 3,391.2 | 3,524.6 | 4,230.5 | 4,012.2 |
| Research & Development Expenses (R&D) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Selling, General & Administrative Expenses (SG&A) | 347.1 | 425.5 | 545.9 | 664.9 | 734.6 | 863.2 | 1,027.3 | 1,119.9 | 1,196.5 | 1,295.0 | 1,325.6 | 1,411.1 | 1,488.3 | 1,534.3 | 2,046.7 | 2,878.9 | 3,391.2 | 3,524.6 | 4,073.8 | 4,285.3 |
% margin | 201.1 22.1% | 218.1 20.5% | 251.4 19.7% | 292.5 20.0% | 323.3 19.7% | 331.6 17.8% | 307.3 13.9% | 357.2 15.0% | 405.5 15.9% | 456.6 16.5% | 424.9 14.7% | 356.3 10.6% | 558.9 14.1% | 737.1 21.9% | 791.4 16.1% | 894.0 12.0% | 1,358.9 15.9% | 640.2 7.1% | 1,716.4 17.8% | 2,333.6 23.1% |
| Interest Income | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 13.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 180.6 | 8.7 | 20.7 | 31.4 | 43.6 | 19.3 | 33.6 | 113.7 | 169.2 |
| Interest Expense | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 17.5 | 18.2 | 16.8 | 33.3 | 41.8 | 44.4 | 69.3 | 0.0 | 174.8 | 195.6 | 304.9 | 343.5 | 333.7 | 449.4 | 660.2 | 634.0 |
| Pre-tax Income | 201.5 | 226.3 | 261.4 | 292.3 | 310.4 | 324.2 | 300.4 | 334.3 | 377.4 | 417.1 | 360.9 | 257.0 | 392.7 | 562.2 | 517.9 | 594.0 | 1,044.5 | 224.3 | 1,169.9 | 1,868.8 |
% effective tax rate | 67.5 33.5% | 73.4 32.4% | 90.6 34.7% | 85.3 29.2% | 87.4 28.2% | 95.1 29.3% | 82.9 27.6% | 95.6 28.6% | 107.4 28.5% | 108.0 25.9% | 70.7 19.6% | 36.3 14.1% | (101.4) (25.8%) | 77.5 13.8% | 62.2 12.0% | 77.2 13.0% | 169.0 16.2% | 166.7 74.3% | 209.0 17.9% | 295.1 15.8% |
% margin | 125.5 13.8% | 143.0 13.5% | 162.8 12.8% | 37.2 2.5% | 203.3 12.4% | 209.2 11.3% | 188.2 8.5% | 216.1 9.1% | 245.3 9.6% | 278.0 10.0% | 271.7 9.4% | 201.8 6.0% | 468.4 11.8% | 452.1 13.4% | 430.6 8.8% | 584.5 7.9% | 965.5 11.3% | 111.5 1.2% | 986.2 10.2% | 1,570.4 15.5% |
| EPS | 0.80 | 0.89 | 1.02 | 0.23 | 1.25 | 1.31 | 1.20 | 1.39 | 1.70 | 2.07 | 2.05 | 1.38 | 3.03 | 2.85 | 2.17 | 1.95 | 3.30 | 0.41 | 3.78 | 6.18 |
| Diluted EPS | 0.77 | 0.88 | 1.00 | 0.23 | 1.24 | 1.30 | 1.19 | 1.38 | 1.69 | 2.06 | 2.04 | 1.37 | 3.01 | 2.84 | 2.16 | 1.95 | 3.29 | 0.40 | 3.77 | 6.16 |
% margin | 249.2 27.4% | 275.2 25.9% | 313.6 24.6% | 235.0 16.1% | 396.6 24.1% | 424.6 22.8% | 416.4 18.9% | 479.4 20.2% | 541.2 21.2% | 594.1 21.4% | 618.1 21.3% | 748.1 22.2% | 1,010.0 25.4% | 1,316.0 39.1% | 1,765.0 35.9% | 2,508.4 33.8% | 3,233.6 37.9% | 2,427.7 27.0% | 3,606.8 37.4% | 4,365.1 43.2% |
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FAQ
1) What is Global Payments Inc.'s Free Cash Flow margin?
As of today, Microsoft Corp's last 12-month Free Cash Flow margin is 28.3%, based on the financial report for Dec 31, 2024 (Q4’2024). The average annual Free Cash Flow margin for Global Payments Inc. have been 21.7% over the past three years, and 23.1% over the past five years.
2) Is Global Payments Inc.'s Free Cash Flow margin Good?
As of today, Global Payments Inc.'s Free Cash Flow margin is 28.3%, which is higher than industry median of 4.6%. It indicates that Global Payments Inc.'s Free Cash Flow margin is Good.