Global Payments vs Visa
GPN and V 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 V compare
Visa is the larger company, worth 29 times as much as Global Payments ($759B against $26.5B).
Global Payments grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (48.5% versus 14.8% for Visa).
Visa keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 51.2% compared with −11.2% at Global Payments.
Both pay dividends: Global Payments yields 1.00% and Visa 0.63%.
Visa scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 9 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 | V |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $26.5B | $759B |
| Share price | $100.23 | $425.55 |
| Change, 1 year | 32.4% | 27.1% |
| Change, 5 years | −20.4% | 112% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.19 | 0.82 |
| Employees | 26K | 35K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 9 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 2.3× (better) | 16.5× |
| P/B | 1.1× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.8× (better) | 26.0× |
| P/FCF | – | 34.4× |
| FCF yield | −0.64% | 2.9% (better) |
| Fair value | $132.71 | $217.13 |
| Margin of safety | 24.5% (better) | −96.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 48.5% (better) | 14.8% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 0.75% | 13.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −174% | 17.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −164% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 24.3% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 61.5% | – |
| Operating margin | 6.8% | 61.2% (better) |
| Net margin | −11.2% | 51.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | −1.5% | 48.1% (better) |
| Return on equity | −5.6% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 1.6% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.97 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.52 | 0.31 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 0.8× | 37.1× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | 0.97 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 0.69 | 9.48 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.00% (better) | 0.63% |
| Payout ratio | – | 21.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 7 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 5.1% | 15.9% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 4.7% (better) | 2.7% |
| Shareholder yield | 5.7% (better) | 3.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 107% | 83.6% |
| Held by insiders | 16.9% | 0.04% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $94.2K (better) | −$112M |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 | 23 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.5% | 1.2% |
Go deeper
- GPN stock overview
- GPN income statement
- GPN valuation and score
- V stock overview
- V income statement
- V valuation and score
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