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How Global Payments Inc. stacks up
GPN · against 168 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
30/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #157 of 169 · scores higher than 7% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including GPN · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 30?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 88% of peers. Return on assets: -1.5% vs peer median 3.1%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 73% of peers. Return on invested capital: 2.6% vs peer median 7.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 72% of peers. Operating margin: 12.8% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = GPN, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | GPN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 158 reported | 2.6% | 12.5% | 8% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 170 reported | 12.8% | 13.2% | 48% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 163 reported | -1.5% | 5.2% | 1% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 158 reported | 2.4% | 15.7% | 4% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 170 reported | 64.0% | 31.9% | 94% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around GPN| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.78T INR (≈$33.3B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 3 | 1.29T INR (≈$15.5B) | 99 | 69 | |
| 4 | 116.2B CNY (≈$16.3B) | 98 | 71 | |
| 4 | 45.2B USD | 98 | 47 | |
| 154 | 495.6B TRY (≈$14.9B) | 33 | 52 | |
| 155 | 4.15T JPY (≈$28.2B) | 32 | 50 | |
| 155 | 2.97T JPY (≈$20.2B) | 32 | 37 | |
| 157 | 33.36T KRW (≈$24.0B) | 30 | 25 | |
| 157 | 25.9B USD | 30 | 41 | |
| 159 | 2.60T JPY (≈$17.7B) | 29 | 36 | |
| 160 | 318.3B DKK (≈$47.7B) | 28 | 45 | |
| 160 | 11.8B EUR (≈$13.0B) | 28 | 57 | |
| 162 | 23.4B EUR (≈$25.7B) | 25 | 24 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score