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Global Payments (GPN) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

On a quarterly basis, FCF Margin fell 4201.0% to 18.53% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 11.97%, a 1945.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 26.46%, down 434.0% from a year prior.

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

  • FCF Margin reached 18.53% in Q1 2026 per GPN's latest filing, down from 17.95% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Margin for GPN hit a ceiling of 503.32% in Q4 2023 and a floor of 18.53% in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 48.59% and a median of 21.98% in 2022 define the central range for FCF Margin.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Margin: skyrocketed 47859bps in 2023, then plummeted -46714bps in 2024.
  • Tracing GPN's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 24.73% in 2022, then soared by 1935bps to 503.32% in 2023, then plummeted by -93bps to 36.18% in 2024, then crashed by -50bps to 17.95% in 2025, then plummeted by -203bps to 18.53% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Margin for GPN 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 Relx 81.40 Bn 81.16 Bn - -
2 Rentokil Initial 79.56 Bn 78.10 Bn - -
3 Cintas 69.26 Bn 69.08 Bn 1.45 Bn 18.67%
4 Copart 33.09 Bn 28.01 Bn 971.24 Mn 5.16%
5 UL Solutions 20.56 Bn 20.32 Bn 381.00 Mn 19.79%
6 Global Payments 19.88 Bn 14.69 Bn 1.70 Bn -18.53%
7 Rb Global 19.08 Bn 18.89 Bn 869.50 Mn 13.98%
8 Aramark 13.57 Bn 13.16 Bn 426.35 Mn 6.09%
9 Amentum Holdings 5.65 Bn 5.74 Bn 345.00 Mn 6.33%
10 Dolby Laboratories 5.15 Bn 4.56 Bn 350.90 Mn 21.09%

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%
Mar 31, 2021 25.79%
Dec 31, 2020 34.33%
Sep 30, 2020 24.17%
Jun 30, 2020 25.13%
Mar 31, 2020 17.43%
Dec 31, 2019 -3.27%
Sep 30, 2019 93.52%
Jun 30, 2019 -6.48%
Mar 31, 2019 19.77%
Dec 31, 2018 44.05%
Sep 30, 2018 11.76%
Jun 30, 2018 19.60%
Mar 31, 2018 30.29%
Dec 31, 2017 10.15%
Sep 30, 2017 4.37%
Jun 30, 2017 -7.24%
Mar 31, 2017 26.94%
Aug 31, 2016 12.16%