RBC Capital Maintains Their Buy Rating on Global Payments (GPN)


In a report issued on October 19, Daniel Perlin from RBC Capital maintained a Buy rating on Global Payments (GPN), with a price target of $214.00. The company’s shares closed last Tuesday at $174.30.

According to TipRanks.com, Perlin is a top 100 analyst with an average return of 22.3% and a 76.0% success rate. Perlin covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as SS&C Technologies Holdings, Bottomline Technologies, and Jack Henry & Associates.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for Global Payments with a $209.06 average price target, which is a 21.0% upside from current levels. In a report issued on October 5, Raymond James also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $206.00 price target.

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Global Payments’ market cap is currently $52.98B and has a P/E ratio of 136.20. The company has a Price to Book ratio of -6.03.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 75 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of GPN in relation to earlier this year. Last month, William I. Jacobs, a Director at GPN sold 7,224 shares for a total of $1,263,405.

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Global Payments, Inc. engages in the provision of payment technology and software solutions. It operates through the following segments: Merchant Solutions, Issuer Solutions and Business & Consumer Solutions. The Merchant Solutions segment provides payments technology and software solutions to customers globally. It also provides a variety of value-added services, including specialty point-of-sale solutions, analytic and engagement tools, payroll services and reporting that assist customers with driving demand. The Issuer Solutions segment provides solutions that enable financial institutions and other financial service providers to manage their card portfolios, reduce technical complexity and overhead and offer a seamless experience for cardholders on a single platform. It also provides commercial payments and e Payables solutions that support business-to-business payment processes for businesses and governments. The Business and Consumer Solutions segment provides general purpose reloadable prepaid debit and payroll cards, demand deposit accounts and other financial service solutions to the under banked and other consumers and businesses in the United States through Netspend brand. The company was founded in January 31, 2001 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

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