Global Payments (GPN) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026)
Global Payments (GPN) reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 2.37% for Q2 2026, down 1.65 percentage points from 4.02% a year earlier and down 0.05 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Global Payments (GPN) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Global Payments posted Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 3.34%, down 0.87 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +1.25 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 4.21% in FY2024 (+1.58 pp), 2.64% in FY2023 (+2.19 pp), 0.45% in FY2022 (-2.61 pp) and 3.06% in FY2021 (+0.96 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q1 2023.
- Year over year, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.03 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in five years was Q3 2023 (a gain of 3.06 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2022 (a drop of 2.82 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 2.42% (Q1 2026), 3.52% (Q4 2025) and 4.48% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coinbase Global | 48.27 Bn | 5.08 Bn | - | 2.41% |
| 2 | PayPal Holdings | 45.51 Bn | 3.74 Bn | - | 15.87% |
| 3 | Block | 44.67 Bn | 15.93 Bn | 3.17 Bn | 2.04% |
| 4 | Iren | 31.78 Bn | 19.37 Bn | 103.89 Mn | - |
| 5 | Corpay | 25.91 Bn | 16.11 Bn | - | 12.44% |
| 6 | Fiserv | 23.59 Bn | 20.29 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 7.03% |
| 7 | Global Payments | 20.83 Bn | -735.18 Mn | 2.03 Bn | 2.37% |
| 8 | Bitmine Immersion Technologies | 15.23 Bn | 12.61 Bn | 40.81 Mn | - |
| 9 | Guidewire Software | 12.47 Bn | 9.03 Bn | 269.68 Mn | 6.58% |
| 10 | Hut 8 | 11.04 Bn | 10.88 Bn | 48.04 Mn | -13.57% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.37% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.42% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 3.52% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.48% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.02% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.18% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.40% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.18% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.48% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 3.41% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 2.51% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.15% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.86% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.84% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.45% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.09% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.19% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.19% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.02% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.91% |
Global Payments Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] 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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GPN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GPN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();