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Global Payments Inc (GPN) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for GPN, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.56 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How GPN has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.56 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Global Payments Inc moved 0.56% on average · correlation 0.13 · higher than 58% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.42 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.30% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +1.56% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Specialty Business Services · United States · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Business Services · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against GPN on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Global Payments Inc

GPN in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Global Payments provides the technology behind card, check and digital payment transactions, covering authorisation, settlement, funding and dispute handling for merchants. It also sells enterprise software for point-of-sale, analytics, payroll and business operations across various industries, reaching customers through direct sales, resellers and financial institution partners. The company is headquartered in Atlanta and has operated since 1967.
Where it sits in the stack
Global Payments carries no seat in Rubin or Halo; it sits in the payments-technology sleeve of our wider company universe, outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks in those indices.
Who it is priced against
No peer group is set for this name in our records; the market commonly compares it with Fiserv and FIS as other large payment-processing firms.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo seat and no Closelooknet score; the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
Whether its chart holds above the 200-day average even as it trades below the 50-day, and whether analyst coverage shifts from its current neutral stance.

Global Payments Inc (GPN) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 7 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Loop Capital, 2026-09-24

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for GPN from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Loop Capital — target 137 Target set to $137 (+60.6% to spot) 2026-09-24
  • Initiation Loop Capital Markets — at Buy Initiated to Buy 2026-09-24
  • Initiation Piper Sandler — at Neutral · target 101 Initiated to Neutral from Neutral · Target set to $101 (+14.1% to spot) 2026-09-10

7 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 initiations, 5 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.16%, quarterly · last 0.25 USD on 2026-09-11

Dividends and capital return

What GPN pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.00 USD per share · a 1.16% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.25 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-11
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.25 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.00 USD · 2025: 1.00 USD · 2026: 0.75 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Global Payments Inc (GPN)?

Global Payments Inc trades as GPN on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is GPN in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Global Payments Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does GPN trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.5% vs the 50-day and +13.3% vs the 200-day average, 9.8% below the 52-week high and +42% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 38 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Global Payments Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Global Payments Inc had a beta of 0.56 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 58% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.30% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Global Payments Inc do?

Global Payments provides the technology behind card, check and digital payment transactions, covering authorisation, settlement, funding and dispute handling for merchants. It also sells enterprise software for point-of-sale, analytics, payroll and business operations across various industries, reaching customers through direct sales, resellers and financial institution partners. The company is headquartered in Atlanta and has operated since 1967. No peer group is set for this name in our records; the market commonly compares it with Fiserv and FIS as other large payment-processing firms.

Where does Global Payments Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Global Payments carries no seat in Rubin or Halo; it sits in the payments-technology sleeve of our wider company universe, outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks in those indices. It is a constituent of the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo seat and no Closelooknet score; the diary has not yet quoted it.

Does Global Payments Inc pay a dividend?

Global Payments Inc has paid 1.00 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.16% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.25 USD on 2026-09-11. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Global Payments Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Global Payments Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Loop Capital on 2026-09-24 (target 137). 7 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 initiations, 5 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GPN, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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