---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001123360-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPN"
cik: "0001123360"
company_name: "GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:57:05.197716+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Global Payments Q4 adj EPS $3.18 beats; 2026 outlook $13.80-$14.00; $2.5B buyback

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP diluted EPS $0.92, adjusted EPS $3.18 (+11% CC); adjusted net revenue $2.32B (+6% CC ex-dispositions).
- Full year 2025 adjusted EPS $12.22 (+11%); adjusted operating margin expanded 97bps to 44.2%.
- Completed Worldpay acquisition and Issuer Solutions divestiture; repositioning as pure-play merchant solutions provider.
- Announced $2.5B share repurchase authorization and $550M accelerated buyback; 2026 outlook adj EPS $13.80-$14.00.
- Appointed Vivek Sankaran (former Albertsons CEO) to board following engagement with Elliott.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001123360-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPN
- cik: 0001123360
- company_name: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336026000004/0001123360-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123360/000112336026000004/gpn-20260218.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001123360-26-000004.txt

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