Global Payments Inc. (GPN) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-05-31.
Global Payments Inc. has a market cap of $3.26 billion; its shares were traded at around $39.93 with a P/E ratio of 16.2 and P/S ratio of 2. The dividend yield of Global Payments Inc. stocks is 0.2%. Global Payments Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 13.7% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Global Payments Inc. the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.
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In the year ended May 31, 2010, or fiscal 2010, revenue increased 12% to $1,642.5 million from $1,462.3 million in the year ended May 31, 2009, or fiscal 2009. This revenue growth was primarily due to growth in most of our direct merchant acquiring markets around the world.
Consolidated operating income was $323.3 million for fiscal 2010, compared to $292.5 million for fiscal 2009. Income from continuing operations attributable to Global Payments increased $37.2 million or 22% to $207.2 million ($2.52 per diluted share) in fiscal 2010 from $170.0 million ($2.10 per diluted share) in fiscal 2009, and our operation margin moved from 20% in fiscal 2009 to 19.7% in fiscal 2010. Net income attributable to Global Payments increased $166.1 million, or 446%, to $203.3 million in fiscal 2010 from $37.2 million in the prior year, resulting in a $2.02 increase in diluted earnings per share to $2.48 in fiscal 2010 from $0.46 in fiscal 2009. Fiscal 2009 net income attributable to Global Payments includes an impairment charge of $147.7 million related to our recently disposed money transfer business.
North America merchant services segment revenue increased $113.3 million or 10% to $1,220.1 million in fiscal 2010 from $1,106.9 million in fiscal 2009. North America merchant services segment operating income increased slightly to $275.4 million in fiscal 2010 from $273.0 million in fiscal 2009, with operating margins of 22.6% and 24.7% for fiscal 2010 and 2009, respectively.
International merchant services segment revenue increased $66.9 million or 19% to $422.4 million in fiscal 2010 from $355.5 million in fiscal 2009. International merchant services operating income also increased to $113.7 million in fiscal 2010 from $82.8 million in fiscal 2009, with operating margins of 26.9% and 23.3% for fiscal 2010 and 2009, respectively.
On May 26, 2010, we completed the disposition of our DolEx and Europhil-branded money transfer businesses to an affiliate of Palladium Equity Partners, LLC for $85.0 million. We recognized an estimated pre-tax loss on disposal of $24.6 million. We also recognized $15.7 million of tax benefits associated with the disposition. As a result of our decision to dispose of the money transfer businesses, this segment has been accounted for as a discontinued operation. Amounts related to our discontinued operations in our prior fiscal years statements of income have been reclassified to conform with the presentation in the current fiscal year. Please see Note 3—Discontinued Operations in the notes to the consolidated financial statements for further information.
As an illustration, on a $100.00 credit card transaction, the card issuer may fund the Member $98.50 after retaining approximately $1.50 referred to as an interchange fee or interchange expense. The card issuer seeks reimbursement of $100.00 from the cardholder in the cardholder’s monthly credit card bill. The Member would, in turn, pay the merchant $100.00. The net settlement after this transaction would require Global Payments to advance the Member $1.50. After the end of the month, we would bill the merchant a percentage of the transaction, or discount, to cover the full amount of the interchange fee and our net revenue from the transaction. If our net revenue from the merchant in the above example was 0.5%, we would bill the merchant $2.00 at the end of the month for the transaction, reimburse ourselves for approximately $1.50 in interchange fees and retain $0.50 as our net revenue for the transaction. Our gross profit on the transaction reflects the net revenue less operating expenses, including the network and systems cost to process the transaction (including assessments) and commissions paid to our sales force or ISO. Assessments are fees charged by Visa and MasterCard based on the dollar value of transactions processed through their networks.
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