Global Payments Reports Third Quarter 2017 Earnings and Increases 2017 Outlook

Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO

Thursday, November 9th, 2017

Global Payments Inc. announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017.

“We delivered another quarter of double digit organic adjusted net revenue growth, underscoring the ongoing successful execution of our technology enabled, software driven strategy,” said Jeff Sloan, Chief Executive Officer. “Our integrated and vertical markets and ecommerce and omnichannel solutions businesses, which now comprise 40% of our adjusted net revenue, provide further opportunities for sustained share gains. Additionally, we are delighted with the pace of revenue cross-sell efforts around the world from our recent acquisitions, which positions us well for future growth.”

Third Quarter 2017 Summary

  • GAAP revenues were $1,038.9 million, compared to $951.9 million in the third quarter of 2016; diluted earnings per share were $0.71 compared to $0.36 in the prior year; and operating margin was 16.6% compared to 12.6% in the third quarter of 2016.

  • Adjusted net revenue grew 12% to $930.4 million, compared to $828.4 million in the third quarter of 2016.

  • Adjusted earnings per share grew 29% to $1.15, compared to $0.89 in the third quarter of 2016.

  • Adjusted operating margin expanded 110 basis points to 31.3%.

2017 Outlook

“We are very pleased with our performance in the third quarter and year-to-date period, again delivering results in excess of our targets for the business,” stated Cameron Bready, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “As a result of this strong performance and to reflect the impacts of the ACTIVE Network transaction, we are increasing our outlook for 2017. We now expect adjusted net revenue to range from $3.505 billion to $3.53 billion, or growth of 23% to 24% over 2016 and adjusted earnings per share to be in a range of $3.94 to $4.02, reflecting growth of 24% to 26% over 2016. We continue to expect adjusted operating margin to expand by as much as 120 basis points.”

Capital Allocation

Global Payments’ Board of Directors approved a dividend of $0.01 per share payable December 29, 2017 to shareholders of record as of December 15, 2017.