As of today (2025-04-25), Global Payments's share price is $72.48.
Global Payments's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 was $11.22. Hence, Global Payments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 6.46.
The historical rank and industry rank for Global Payments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
GPN'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 6.19 Med: 21.36 Max: 1421.38
Current: 6.42
During the past 13 years, Global Payments's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 1421.38. The lowest was 6.19. And the median was 21.36.
GPN's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than 79.56% of 685
companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 12.89
vs GPN: 6.42
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Global Payments was 84.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.80% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 21.00% per year.
During the past 13 years, Global Payments's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 157.30% per year. The lowest was -41.10% per year. And the median was 13.00% per year.
Global Payments Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for Global Payments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Global Payments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Global Payments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Global Payments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Global Payments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Global Payments's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
Global Payments's Share Price of today is $72.48. Global Payments's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $11.22.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Global Payments (NYSE:GPN) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
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Global Payments is a leading provider of payment processing and software solutions and focuses on serving small and midsize merchants. The company operates in 30 countries and generates about one fourth of its revenue from outside North America, primarily in Europe and Asia. In 2019, Global Payments merged with Total System Services in an all-stock deal that gave Total System Services shareholders 48% of the combined company's shares. The merger added issuer processing operations.
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