Wells Fargo keeps Buy on Global Payments stock at USD 103.00

Published on 10/07/2026 at 03:08 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Q2 revenue reached USD 3.32 billion, up 68.60 percent year over year. Global Payments stock was last at EUR 72.60 on October 5, 2026.

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Global Payments (ISIN US37940X1028) had a Wells Fargo Buy rating and a USD 103.00 price target on October 5, 2026. According to Markets Insider, analyst Jason Kupferberg maintained the rating and target, keeping the focus on execution after the Worldpay integration.

Wells Fargo holds its target

The USD 103.00 target is materially above the Lang & Schwarz prior close of EUR 72.60, but the currencies are different and do not support a direct percentage comparison. The rating therefore adds a directional research view rather than a euro-based valuation measure.

Markets Insider also reported that RBC raised its target to USD 106.00 from USD 102.00, while TD Cowen raised its target to USD 95.00 from USD 90.00. Those target changes were listed alongside Wells Fargo's October 5, 2026 update and show that recent analyst views remain spread across a wide USD range.

Second-quarter figures reset the debate

Yahoo Finance reported that Global Payments generated USD 3.32 billion in GAAP revenue in the second quarter of 2026, up 68.60 percent from USD 1.97 billion in the second quarter of 2025. Adjusted net revenue rose 33.80 percent to USD 3.16 billion, while adjusted earnings per share increased 11.70 percent to USD 3.46.

The reported mix matters because the GAAP result was much weaker than the adjusted measure. GAAP diluted earnings per share were USD 0.05 in the second quarter of 2026, compared with USD 0.99 in the second quarter of 2025, while adjusted operating margin expanded to 42.00 percent on a normalized basis.

Worldpay integration remains central

Management's full-year 2026 outlook called for normalized constant-currency adjusted net revenue growth of 4.00 percent to 5.00 percent and adjusted earnings per share of USD 13.60 to USD 13.80. The company also said it expected to return more than USD 2.00 billion to shareholders during 2026, including dividends and repurchases.

That outlook places execution at the center of the stock story. Global Payments is combining Worldpay with its existing payment technology business while expanding its Genius point-of-sale platform, so revenue growth and margin conversion remain the clearest tests of the strategy.

Global Payments stock and the prior close

Global Payments stock had a prior close of EUR 72.60 at Lang & Schwarz on October 5, 2026. The finance quote for October 6, 2026 showed a USD 20.3 billion market capitalization and a USD 61.16 to USD 95.88 52-week range on the NYSE, keeping the euro quote and the primary-exchange statistics as separate currency measures.

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