Global Payments (GPN) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Global Payments (GPN) reported FCF Margin of 18.53% for Q1 2026, down 4201.0% year-over-year from 0.45% in Q1 2025, and down 203.19% quarter-over-quarter from 17.95% in Q4 2025.

Global Payments (GPN) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Global Payments (GPN) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 18.53% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 18.53%, down 4201.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 11.97% (down 1945.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 26.46%, down 434.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin eased to 18.53% in Q1 2026 per GPN's latest filing, from 17.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 503.32% in Q4 2023 and troughed at 18.53% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 48.59% and a median of 21.98% in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: FCF Margin surged 47859 bps in 2023, then plunged 46714 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 24.73% in 2022, then soared by 1935 bps to 503.32% in 2023, then sank by 93 bps to 36.18% in 2024, then tumbled by 50 bps to 17.95% in 2025, then slumped by 203 bps to 18.53% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GPN's FCF Margin at 18.53% in Q1 2026, 17.95% in Q4 2025, and 29.83% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Cintas 70.95 Bn 70.77 Bn 1.45 Bn 18.67%
2 Copart 29.43 Bn 26.09 Bn 1.08 Bn 40.69%
3 Rb Global 20.04 Bn 19.85 Bn 869.50 Mn 13.98%
4 UL Solutions 19.54 Bn 19.30 Bn 381.00 Mn 19.79%
5 Global Payments 18.52 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.70 Bn -18.53%
6 Aramark 14.28 Bn 13.87 Bn 426.35 Mn 6.09%
7 Relx 11.84 Bn 11.60 Bn - -
8 Amentum Holdings 5.58 Bn 5.67 Bn 345.00 Mn 6.33%
9 Dolby Laboratories 5.00 Bn 4.42 Bn 350.90 Mn 21.09%
10 Unifirst 4.79 Bn 4.63 Bn 218.82 Mn 0.82%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -18.53%
Dec 31, 2025 17.95%
Sep 30, 2025 29.83%
Jun 30, 2025 34.00%
Mar 31, 2025 23.49%
Dec 31, 2024 36.18%
Sep 30, 2024 33.51%
Jun 30, 2024 31.94%
Mar 31, 2024 15.87%
Dec 31, 2023 503.32%
Sep 30, 2023 10.38%
Jun 30, 2023 16.15%
Mar 31, 2023 19.08%
Dec 31, 2022 24.73%
Sep 30, 2022 8.62%
Jun 30, 2022 17.55%
Mar 31, 2022 21.98%
Dec 31, 2021 27.84%
Sep 30, 2021 35.73%
Jun 30, 2021 17.63%