Global Payments (GPN) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026)

Global Payments (GPN) reported Share-based Compensation of $21.5 million for Q1 2026, down 45.93% year-over-year from $39.7 million in Q1 2025, and down 44.66% quarter-over-quarter from $38.8 million in Q4 2025.

Global Payments (GPN) Share-based Compensation (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Global Payments (GPN) has 18 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $21.5 million in Q1 2026.

  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $21.5 million, down 45.93% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $135.4 million (down 17.38% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $153.6 million, down 6.45% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation declined to $21.5 million in Q1 2026 per GPN's latest filing, from $38.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $89.6 million in Q1 2023 and troughed at $21.5 million in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of $41.9 million and a median of $39.7 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Share-based Compensation surged 133.25% in 2023, then plunged 55.21% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $40.8 million in 2022, then slipped by 12.57% to $35.7 million in 2023, then dropped by 16.22% to $29.9 million in 2024, then advanced by 29.93% to $38.8 million in 2025, then plunged by 44.66% to $21.5 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows GPN's Share-based Compensation at $21.5 million in Q1 2026, $38.8 million in Q4 2025, and $35.3 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 Cintas 70.95 Bn 70.77 Bn 1.45 Bn 34.25 Mn
2 Copart 29.43 Bn 26.09 Bn 1.08 Bn 9.46 Mn
3 Rb Global 20.04 Bn 19.85 Bn 869.50 Mn 15.60 Mn
4 UL Solutions 19.54 Bn 19.30 Bn 381.00 Mn 12.00 Mn
5 Global Payments 18.52 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.70 Bn 21.49 Mn
6 Aramark 14.28 Bn 13.87 Bn 426.35 Mn 18.48 Mn
7 Relx 11.84 Bn 11.60 Bn - -
8 Amentum Holdings 5.58 Bn 5.67 Bn 345.00 Mn 8.00 Mn
9 Dolby Laboratories 5.00 Bn 4.42 Bn 350.90 Mn 30.71 Mn
10 Unifirst 4.79 Bn 4.63 Bn 218.82 Mn 3.67 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 21.49 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 21.49 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 38.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 38.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 35.27 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 35.27 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 39.81 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 39.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 39.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 39.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 29.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 29.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 51.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 51.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 43.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 43.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 40.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 40.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 35.67 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 35.67 Mn