Global Payments vs Mastercard
GPN and MA side by side, both in miscellaneous business services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GPN and MA compare
Mastercard is the larger company, worth 22 times as much as Global Payments ($559B against $25.6B).
Global Payments grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (32.5% versus 15.3% for Mastercard).
Both pay dividends: Global Payments yields 1.0% and Mastercard 0.55%.
Mastercard scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 10 for Global Payments), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GPN | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $25.6B | $559B |
| Share price | $96.84 | $638.01 |
| Change, 1 year | 22.3% | 15.0% |
| Change, 5 years | −29.2% | 82.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.22 | 0.88 |
| Employees | 26K | 40K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 2.5× (better) | 15.4× |
| P/B | 1.1× (better) | 82.8× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8× (better) | 25.5× |
| P/FCF | 31.1× (better) | 34.8× |
| FCF yield | 3.2% (better) | 2.9% |
| Fair value | $128.18 | $141.69 |
| Margin of safety | 24.5% (better) | −350% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 32.5% (better) | 15.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 0.75% | 16.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −165% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −152% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 24.3% (better) | 21.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 63.9% | – |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 58.6% (better) |
| Net margin | −9.1% | – |
| FCF margin | 8.0% | 44.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | −4.1% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 2.9% | 99.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.97 (better) | 3.54 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.64 | 0.61 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 1.5× | 26.2× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 1.01 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.66 | 10.66 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.0% (better) | 0.55% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.1% | – |
| Buyback yield | 6.2% (better) | 2.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 7.3% (better) | 3.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 107% | 88.2% |
| Held by insiders | 16.9% | 0.06% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$153K (better) | −$66.6M |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 | 15 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.8% | 0.73% |
Go deeper
- GPN stock overview
- GPN income statement
- GPN valuation and score
- MA stock overview
- MA income statement
- MA valuation and score
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