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No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 23 Feb 2026.
Global Payments Inc: what insiders have been doing
Every trade that managers of Global Payments Inc disclose to SEC (Form 4) is tracked on this page. The company sits in the Industry sector and is based in Atlanta, United States. It was founded in 2000. Between 18 October 2025 and 18 October 2026, 14 insiders published 26 filings.
On the market, 3 insiders bought (3 purchases totalling €378k) while 2 insiders sold (2 sales totalling €938k). Netting one side against the other leaves €560k of net selling. A purchase on the market is a deliberate choice to commit personal money, which is why it draws more attention than a grant. The buyers include 3 senior executives. At €798k, the sale published on 5 December 2025 by Green David Lawrence is the largest of the period.
Compared with its exchange (5,458 companies, median 22 filings), a count of 26 filings is above the norm. Our records for Global Payments Inc go back to 2016, with 10 purchases and 37 sales on the open market in total. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 31 December 2025 lists revenue at 7.71 bn USD and net income at 1.40 bn USD; the dividend was 1.00 USD per share.
The last insider purchase was made public on 23 February 2026, 237 days ago. Between a trade and the moment it shows up on SEC (Form 4), the median delay is 2 days. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: Tennant Co and Butler National Corp. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
Insider Decl.
204
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€2M
10 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€15M
37 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleDavid M. Sheffield3 sales
Carter Andrea M1 sale
Dara L. Steele-Belkin1 sale
David Lawrence Green1 sale
Joia M. Johnson1 buy
ROBERT H. B. BALDWIN Jr.1 buy
+2 other insiders
Since the insiders bought
- -6.5%Entry US$78.34 · Close at T+90 US$73.28
- -15.9%Entry US$81.63 · Close at T+90 US$68.67
- -7.1%Entry US$77.23 · Close at T+90 US$71.76
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Global Payments Inc Buy (bullish), based on 32 analysts. Average price target: US$105.34.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 8,207 of 24,148 companies
59.5
score / 100
Value64
Quality55
FCF yld9.2%
Earn yld6.3%
EV/EBITDA13.3x
ROE2.4%
Gross mgn73%
Net mgn18%
Debt/EBITDA6.6x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$84.17
Analyst consensus
32 analystsBuy
US$70.00Target US$105.34(+25%)US$194.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$7.7B
Gross profitUS$5.6B73% margin
EBITDAUS$3.3B43% margin
Net incomeUS$1.4B-9.2% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)40.1x
PER (forward)5.2x
P/Book1.0x
Beta0.81
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$22.3B
Total debtUS$21.9B
Free Cash FlowUS$2B
Debt / Equity98%
Profitability & ownership
ROE2.4%
ROA2.3%
% insiders0.9%
% institutions112.7%
Last declaration on 11 August 2026
Declarations204 total
825 shares@ US$86.120.0003% mcap1.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000088:0
2,955 shares@ US$88.250.0011% mcap3.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000086:0
9,703 shares@ US$74.660.0032% mcap1.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000078:0
8,871 shares@ US$88.270.0035% mcap1.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000078:1
3,800 shares@ US$77.9950.0013% mcap100.0% of flowCommonSEC144:0001950047-26-006957
2,297 shares@ US$75.460.0008% mcap0.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000076:0
239 shares@ US$80.25100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000047:0
42 shares@ US$68.6722.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000042:0
119,017 shares@ US$76.4621.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000038:0
40,218 shares@ US$76.4641.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000036:0
19,619 shares@ US$76.4688.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000032:0
133 shares@ US$76.4677.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000028:0
19,619 shares@ US$76.46100.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000024:0
1,188 shares@ US$76.461.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000034:0
37,929 shares@ US$76.4617.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000030:0
24,014 shares@ US$82.4711.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000020:0
1,914 shares@ US$82.472.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000016:0
1,213 shares@ US$81.9018.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000010:0
Canonical exit: 21 May 2026 (T+90)
317 shares@ US$82.471.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000018:0
8,288 shares@ US$82.479.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000014:0
35,942 shares@ US$82.477.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-26-000012:0
2,016 shares@ US$81.412.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-25-000092:0
3,000 shares@ US$80.2528.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-25-000090:0
Canonical exit: 10 Mar 2026 (T+90)
11,600 shares@ US$79.995.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-25-000088:0
5,281 shares@ US$65.7525.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001123360-25-000086:0
25 of 204 declarations
About Global Payments Inc
Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) is a major U.S.-listed payments and commerce software company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Its operating roots go back to payment processing and technology services dating to 1967, while the company adopted the Global Payments name in 2000. Over time, it expanded through a long series of acquisitions and capability builds, including TSYS, Heartland, EVO Payments, MineralTree and, most recently, Worldpay, which has materially increased its scale and sharpened its positioning as a merchant-focused commerce platform. ([globalpayments.com](https://www.globalpayments.com/our-company/about-us?utm_source=openai))
Operationally, Global Payments offers a broad stack spanning in-store and online payment acceptance, point-of-sale hardware and software, vertically tailored software, embedded and integrated payments, and a set of value-added services such as fraud prevention, data analytics, foreign exchange management and merchant optimization tools. The company places strong emphasis on vertical use cases, particularly restaurants, retail, entertainment venues and enterprise merchants, with its Genius family of products playing a central role in the product strategy. ([globalpayments.com](https://www.globalpayments.com/our-company/about-us?utm_source=openai))
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From a competitive standpoint, Global Payments sits among the large global consolidators in payments, where scale, reliability, software integration and go-to-market execution are critical. Its footprint is extensive, with recent company disclosures indicating a presence in more than 175 countries, more than 6 million merchant locations and annual payment volume measured in the trillions of dollars. The business also highlights a large partner ecosystem and a customer base ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. ([globalpayments.com](https://www.globalpayments.com/our-company/about-us?utm_source=openai))
The most important recent strategic development is the completion of the Worldpay acquisition and the divestiture of Issuer Solutions in January 2026, which repositioned Global Payments as a more focused pure-play merchant solutions provider. That simplification has been accompanied by additional portfolio pruning, including the sale of the Payroll business, and by continued product investment, such as the launch of Genius for Retail, Genius for Enterprise, a modular countertop device, and, in May 2026, an AI-first Genius handheld aimed at frontline commerce workflows. On the governance side, the board has also been reshaped through additions made in connection with discussions with Elliott Investment Management. ([investors.globalpayments.com](https://investors.globalpayments.com/financial-information/all-sec-filings/content/0001104659-26-002705/0001104659-26-002705.pdf?utm_source=openai))
For investors, Global Payments remains a fintech infrastructure name with durable exposure to the secular shift toward digital commerce. It is listed on the NYSE in the United States, and its current strategic narrative centers on integration execution, operating simplification and product-led growth across merchant acceptance and software-enabled commerce.
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