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Operating Margin for Global Payments (GPN)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

16.2%

YoY change

−3.51pp

Trough year (2016)

10.6%

Peak year (2018)

23.6%

Operating Margin history chart for Global Payments (GPN) from 1999 to 2025

Latest: 19.1%

Operating Margin change chart for Global Payments (GPN) from 1999 to 2025

Latest: −3.51pp

Operating Margin history table for Global Payments (GPN) from 1999 to 2025

  • 202519.1%-3.51pp
  • 202422.6%-0.31pp
  • 202322.9%+0.89pp
  • 202222.0%+1.43pp
  • 202120.6%+4.25pp
  • 202016.4%-4.96pp
  • 201921.3%-2.25pp
  • 201823.6%+9.17pp
  • 201714.4%+3.82pp
  • 201610.6%-4.09pp
  • 201514.7%-1.96pp
  • 201416.6%+1.03pp
  • 201315.6%-0.98pp
  • 201216.6%+2.33pp
  • 201114.3%-4.71pp
  • 201019.0%-0.71pp
  • 200919.7%+0.38pp
  • 200819.3%-0.53pp
  • 200719.8%-1.01pp
  • 200620.8%-1.76pp
  • 200522.6%+1.71pp
  • 200420.9%+1.41pp
  • 200319.5%+1.40pp
  • 200218.1%+0.27pp
  • 200117.8%+2.79pp
  • 200015.0%-3.57pp
  • 199918.6%—

Operating Margin values are taken from Global Payments's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About Operating Margin at Global Payments (GPN)

According to Global Payments's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 16.2%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

Global Payments (GPN) most recent annual operating margin stands at 19.10% (2025) – contracted 3.5 percentage points year-over-year.

Across the available history, operating margin reached its high of 23.56% in 2018 and its low of 10.57% in 2016.

Global Payments Operating Margin by Year

Global Payments Operating Margin 2025: 19.1%

In 2025, Global Payments reported operating margin of 19.10%, contracted 3.5 percentage points from 2024.

Global Payments Operating Margin 2024: 22.6%

Global Payments operating margin in 2024 was 22.62%, contracted 0.3 percentage points from 2023.

Global Payments Operating Margin 2023: 22.9%

2023's operating margin for Global Payments came in at 22.92%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2022.

Global Payments Operating Margin 2022: 22.0%

Global Payments posted operating margin of 22.03% in 2022, expanded 1.4 percentage points from 2021.

Global Payments Operating Margin 2021: 20.6%

Global Payments operating margin in 2021 was 20.60%.

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