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Data last updated: Sep 06, 2026
Snapshot (as of Sep 06, 2026): Global Payments Inc. (GPN) pays a $1.00 annual dividend ($0.25 quarterly), yielding 1.08% at $92.54/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-09-11. 7 consecutive years of dividend growth. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 1.08%
Annual Dividend: $1.00 per share
Payout Ratio: -26.3%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-09-11
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Financial Services
Years of Dividend History: 26
Global Payments Inc. dividend sits at a 1.08% yield, backed by a payment technology business spanning card, electronic, check, and digital transactions across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. GPN pays $1.00 per share annually in quarterly installments of $0.25, with the next ex-dividend date on September 11, 2026. With a beta of 0.785, the stock moves less than the broader market, which suits investors who want dividend growth without sharp price swings.
Global Payments Inc. pays out -26.3% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as conservative (below 40%). That negative figure reflects an earnings dynamic rather than a dividend problem — the $1.00 annual payment is small relative to the company's revenue base across Merchant Solutions, Issuer Solutions, and its Netspend-branded consumer products. The most significant data-supported pressure on Global Payments Inc. dividend safety is the payout ratio itself being negative, which points to earnings volatility that bears watching if it persists.
Global Payments Inc. dividend history shows a CAGR of 18.3% per year from 2010 to 2025. The per-share payment climbed from $0.08 to $1.00 over that window (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR calculation, with $0.75 paid so far as of Global Payments Inc. dividend 2026 data). The largest single-year jump in the window was 462.5% in 2019, though the history also contains at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, so the path was not linear.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | 0.0% | $1.00 (2022) | $1.00 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +5.1% | $0.78 (2020) | $1.00 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +30.5% | $0.07 (2015) | $1.00 (2025) |
GPN fits growth-and-income investors who care more about how fast a dividend rises than how much it pays today. The yield is low (below 2%), currently at 1.08%, which is in line with its 5-year average of 1.06% — so there is no meaningful yield expansion on offer. What the stock delivers instead is an 18.3% annualized dividend growth rate over 15 years, driven by a payment technology business with global reach across merchant processing, card portfolio management, and consumer financial services. The trade-off is straightforward: an investor accepts a thin income stream now in exchange for a dividend that has historically compounded at a fast pace.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | $0.2500 |
| 2026-06-12 | $0.2500 |
| 2026-03-09 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-12-12 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-09-12 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-06-13 | $0.2500 |
| 2025-03-14 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-12-13 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-09-13 | $0.2500 |
| 2024-06-14 | $0.2500 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $0.7500 |
| 2025 | $1.0000 |
| 2024 | $1.0000 |
| 2023 | $1.0000 |
| 2022 | $1.0000 |
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