---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001123360-23-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPN"
cik: "0001123360"
company_name: "GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T17:32:45.172565+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Payments Q4 adj EPS $2.42 (+17% cc); FY23 adj EPS guide $10.25-10.37

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP revenue $2.25B (up 3% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $0.94 vs $0.72.
- Q4 adjusted net revenue $2.02B (+7% cc ex dispositions); adj operating margin 44.4%.
- Full-year 2022 adj EPS $9.32 (+17% cc); adj net revenue $8.09B (+10% cc ex dispositions).
- FY23 outlook: adj net revenue $8.575-8.675B; adj EPS $10.25-10.37; margin up to 120 bps.
- Board declared $0.25 dividend payable Mar 31; reauthorized $1.5B share repurchase.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001123360-23-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPN
- cik: 0001123360
- company_name: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336023000006/0001123360-23-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336023000006/gpn-20230210.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001123360-23-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC reported the quarter ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $2.25 billion, EPS $0.94 per diluted share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $2.25 billion
  - EPS: $0.94 per diluted share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: GAAP revenues were $2.25 billion, compared to $2.19 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021; diluted earnings per share were $0.94 compared to $0.72 in the prior year; and operating margin was 18.1% compared to 14.6% in the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336023000006/0001123360-23-000006-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC reported the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 results: revenue $8.98 billion, EPS $0.40 per diluted share. Guidance initiated.
  - Period: the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022
  - Revenue: $8.98 billion
  - EPS: $0.40 per diluted share
  - Guidance: initiated
  - Result: reported results
  source text: GAAP revenues were $8.98 billion, compared to $8.52 billion in 2021; diluted earnings per share were $0.40 compared to $3.29 in the prior year; and operating margin was 7.1% compared to 15.9% in the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336023000006/0001123360-23-000006-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.