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

Global Payments' (GPN) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 0.53% in Q1 2026, down 2096.0% year-on-year from 0.03% in Q1 2025, and down 106.01% on a QoQ basis from 8.76% in Q4 2025.

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

Global Payments (GPN) has 18 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 0.53% in Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 2096.0% year-over-year to 0.53% in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was 15.33%, a 1040.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 22.77%, down 275.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 0.53%, down from 8.76% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Operating Margin for GPN reached as high as 61.53% in Q4 2023 and fell as low as 23.23% in Q2 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 19.45% across 5 years, with a median of 20.43% in 2025.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin plunged 4019 bps in 2022 and jumped 4781 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 18.09% in 2022, then soared by 240 bps to 61.53% in 2023, then tumbled by 41 bps to 36.04% in 2024, then slumped by 76 bps to 8.76% in 2025, then plunged by 106 bps to 0.53% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Operating Margin figures were 0.53% in Q1 2026, 8.76% in Q4 2025, and 38.75% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Cintas 82.43 Bn 82.25 Bn 1.45 Bn 23.22%
2 Rentokil Initial 71.81 Bn 69.31 Bn - 7.67%
3 Relx 63.28 Bn 63.04 Bn - -
4 Thomson Reuters 40.35 Bn 39.49 Bn - 30.62%
5 Copart 26.32 Bn 22.97 Bn 732.88 Mn 37.53%
6 Global Payments 22.09 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.70 Bn -0.53%
7 Rb Global 20.79 Bn 20.60 Bn 927.90 Mn 17.62%
8 UL Solutions 17.26 Bn 17.01 Bn 381.00 Mn 18.21%
9 Aramark 15.08 Bn 14.60 Bn 426.39 Mn 4.48%
10 Amentum Holdings 5.52 Bn 5.10 Bn 345.00 Mn 4.34%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -0.53%
Dec 31, 2025 8.76%
Sep 30, 2025 38.75%
Jun 30, 2025 21.83%
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%
Sep 30, 2021 18.17%
Jun 30, 2021 16.96%