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The company said its GAAP revenue for Q4 2024 was $2.52 billion (Q4 2023 $2.43 billion), diluted earnings per share were $2.25 ($1.38 a year earlier), and operating margin was 33.1% (20.5% a year earlier).

8-KResults of Operations and Financial ConditionFiled Period of report Summary published (UTC)

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  1. The company said its GAAP revenue for Q4 2024 was $2.52 billion (Q4 2023 $2.43 billion), diluted earnings per share were $2.25 ($1.38 a year earlier), and operating margin was 33.1% (20.5% a year earlier).

  2. Global Payments said its operating income for Q4 2024 included a net gain on business dispositions of $273,134 thousand, and that it removed the $273.1 million disposition gain when calculating adjusted operating income.

  3. The company said its net cash provided by operating activities for 2024 was $3,532,683 thousand (2023 $2,248,741 thousand), and that it used $1,551,950 thousand for repurchases of common stock in the same year.

  4. The company said it expects constant currency adjusted net revenue growth of 5% to 6% excluding dispositions and adjusted earnings per share growth of 10% to 11% in 2025, and that it expects to return about $2 billion to shareholders during the year. It also said it is entering into an accelerated share repurchase plan of $250 million.

Summary

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Analysis scope · Filing body and confirmed press-release exhibitWe analyzed the opening part of the filing body and confirmed exhibits, within a length limit. This is not a review of other exhibits, investor presentations or the full earnings call.

Q4 GAAP Revenue, EPS and Operating Margin

The company said its GAAP revenue for Q4 2024 was $2.52 billion (Q4 2023 $2.43 billion), diluted earnings per share were $2.25 ($1.38 a year earlier), and operating margin was 33.1% (20.5% a year earlier).

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

Q4 Net Gain on Business Dispositions $273.1 million

Global Payments said its operating income for Q4 2024 included a net gain on business dispositions of $273,134 thousand, and that it removed the $273.1 million disposition gain when calculating adjusted operating income.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

2024 Full-Year Operating Cash Flow

The company said its net cash provided by operating activities for 2024 was $3,532,683 thousand (2023 $2,248,741 thousand), and that it used $1,551,950 thousand for repurchases of common stock in the same year.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

2025 Outlook and Accelerated Share Repurchase

The company said it expects constant currency adjusted net revenue growth of 5% to 6% excluding dispositions and adjusted earnings per share growth of 10% to 11% in 2025, and that it expects to return about $2 billion to shareholders during the year. It also said it is entering into an accelerated share repurchase plan of $250 million.

Source · Based on the filing body and exhibits

AI summarized the filing and translated the summary into English; it may differ from the original. For reference only, not investment advice. AI translated the published Korean report into English. Figures are copied as filed, not recalculated.

Original filing

The filing as submitted to SEC EDGAR. You can check the figures and statements of this summary against it.

Source: SEC EDGAR (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Item captions are the SEC's. The summary is for reference only and is not investment advice.