Global Payments Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

By Business Wire | August 05, 2026, 6:55 AM

Second quarter 2026 GAAP diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.05 and adjusted EPS of $3.46, an increase of 12%.
Second quarter 2026 GAAP revenue of $3.32 billion and adjusted net revenue of $3.16 billion. On a normalized basis¹, adjusted net revenue increased 4%.
Updates 2026 outlook and reaffirms 2026 capital return plan.
$1.2 billion of capital returned to shareholders year-to-date.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#globalpayments--Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) today announced results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2026.

“We delivered solid second quarter results that were consistent with our expectations, reflecting the resilience of our business model amidst the ongoing conflict in the Middle East,” said Cameron Bready, chief executive officer. “I am particularly pleased with the progress that we have made on the integration of Worldpay as we combine our complementary capabilities to better serve clients and partners globally.”

Bready continued, “Through consistent execution and a sharp focus on commercial excellence, we continue to capitalize on growth opportunities while further differentiating Global Payments through feature-rich products and distinctive service experiences. This is evidenced by the accelerating adoption of our Genius platform, which continues to gain momentum across the markets we serve. At the same time, we remain at the forefront of innovation by leveraging AI across our ecosystem to enhance our solutions, elevate customer experiences, and drive greater operational efficiency, further strengthening our competitive position and long-term growth prospects.”

Bready concluded, “We are pleased to have returned $1.2 billion in capital to shareholders year-to-date, exceeding 50% of our more than $2 billion plan for 2026, and we remain on track to return approximately $7.5 billion over the 2025 to 2027 time period.”

Second Quarter 2026 Summary

GAAP revenues were $3.32 billion and diluted earnings per share were $0.05.
Adjusted net revenues increased approximately 34% to $3.16 billion. On a normalized basis¹, consistent with our full-year outlook, adjusted net revenue increased approximately 4%. Adjusted operating margin expanded 70 basis points on a normalized basis¹ to 42.0%.
Adjusted EPS increased 12% to $3.46.

2026 Outlook

“Our second quarter financial results were consistent with expectations and marked our first full quarter operating as a pure-play commerce solutions provider,” said Josh Whipple, chief financial officer. “Our performance further validates the importance of our scale and distribution and our ability to deliver sustainable growth, margin expansion, and free cash flow.”

Whipple continued, “Given the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and its impact on our travel portfolio, we now expect normalized¹, constant currency adjusted net revenue growth of approximately 4% – 5% and adjusted earnings per share of $13.60 – $13.80 for the full year. We continue to expect normalized¹ adjusted operating margin expansion of approximately 150 basis points for the full year and to return more than $2 billion of capital to shareholders in 2026.”

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¹ Normalized comparisons include the pre-acquisition results of Worldpay and exclude the results of Issuer Solutions and other divested businesses.

Capital Allocation

Global Payments’ Board of Directors approved a dividend of $0.25 per share payable on September 25, 2026 to shareholders of record as of September 11, 2026.

Conference Call

Global Payments’ management will host a live audio webcast today, August 5, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. ET to discuss financial results and business highlights. The audio webcast, along with supplemental financial information, can be accessed via the investor relations page of the company’s website at investors.globalpayments.com. A replay of the audio webcast will be archived on the company's website following the live event.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Global Payments supplements its reporting of revenue, operating income, operating margin, net income attributable to Global Payments, earnings per share, free cash flow, and free cash flow conversion with certain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures include adjusted revenue, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating margin, adjusted net income attributable to Global Payments, adjusted earnings per share, adjusted free cash flow, and adjusted free cash flow conversion. The constant currency growth measures adjust for the impact of exchange rates and are calculated using average exchange rates during the comparable period in the prior year.

We believe these non-GAAP financial measures assist investors with evaluating the performance of our business. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to focus on the factors that it believes are relevant to managing our business, operations, and performance. Any non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in context with our reporting in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP measures. Reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure is included in the schedules to this release, except for forward-looking measures where a reconciliation to the corresponding GAAP measures is not available due to the variability, complexity and limited visibility of the items that are excluded from the non-GAAP outlook measures. The company is unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information.

About Global Payments

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) is a leading payment technology and software company that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes worldwide. We help businesses grow with confidence by delivering innovative solutions that enable seamless payment acceptance, smarter operations and exceptional client experiences – online, in store and everywhere in between. With its global reach, local expertise and scale, Global Payments^® manages trillions in payments volume and billions of transactions across more than 175 countries. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Global Payments is a Fortune 500^® company and a member of the S&P 500. Learn more at company.globalpayments.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This earnings release and associated webcast contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements we make regarding our business strategy and means to implement the strategy; measures of future financial performance or results of operations; operating metrics such as shares outstanding and capital expenditures; liquidity and deleveraging plans and capital available for allocation; the strategic rationale and anticipated benefits of acquisitions or dispositions, including our acquisition of Worldpay and divestiture of our Issuer Solutions business; the development and introduction of new services and expansion of our business; and the company’s plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Statements can generally be identified as forward-looking because they include words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “estimates,” “forecast,” “budget,” “could,” “should,” “may,” “will,” “would,” or words of similar meaning.

Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business and the industry and geographies in which we operate, and on the beliefs of, and assumptions made by, our management. Although we believe that the plans and expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, actual events, outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in forward-looking statements. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee or give assurance that our plans and expectations will be achieved.

In addition to factors previously disclosed in Global Payments’ reports filed with the SEC and those identified elsewhere in this communication, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance: difficulties and delays in integrating the Worldpay business into that of Global Payments; failing to fully realize anticipated cost savings and other anticipated benefits of the acquisition of Worldpay, either when expected or at all; business disruptions from the acquisition of Worldpay that may harm our business or operations; failing to comply with the applicable requirements of Visa, Mastercard or other payment networks or card schemes or changes in those requirements; our ability to retain and hire key personnel; uncertainty as to the long-term value of our common stock following the acquisition of Worldpay, including the dilution caused by issuance of additional shares of Global Payments’ common stock in connection with the acquisition of Worldpay; the continued availability of capital and financing; the effects of global economic, political, market, health and social events or other conditions; the imposition of tariffs and other trade policies and the resulting impacts on market volatility and global trade; macroeconomic pressures and general uncertainty regarding the overall future economic environment; foreign currency exchange, inflation and rising interest rate risks; the effect of a security breach or operational failure on our business; the ability to maintain Visa and Mastercard registration and financial institution sponsorship; increased competition in the markets in which we operate; our ability to safeguard our data; risks associated with our indebtedness; the effects of new or changes in current laws, regulations, credit card association rules or other industry standards on us or our partners and customers; and other events beyond our control, and other factors included in the “Risk Factors” section in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other documents that we file with the SEC, which are available at https://www.sec.gov.

These cautionary statements qualify all of our forward-looking statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing our plans and expectations as of any subsequent date. While we may elect to update or revise forward-looking statements at some time in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation and do not intend to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

SCHEDULE 1 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED) GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES (In thousands, except per share data)
	Three Months Ended								Six Months Ended
	June 30,								June 30,
		2026			2025		% Change			2026			2025		% Change

Revenues	$	3,320,791		$	1,969,287		68.6	%	$	6,290,473		$	3,789,605		66.0	%

Operating expenses:
Cost of service		1,293,879			501,772		157.9	%		2,567,493			996,947		157.5	%
Selling, general and administrative		1,689,791			1,041,256		62.3	%		3,401,505			1,998,433		70.2	%
Impairment of goodwill		—			33,218		nm			—			33,218		nm
Gain on business disposition		—			(267	)	nm			—			(4,260	)	nm
		2,983,670			1,575,979					5,968,998			3,024,338

Operating income (loss)		337,121			393,308		(14.3	)%		321,475			765,267		(58.0	)%

Interest and other income		44,700			35,533		25.8	%		78,220			73,573		6.3	%
Interest and other expense		(277,538	)		(152,538	)	81.9	%		(519,907	)		(301,078	)	72.7	%
		(232,838	)		(117,005	)				(441,687	)		(227,505	)

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of equity method investments		104,283			276,303		(62.3	)%		(120,212	)		537,762		(122.4	)%
Income tax expense (benefit)		(4,926	)		40,877		(112.1	)%		(16,766	)		84,647		(119.8	)%
Income (loss) from continuing operations before equity in income of equity method investments		109,209			235,426		(53.6	)%		(103,446	)		453,115		(122.8	)%
Equity in income of equity method investments, net of tax		21,678			19,961		8.6	%		41,508			38,210		8.6	%
Income (loss) from continuing operations		130,887			255,387					(61,938	)		491,325
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax		(101,963	)		(9,289	)				(1,688,190	)		67,545
Net income (loss)		28,924			246,098		(88.2	)%		(1,750,128	)		558,870		(413.2	)%
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		(15,953	)		(4,458	)	257.9	%		(36,779	)		(11,496	)	219.9	%
Net income (loss) attributable to Global Payments	$	12,971		$	241,640		(94.6	)%	$	(1,786,907	)	$	547,374		(426.5	)%

Basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to Global Payments:
Continued operations	$	0.43		$	1.03		(58.3	)%	$	(0.36	)	$	1.96		(118.4	)%
Discontinued operations	$	(0.38	)	$	(0.04	)	nm		$	(6.22	)	$	0.27		nm
Total basic earnings (loss) per share attributable to Global Payments	$	0.05		$	0.99		(94.9	)%	$	(6.58	)	$	2.23		(395.1	)%

Diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Global Payments:
Continued operations	$	0.43		$	1.03		(58.3	)%	$	(0.36	)	$	1.96		(118.4	)%
Discontinued operations	$	(0.38	)	$	(0.04	)	nm		$	(6.22	)	$	0.27		nm
Total diluted earnings (loss) per share attributable to Global Payments	$	0.05		$	0.99		(94.9	)%	$	(6.58	)	$	2.23		(395.1	)%

Note: nm = not meaningful.

SCHEDULE 2 NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES (UNAUDITED) GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES (In thousands, except per share data)
	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
		2026		2025	% Change			2026		2025	% Change

Adjusted net revenue	$	3,159,074	$	2,361,234	33.8	%	$	6,015,363	$	4,566,061	31.7	%

Adjusted operating income	$	1,325,499	$	1,052,749	25.9	%	$	2,466,126	$	1,986,636	24.1	%

Adjusted net income attributable to Global Payments	$	934,305	$	754,189	23.9	%	$	1,743,241	$	1,419,480	22.8	%

Adjusted diluted earnings per share attributable to Global Payments	$	3.46	$	3.10	11.7	%	$	6.42	$	5.79	11.0	%

^{_______________________________} Note: Financials include the impact of the sold Issuer Solutions business. See Schedules 6 and 7 for a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most comparable GAAP measure, Schedules 8 and 9 for a reconciliation of adjusted net revenue and adjusted operating income by segment and supplemental non-GAAP information to the most comparable GAAP measure, and Schedule 10 for a discussion of non-GAAP financial measures.

SCHEDULE 3 SEGMENT INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES (In thousands)
	Three Months Ended
	June 30, 2026						June 30, 2025						% Change
	GAAP			Non-GAAP			GAAP			Non-GAAP			GAAP		Non-GAAP

Revenues:
Enterprise	$	838,301		$	838,149		$	149,022		$	147,502		462.5	%	468.2	%
Platforms		652,768			627,534			287,774			221,119		126.8	%	183.8	%
SMB		1,648,952			1,512,621			1,333,423			1,276,382		23.7	%	18.5	%
Issuer Solutions		—			—			—			535,682		nm		nm
Other revenues		180,770			180,770			199,068			199,246		(9.2	)%	(9.3	)%
Intersegment eliminations		—			—			—			(18,696	)	nm		nm
	$	3,320,791		$	3,159,074		$	1,969,287		$	2,361,234		68.6	%	33.8	%

Operating income (loss):
Enterprise	$	247,593		$	652,759		$	84,305		$	113,364		193.7	%	475.8	%
Platforms		192,794			283,633			120,248			133,646		60.3	%	112.2	%
SMB		628,460			891,218			669,187			829,778		(6.1	)%	7.4	%
Issuer Solutions		—			—			—			265,472		nm		nm
Corporate/Other		(731,726	)		(502,111	)		(447,481	)		(289,511	)	63.5	%	73.4	%
Impairment of goodwill		—			—			(33,218	)		—		nm		nm
Gain on business disposition		—			—			267			—		nm		nm
	$	337,121		$	1,325,499		$	393,308		$	1,052,749		(14.3	)%	25.9	%

	Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2026						June 30, 2025						% Change
	GAAP			Non-GAAP			GAAP			Non-GAAP			GAAP		Non-GAAP

Revenues:
Enterprise	$	1,560,690		$	1,560,310		$	284,499		$	281,817		448.6	%	453.7	%
Platforms		1,220,854			1,172,470			561,906			432,462		117.3	%	171.1	%
SMB		3,152,293			2,881,139			2,546,981			2,436,927		23.8	%	18.2	%
Issuer Solutions		—			45,978			—			1,053,450		nm		(95.6	)%
Other revenues		356,636			357,195			396,219			396,506		(10.0	)%	(9.9	)%
Intersegment eliminations		—			(1,731	)		—			(35,101	)	nm		(95.1	)%
	$	6,290,473		$	6,015,363		$	3,789,605		$	4,566,061		66.0	%	31.7	%

Operating income (loss):
Enterprise	$	409,088		$	1,216,228		$	154,835		$	213,099		164.2	%	470.7	%
Platforms		359,772			540,381			235,451			262,126		52.8	%	106.2	%
SMB		1,180,663			1,698,802			1,252,636			1,567,522		(5.7	)%	8.4	%
Issuer Solutions		—			19,580			—			510,041		nm		(96.2	)%
Corporate/Other		(1,628,048	)		(1,008,864	)		(848,697	)		(566,152	)	91.8	%	78.2	%
Impairment of goodwill		—			—			(33,218	)		—		nm		nm
Gain on business disposition		—			—			4,260			—		nm		nm
	$	321,475		$	2,466,126		$	765,267		$	1,986,636		(58.0	)%	24.1	%

^{_______________________________} See Schedules 8 and 9 for a reconciliation of adjusted net revenue and adjusted operating income by segment to the most comparable GAAP measures and Schedule 10 for a discussion of non-GAAP financial measures. Note: Amounts may not sum due to rounding. Note: nm = not meaningful.

SCHEDULE 4 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES (In thousands, except share data)
	June 30, 2026			December 31, 2025

ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	5,408,962		$	8,336,402
Accounts receivable, net		1,576,986			784,174
Settlement processing assets		3,619,252			1,476,543
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,064,631			802,018
Current assets of discontinued operations		—			1,203,534
Total current assets		11,669,831			12,602,671
Goodwill		26,984,810			17,076,624
Other intangible assets, net		19,409,900			4,231,227
Property and equipment, net		2,134,832			1,501,763
Deferred income taxes		344,836			171,430
Notes receivable		842,739			816,810
Other noncurrent assets		2,186,839			1,868,788
Noncurrent assets of discontinued operations		—			15,069,171
Total assets	$	63,573,787		$	53,338,484

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Settlement lines of credit	$	1,136,764		$	345,007
Current portion of long-term debt		925,032			1,920,792
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		3,707,246			2,542,627
Settlement processing obligations		5,934,765			1,720,608
Income taxes payable		2,449,991			117,509
Current liabilities of discontinued operations		—			810,301
Total current liabilities		14,153,798			7,456,844
Long-term debt		21,493,294			19,541,512
Deferred income taxes		2,887,172			1,605,504
Other noncurrent liabilities		1,069,873			522,121
Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations		—			433,022
Total liabilities		39,604,137			29,559,003
Commitments and contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interests		210,757			201,003
Equity:
Preferred stock, no par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized and none issued		—			—
Common stock, no par value; 400,000,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025; 265,909,443 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2026 and 236,692,592 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025		—			—
Paid-in capital		19,405,166			17,078,652
Retained earnings		4,014,698			5,936,322
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(309,157	)		(126,207	)
Total Global Payments shareholders’ equity		23,110,707			22,888,767
Nonredeemable noncontrolling interests		648,186			689,711
Total equity		23,758,893			23,578,478
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity	$	63,573,787		$	53,338,484

SCHEDULE 5 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES (In thousands)
	Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2026			June 30, 2025

Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	(1,750,128	)	$	558,870
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment		244,072			225,105
Amortization of acquired intangibles		1,504,738			551,074
Amortization of capitalized contract costs		51,796			66,966
Share-based compensation expense		57,193			79,550
Provision for operating losses and credit losses		72,783			41,880
Noncash lease expense		35,612			25,163
Deferred income taxes		(881,242	)		95,584
Paid-in-kind interest capitalized to principal of notes receivable		(33,396	)		(38,961	)
Equity in income of equity method investments, net of tax		(41,531	)		(38,299	)
Distributions received on investments		—			7,512
Impairment of goodwill		—			33,218
Gain on business disposition		(22,174	)		(4,260	)
Other, net		49,937			19,621
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of business combinations:
Accounts receivable		(141,531	)		(102,565	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		(288,990	)		(124,058	)
Income taxes payable		2,333,824			(15,461	)
Accounts payable and other liabilities		(817,165	)		(8,290	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		373,798			1,372,649
Cash flows from investing activities:
Business combinations and other acquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquired		(1,421,470	)		(205,825	)
Capital expenditures		(497,000	)		(279,747	)
Principal payment received on notes receivable		8,750			8,750
Net cash from sales of businesses		7,362,347			—
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		5,452,627			(476,822	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Changes in funds held for customers		(24,077	)		(118,967	)
Changes in settlement processing assets and obligations, net		(694,176	)		630,244
Net borrowings from settlement lines of credit		827,464			87,551
Net borrowings from commercial paper notes		674,393			797,732
Proceeds from long-term debt		9,331,133			2,755,112
Repayments of long-term debt		(18,055,394	)		(3,769,614	)
Payments of debt issuance costs		(9,798	)		(40,512	)
Repurchases of common stock		(1,099,942	)		(691,089	)
Proceeds from stock issued under share-based compensation plans		12,331			16,244
Common stock repurchased - share-based compensation plans		(33,795	)		(37,372	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		(37,781	)		(30,095	)
Dividends paid		(134,717	)		(121,501	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(9,244,359	)		(522,267	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(5,586	)		230,353
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(3,423,520	)		603,913
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of the period		9,116,414			2,735,975
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of the period	$	5,692,894		$	3,339,888

Contacts

Investor contact:
investor.relations@globalpay.com
Nathan Rozof, CFA

Media contact:
media.relations@globalpay.com
Matt Cochran

Source: Global Payments Inc.

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