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Global Payments, Inc.: -7.38% Growth from 52-Week Low, Yet Analysts Divided

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Global Payments, Inc. experienced a rather steady stock market performance. The highest value in the past year was recorded at $141.77 on 02/15/24 and the lowest value was $95.12 on 06/28/23.

52-week price history of GPN Stock

Studying a stock’s 52-week price history, which includes both low and high prices, can help gauge its current status and potential future performance. Global Payments, Inc.’s current trading price is -7.38% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 38.05%. The stock’s price range during the 52-week period has remained between $95.12 and $141.77. In the Technology sector, the company’s shares saw a trading volume of around 3.44 million for the day, which was evidently higher than the average daily volume of 2.19 million over the past three months.

Market Capitalization and Financial Performance: An In-Depth Look

Global Payments, Inc. (GPN) has experienced a quarterly rise of 2.44% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 33.88B and boasts a workforce of 27000 employees.

Making Sense of Trading Volume and Moving Average Data

Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 124.97, with a change in price of +19.81. Similarly, Global Payments, Inc. recorded 2,206,884 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +17.77%.

Examining GPN’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio: What You Need to Know

The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio is a crucial measure that sheds light on a company’s financial health and market standing. It is determined by dividing a company’s overall liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, showing the extent of a company’s debt usage in financing its assets compared to the shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for GPN stands at 0.77. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.70.

GPN Stock Stochastic Average

Global Payments, Inc.’s raw stochastic average for the past 50 days is presently 33.07%, as of today. This marks a increase from the raw stochastic average of the last 20 days, which was 29.09%. Additionally, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the past 20 days were 23.38% and 26.27%, respectively.

GPN Stock Price Performance Analysis

A mixed performance in the stock price over the year has left investors with either an optimistic or pessimistic outlook, depending on their point of view. This year’s metric has recorded a Price increase of 3.39%. However, over the past six months, we’ve seen a weaker performance of 6.50%. The price of GPN leaped by -2.15% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has fallen by -1.35%.