Global Payments (GPN) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $3.46
- Estimate
- $3.44
- Surprise
- +0.6%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $3.32B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.6 → 6.6/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Global Payments (GPN) beat the $3.44 estimate with diluted EPS of $3.46 — a modest 0.6% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (6.6/10) to Buy (Wait) at 6.6/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates GPN Hold at 5.5/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.6% surprise compares with a +1.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-03.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.67)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (2.3% away)
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $93.58
- Price target
- $107.67
- Stop
- $88.53
- Upside to target
- +15.1%
The stock trades at 44.1× trailing but 5.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
GPN at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Market cap
- $24.28B
- P/E (fwd)
- 5.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 44.1
- 52-week range
- $61.16–$95.88
- Off 52-week high
- 2.4%
- RSI (14)
- 62
- Volume vs avg
- 0.54×
- Score today
- 5.5/10