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Global Payments (MEX:GPN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 10.72 (As of Jun. 01, 2025)


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What is Global Payments Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-06-01), Global Payments's current share price is MXN1460.00. Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN136.22. Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 10.72.

The historical rank and industry rank for Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:GPN' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.31   Med: 39.03   Max: 85.63
Current: 11.21

During the past years, Global Payments's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 85.63. The lowest was 10.31. And the median was 39.03.

MEX:GPN's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
64.78% of 372 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 16.19 vs MEX:GPN: 11.21

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Global Payments's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN35.389. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is MXN136.22 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Global Payments Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Global Payments Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Global Payments Annual Data
Trend May15 May16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
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Global Payments Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.73 16.26 15.38 17.03 14.52

Competitive Comparison of Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Global Payments Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=1460.00/136.22
=10.72

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Global Payments's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Global Payments's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=35.389/134.9266*134.9266
=35.389

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Global Payments Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201505 5.457 100.333 7.339
201508 63.347 100.548 85.006
201511 -10.024 100.135 -13.507
201602 55.891 100.040 75.382
201605 -41.679 101.355 -55.484
201608 13.909 101.617 18.468
201611 -0.533 101.829 -0.706
201703 30.438 102.862 39.926
201706 -8.198 103.349 -10.703
201709 5.303 104.136 6.871
201712 13.141 104.011 17.047
201803 27.332 105.290 35.025
201806 20.098 106.317 25.506
201809 11.887 106.507 15.059
201812 47.984 105.998 61.080
201903 21.434 107.251 26.965
201906 -7.398 108.070 -9.237
201909 115.013 108.329 143.251
201912 -4.081 108.420 -5.079
202003 25.859 108.902 32.039
202006 32.299 108.767 40.067
202009 34.071 109.815 41.862
202012 43.861 109.897 53.851
202103 35.245 111.754 42.553
202106 25.329 114.631 29.813
202109 55.309 115.734 64.481
202112 43.440 117.630 49.828
202203 33.393 121.301 37.144
202206 28.943 125.017 31.237
202209 14.390 125.227 15.505
202212 40.678 125.222 43.831
202303 29.960 127.348 31.743
202306 25.989 128.729 27.240
202309 17.157 129.860 17.826
202312 32.331 129.419 33.707
202403 24.750 131.776 25.342
202406 31.907 132.554 32.478
202409 120.492 133.029 122.211
202412 38.890 133.157 39.407
202503 35.389 134.927 35.389

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Global Payments  (MEX:GPN) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Global Payments Business Description

Address
3550 Lenox Road, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30326
Global Payments is a leading provider of payment processing and software solutions and focuses on serving small and midsize merchants. The company operates in 30 countries and generates about one fourth of its revenue from outside North America, primarily in Europe and Asia. In 2019, Global Payments merged with Total System Services in an all-stock deal that gave Total System Services shareholders 48% of the combined company's shares. The merger added issuer processing operations.