Global Payments Cash Flow Statement
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Global Payments free cash flow
In fiscal 2025, Global Payments generated $2.66 billion of operating cash flow and spent $617.8 million on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $2.04 billion, a free-cash-flow margin of 26.5% of revenue. Free cash flow was down 14.4% from the prior year's $2.38 billion.
Global Payments returned $1.43 billion to shareholders: $238.5 million in dividends and $1.19 billion in share repurchases, equal to 70% of free cash flow. Free cash flow covered dividend payments 8.5 times.
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Global Payments cash flow statement (annual)
| Fiscal year (USD) | FY 20252025-12-31 | FY 20242024-12-31 | FY 20232023-12-31 | FY 20222022-12-31 | FY 20212021-12-31 | FY 20202020-12-31 | FY 20192019-12-31 | FY 20182018-12-31 | FY 20172017-12-31 | FY 20162016-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 1.46B | 1.64B | 1.03B | 143.31M | 987.86M | 605.10M | 469.28M | 484.67M | 494.07M | 220.71M |
| Net Income growth (YoY) | -11.44% | +59.81% | +617.89% | -85.49% | +63.26% | +28.94% | -3.18% | -1.90% | +123.86% | -23.95% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 1.23B | 1.22B | 1.14B | 1.66B | 1.69B | 1.61B | 878.34M | 522.81M | 451.15M | — |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 153.65M | 164.24M | 208.99M | 163.26M | 180.78M | 148.79M | 89.63M | 57.83M | 39.09M | — |
| Change in Working Capital | -346.66M | -261.39M | -362.20M | -425.11M | -296.77M | -215.30M | -369.68M | -128.00M | 2.80M | — |
| Operating Cash Flow | 2.66B | 3.06B | 2.55B | 2.24B | 2.78B | 2.31B | 1.39B | 1.11B | 512.39M | — |
| Capital Expenditures | -617.77M | -674.92M | -658.14M | -615.65M | -493.22M | -436.24M | -307.87M | -213.29M | -181.91M | — |
| Investing Cash Flow | -230.30M | -173.89M | -4.36B | -675.54M | -2.29B | -438.34M | -917.09M | -1.48B | -736.02M | — |
| Dividends Paid | -238.52M | -252.81M | -260.43M | -273.95M | -259.73M | -233.22M | -23.24M | 0 | 0 | — |
| Share Repurchases | -1.19B | -1.55B | -418.27M | -2.92B | -2.53B | -631.15M | -311.38M | -208.20M | -34.81M | — |
| Debt Issued | 12.30B | 9.64B | 10.34B | 9.81B | 7.06B | 2.40B | 7.20B | 2.77B | 1.99B | — |
| Debt Repaid | -7.21B | -8.33B | -9.10B | -7.90B | -4.83B | -2.34B | -6.48B | -2.30B | -1.78B | — |
| Financing Cash Flow | 3.73B | -2.29B | 1.84B | -1.38B | -405.37M | -1.55B | -28.67M | 286.93M | 352.31M | — |
| Net Change in Cash | 6.38B | 479.10M | 41.27M | 92.58M | 33.25M | 411.50M | 467.39M | -124.98M | 173.08M | — |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.04B | 2.38B | 1.89B | 1.63B | 2.29B | 1.88B | 1.08B | 892.79M | 330.48M | — |
This table shows 10 annual periods of Global Payments's cash flow statement, from FY 2025 back to FY 2016, across 14 line items including net income, depreciation & amortization, stock-based compensation. Values in USD; B = billions, M = millions. Fiscal periods follow GPN's reporting calendar. What is a cash flow statement?