Buyback yield (TTM)
5.60%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
7.12%
5Y share count change
-20.1%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$903.14M
Cumulative buybacks
$11.75B
Key takeaways
- Global Payments (GPN) repurchased about $903.14M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 20.1% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 12.03× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +14.3% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 111% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Global Payments (GPN)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Global Payments (GPN)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Global Payments (GPN)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Global Payments (GPN)
Latest: $1.23B
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Global Payments (GPN) came in at $1.23B – declined 23.5% year-over-year.
Global Payments buyback spend has grown on net over the period, with a +14.3% compound annual growth rate over 2020–2025 (5 years).
Between 2022 and 2025, Global Payments buyback spend plunged 58.4%, falling from $2.96B to $1.23B.
$2.96B stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2022, against a low of $0.00 during 1999.
Global Payments Buyback Spend 2025: $1.23B
In 2025, Global Payments reported buyback spend of $1.23B, declined 23.5% below 2024.
Global Payments Buyback Spend 2024: $1.61B
Global Payments buyback spend in 2024 was $1.61B, surged 250.0% from 2023.
Global Payments Buyback Spend 2023: $459.50M
2023's buyback spend for Global Payments came in at $459.50M, plunged 84.5% below 2022.
Global Payments Buyback Spend 2022: $2.96B
Global Payments posted buyback spend of $2.96B in 2022, grew 12.8% from 2021. This figure represents the highest annual value in the available history.
Global Payments Buyback Spend 2021: $2.62B
Global Payments buyback spend in 2021 was $2.62B.
See more financial history for Global Payments (GPN).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $1.23B | $153.65M | $1.08B | 6.63% | 0.24B | -5.8% | |
| 2024 | $1.61B | $164.24M | $1.44B | 5.71% | 0.25B | -2.6% | |
| 2023 | $459.50M | $208.99M | $250.50M | 1.39% | 0.26B | -5.0% | |
| 2022 | $2.96B | $163.26M | $2.80B | 11.22% | 0.28B | -6.2% | |
| 2021 | $2.62B | $180.78M | $2.44B | 6.74% | 0.29B | -2.3% | |
| 2020 | $631.15M | $148.79M | $482.36M | 0.98% | 0.30B | +50.9% | |
| 2019 | $311.38M | $89.63M | $221.75M | 0.57% | 0.20B | +25.0% | |
| 2018 | $208.20M | $57.83M | $150.37M | 1.28% | 0.16B | +2.4% | |
| 2017 | $34.81M | $39.09M | −$4.28M | 0.22% | 0.16B | +5.8% | |
| 2016 | $253.60M | $32.07M | $221.53M | 2.42% | 0.15B | +10.3% | |
| 2015 | $135.95M | $30.81M | $105.14M | 1.25% | 0.13B | -1.3% | |
| 2014 | $372.39M | $21.06M | $351.33M | 5.41% | 0.13B | -7.2% | |
| 2013 | $447.31M | $29.79M | $417.51M | 9.23% | 0.15B | -7.1% | |
| 2012 | $175.30M | $18.43M | $156.87M | 4.81% | 0.16B | -1.5% | |
| 2011 | $99.60M | $16.39M | $83.21M | 2.99% | 0.16B | -1.3% | |
| 2010 | $14.90M | $15.88M | −$985.00K | 0.36% | 0.16B | -2.0% | |
| 2009 | $98.08M | $18.07M | $80.01M | 2.91% | 0.16B | +1.3% | |
| 2008 | $0.00 | $14.57M | −$14.57M | — | 0.16B | +0.1% | |
| 2007 | $87.02M | $13.83M | $73.19M | 2.31% | 0.16B | -0.9% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | -0.4% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | +3.4% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | +1.6% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.16B | +3.6% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.15B | -0.5% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.15B | +31.1% | |
| 2000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.12B | +8.3% | |
| 1999 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.11B | — |
- 2025$1.23B
- 2024$1.61B
- 2023$459.50M
- 2022$2.96B
- 2021$2.62B
- 2020$631.15M
- 2019$311.38M
- 2018$208.20M
- 2017$34.81M
- 2016$253.60M
- 2015$135.95M
- 2014$372.39M
- 2013$447.31M
- 2012$175.30M
- 2011$99.60M
- 2010$14.90M
- 2009$98.08M
- 2008$0.00
- 2007$87.02M
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$0.00
- 1999$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Global Payments (GPN)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 12.03×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Global Payments (GPN)
How Global Payments splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Global Payments, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $34.59B | |
| $24.10B | |
| $19.52B | |
| $13.39B | |
| $12.36B | |
| $11.73B | |
| $5.83B | |
| $0.00 |
- $34.59B
- $24.10B
- $19.52B
- $13.39B
- $12.36B
- $11.73B
- $5.83B
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $815.48M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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