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Global Payments (Global Payments) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.76 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Global Payments's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,684 Mil. Global Payments's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15,692 Mil. Global Payments's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $22,999 Mil. Global Payments's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.76.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Global Payments's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

GPN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.35   Med: 1.08   Max: 3.08
Current: 0.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Global Payments was 3.08. The lowest was 0.35. And the median was 1.08.

GPN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
66.77% of 930 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs GPN: 0.76

Global Payments Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Payments's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Global Payments Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.35 0.36 0.47 0.64 0.76

Global Payments Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.64 0.82 0.79 0.77 0.76

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Global Payments's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Global Payments Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Global Payments's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Global Payments's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Global Payments Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Global Payments's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Global Payments's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Global Payments  (NYSE:GPN) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Global Payments (Global Payments) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3550 Lenox Road, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30326
Global Payments is a leading provider of payment processing and software solutions and focuses on serving small and midsize merchants. The company operates in 30 countries and generates about one fourth of its revenue from outside North America, primarily in Europe and Asia. In 2019, Global Payments merged with Total System Services in an all-stock deal that gave Total System Services shareholders 48% of the combined company's shares. The merger added issuer processing operations.
Executives
M Troy Woods director ONE TSYS WAY, COLUMBUS GA 31901
Baldwin Robert H B Jr director C/O HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC., 90 NASSAU STREET, PRINCETON NJ 08542
David M Sheffield officer: Chief Accounting Officer 10 GLENLAKE PARKWAY, NORTH TOWER, ATLANTA GA 30328
David Lawrence Green officer: EVP and General Counsel 1431 FAIRVIEW ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30306
Kirsten Marie Kliphouse director 531 SOUTH SPRING STREET, BURLINGTON NC 27215
Joshua J Whipple officer: Senior Executive VP and CFO 3550 LENOX ROAD NE, ATLANTA GA 30326
Guido Francesco Sacchi officer: EVP and CIO 533 ORME CIRCLE NE, ATLANTA GA 30306
Andrea M Carter officer: Senior Executive VP and CHRO 600 N. HURSTBOURNE PARKWAY, SUITE 400, LOUISVILLE KY 40222
Jeffrey Steven Sloan director, officer: CEO 5048 NORTHSIDE DRIVE, ATLANTA GA 30327
John G Bruno director
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