Global Payments profit margin GPN
Gross, operating and net profit as a share of revenue over the last twelve months, from 2010.
- Net margin, 12 months
- −9.1%
- Operating margin, 12 months
- 12.4%
- Net margin on a year earlier
- −26.4 pts
- Peer median
- 13.2%
Over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Global Payments kept −9.1% of its revenue as net profit, with an operating margin of 12.4% and a gross margin of 63.9%.
Five years earlier its net margin was 10.8%.
The median for 10 credit services stocks of a similar size is 13.2%.
Profit margin over time
Fiscal year by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Net margin | Operating margin | Gross margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 18.1% | 22.2% | 72.5% |
| FY2024 | 17.6% | 24.7% | 67.6% |
| FY2023 | 10.2% | 17.8% | 61.4% |
| FY2022 | 1.2% | 7.1% | 57.9% |
| FY2021 | 11.3% | 15.9% | 55.7% |
| FY2020 | 7.9% | 12.0% | 50.8% |
| FY2019 | 8.8% | 16.1% | 57.8% |
| FY2018 | 13.4% | 21.9% | 67.5% |
| FY2017 | 11.8% | 14.1% | 51.5% |
| FY2016 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| FY2016 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| FY2015 | 10.0% | 16.5% | 63.2% |
| FY2014 | 9.6% | 15.9% | 62.7% |
| FY2013 | 9.1% | 15.0% | 63.7% |
| FY2012 | 8.5% | 13.9% | 64.4% |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Ended | Net margin, 12 months | Change on a year | Operating margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY26 | −9.1% | −26.4 pts | 12.4% | |
| Q1 FY26 | −7.9% | −26.8 pts | 14.9% | |
| Q4 FY25 | 18.1% | +0.5 pts | 22.2% | |
| Q3 FY25 | 21.0% | +5.6 pts | 28.6% | |
| Q2 FY25 | 17.2% | +2.0 pts | 24.6% | |
| Q1 FY25 | 18.8% | +5.4 pts | 25.6% | |
| Q4 FY24 | 17.6% | +7.4 pts | 24.7% | |
| Q3 FY24 | 15.5% | +6.2 pts | 21.2% | |
| Q2 FY24 | 15.2% | +6.5 pts | 21.3% | |
| Q1 FY24 | 13.4% | +15.0 pts | 21.6% | |
| Q4 FY23 | 10.2% | +9.0 pts | 17.8% | |
| Q3 FY23 | 9.2% | +8.4 pts | 17.2% |
Against its peers
Companies in Financial - Credit Services nearest Global Payments' size, closest first, today.
| Company | Profit margin |
|---|---|
| GPNGlobal Payments | −9.1% |
| AFRMAffirm | 45.3% |
| SYFSynchrony Financial | 18.3% |
| SOFISoFi Technologies | 14.8% |
| RBARB Global | 10.0% |
| CSGPCostar | 2.1% |
| CARTMaplebear | 12.0% |
| PYPLPayPal | 14.4% |
| HQYHealthequity | 17.4% |
| ETSYEtsy | 7.3% |
| ZGZillow | 2.0% |
| Peer median | 13.2% |
Where Global Payments ranks
What the profit margin tells you
Profit as a share of revenue at three levels: gross (after making the product), operating (after running the business) and net (after everything, including tax and interest).
Compare within an industry. 10% is superb for a retailer and poor for a software company.
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