Global Payments Inc Dividend yield

Global Payments Inc is part of Support Services business, which is part of Industrials industry. Global Payments Inc is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Global Payments Inc stock dividend

Global Payments Inc paid a total dividend of 264 million USD last year, for a market value of 33,446 millions (Market Cap 33,084 millions). Global Payments Inc dividend per share is 1.00 USD, and his stock market price 126.69 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Global Payments Inc has a dividend yield of 0.79%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Global Payments Inc stocks dividend with other Support Services companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

Global Payments Inc Dividend Payout

About the ability of Global Payments Inc to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.00 per share, an amount that accounts for 0.79%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Global Payments Inc payout on ernings is currently 19.19%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Global Payments Inccan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Global Payments Inc is USD 8.50 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.00, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Global Payments Inc, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Support Services sector companies.

Global Payments Inc Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Global Payments Inc's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	0.79%	1.00	19.19%	264
2022	1.01%	1.00	11.98%	270
2021	0.74%	1.00	15.75%	290
2020	0.36%	0.78	21.25%	299
2019	0.43%	0.79	29.48%	301
2018	0.04%	0.04	0.99%	160
2017	0.04%	0.04	1.04%	159
2016	0.06%	0.04	1.61%	155

*In millions

Global Payments Inc Stock performance

Finally, last moth Global Payments Inc showed a return of 14.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 2.00% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Support Services firms.