Global Payments (GPN) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.58
- Estimate
- $3.58
- Surprise
- 0.0%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $3.31B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.9 → 5.6/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Global Payments (GPN) reported adjusted EPS of $3.58, in line with the $3.58 estimate. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Sell (5.9/10) to Hold at 5.6/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Global Payments, Raises Price Target to $116 — benzinga, 2026-11-06
- Evercore ISI Group Maintains In-Line on Global Payments, Raises Price Target to $90 — benzinga, 2026-11-06
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates GPN Hold at 5.6/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.0% surprise compares with a +1.7% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Earnings estimates trending UP
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (4.0% 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
- $97.27
- Stop
- $90.46
The stock trades at 169.6× trailing but 5.9× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — 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
- $25.13B
- P/E (fwd)
- 5.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 169.6
- 52-week range
- $61.16–$101.32
- Off 52-week high
- 4.0%
- RSI (14)
- 69
- Volume vs avg
- 0.26×
- Score today
- 5.6/10