Global Payments (GPN) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Global Payments (GPN) reported Operating Expenses of $3.0 billion for Q1 2026, up 106.12% year-over-year from $1.4 billion in Q1 2025, and up 69.28% quarter-over-quarter from $1.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Global Payments (GPN) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Global Payments (GPN) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $3.0 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $3.0 billion, up 106.12% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $7.5 billion (up 30.91% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $6.0 billion, up 3.29% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses rose to $3.0 billion in Q1 2026 per GPN's latest filing, from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $3.0 billion in Q1 2026 and troughed at $61.2 million in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $1.7 billion and a median of $1.8 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Operating Expenses tumbled 96.68% in 2023, then jumped 1919.2% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then plunged by 96.68% to $61.2 million in 2023, then jumped by 1919.2% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then soared by 42.63% to $1.8 billion in 2025, then jumped by 69.28% to $3.0 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GPN's Operating Expenses at $3.0 billion in Q1 2026, $1.8 billion in Q4 2025, and $1.2 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Cintas 70.95 Bn 70.77 Bn 1.45 Bn 788.55 Mn
2 Copart 29.43 Bn 26.09 Bn 1.08 Bn 772.78 Mn
3 Rb Global 20.04 Bn 19.85 Bn 869.50 Mn 1.02 Bn
4 UL Solutions 19.54 Bn 19.30 Bn 381.00 Mn 243.00 Mn
5 Global Payments 18.52 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.70 Bn 2.99 Bn
6 Aramark 14.28 Bn 13.87 Bn 426.35 Mn 4.69 Bn
7 Relx 11.84 Bn 11.60 Bn - -
8 Amentum Holdings 5.58 Bn 5.67 Bn 345.00 Mn 124.00 Mn
9 Dolby Laboratories 5.00 Bn 4.42 Bn 350.90 Mn 237.95 Mn
10 Unifirst 4.79 Bn 4.63 Bn 218.82 Mn 596.49 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.99 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.76 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.23 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.53 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.45 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.24 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.55 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.50 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 61.23 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 1.92 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.85 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 2.24 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.85 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.90 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 2.81 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.78 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.87 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.80 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.77 Bn