Global Payments (GPN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Global Payments' Operating Margin came in at 10.15% for Q2 2026, down 9.82 percentage points from 19.97% a year earlier but up 10.68 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Global Payments (GPN) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Global Payments reported Operating Margin of 12.40%, down 12.27 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 22.77%, down 2.75 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of +10.73 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was 25.52% in FY2024 (+7.70 pp), 17.83% in FY2023 (+10.70 pp), 7.13% in FY2022 (-8.81 pp) and 15.94% in FY2021 (+3.90 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Operating Margin is -23.23% (Q2 2022) to 61.53% (Q4 2023).
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -8.72 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q2 2023 (a gain of 47.81 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a drop of 40.19 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows GPN's Operating Margin at -0.53% (Q1 2026), 8.76% (Q4 2025) and 38.75% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Block | 52.19 Bn | 23.96 Bn | 3.24 Bn | 6.38% |
| 2 | PayPal Holdings | 50.03 Bn | 8.73 Bn | - | 16.33% |
| 3 | Coinbase Global | 35.13 Bn | -4.52 Bn | - | 5.07% |
| 4 | Fiserv | 33.23 Bn | 30.43 Bn | 2.76 Bn | -105.74% |
| 5 | Corpay | 29.63 Bn | 18.45 Bn | - | 44.96% |
| 6 | Global Payments | 26.81 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 2.01 Bn | 7.45% |
| 7 | Guidewire Software | 13.13 Bn | 9.70 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 15.16% |
| 8 | Chime Financial | 12.34 Bn | 8.03 Bn | 646.07 Mn | 4.78% |
| 9 | Jack Henry & Associates | 12.26 Bn | 12.16 Bn | 273.85 Mn | 21.24% |
| 10 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 10.03 Bn | 7.41 Bn | 40.81 Mn | -25.50% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 7.45% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 10.15% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -0.53% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.76% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 38.75% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.97% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 20.43% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 36.04% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 22.16% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 24.12% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 18.69% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 61.53% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 22.55% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 24.58% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.47% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 18.09% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 16.91% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -23.23% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.44% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 14.63% |
API Access
Global Payments Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=GPN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "GPN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=GPN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();