GPN
StockGlobal Payments Inc.
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for GPN. Otherwise we stay quiet.
This is the kind of decline worth waking up for.
Global Payments Inc. is 55.6% off its high — among the deepest declines in its recorded history.
Valuation is notable too — P/S Severity Score 2.3, below its typical range.
Extreme
Current Drawdown
-55.6%
Days in Drawdown
1928
Avg Max Drawdown
4.3%
Avg Length
35
Drawdown Severity Score™
11.8
GPN - Price & High Water Mark
GPN - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of August 22, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within GPN's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
Global Payments Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 36% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
Global Payments Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 44% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
Global Payments Inc. (GPN) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
Global Payments Inc. is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-08-21, the stock is trading at $93.49, which represents a 55.6% decline from its all-time high of $210.74. This drawdown has persisted for 1928 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, Global Payments Inc. typically experiences drawdowns averaging 4.3% in depth, with an average duration of 35 days. Global Payments Inc. has gone through 202 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for Global Payments Inc. was 48.8%, beginning in 2006. The longest drawdown duration on record was 1371 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for Global Payments Inc. currently stands at 11.81. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 8.0 and 12.0 indicates an extremely rare, severe drawdown: the asset almost never experiences declines of this magnitude in its tracked history.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing Global Payments Inc.'s historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 202 tracked pullbacks (65 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-11 | Ongoing | 1928 days | -55.6% | $210.74 | $93.49 | n/a |
| 2021-04-27 | 2021-04-29 | 3 days | -0.9% | $209.90 | $208.11 | $210.74 |
| 2021-04-19 | 2021-04-26 | 8 days | -2.2% | $209.36 | $204.77 | $209.90 |
| 2021-03-16 | 2021-04-15 | 31 days | -6.8% | $207.20 | $193.03 | $209.21 |
| 2021-01-04 | 2021-03-15 | 70 days | -18.1% | $206.88 | $169.52 | $207.20 |
| 2020-02-21 | 2020-12-28 | 312 days | -44.3% | $199.34 | $111.11 | $200.69 |
| 2020-02-19 | 2020-02-20 | 2 days | -0.0% | $198.00 | $197.91 | $199.34 |
| 2020-02-11 | 2020-02-14 | 4 days | -1.5% | $195.67 | $192.82 | $197.33 |
| 2020-02-05 | 2020-02-10 | 6 days | -1.1% | $194.05 | $191.86 | $195.67 |
| 2020-01-23 | 2020-02-04 | 13 days | -2.3% | $191.30 | $186.89 | $194.05 |
| 2020-01-14 | 2020-01-15 | 2 days | -1.0% | $184.83 | $182.93 | $185.86 |
| 2020-01-10 | 2020-01-13 | 4 days | -0.5% | $182.99 | $182.10 | $184.83 |
| 2020-01-07 | 2020-01-08 | 2 days | -0.3% | $179.74 | $179.16 | $180.59 |
| 2020-01-03 | 2020-01-06 | 4 days | -0.7% | $177.54 | $176.32 | $179.74 |
| 2019-12-27 | 2020-01-02 | 7 days | -1.2% | $175.45 | $173.41 | $177.54 |
| 2019-12-23 | 2019-12-26 | 4 days | -0.6% | $175.41 | $174.28 | $175.45 |
| 2019-11-20 | 2019-12-19 | 30 days | -4.3% | $173.57 | $166.17 | $175.36 |
| 2019-09-06 | 2019-11-14 | 70 days | -11.3% | $166.98 | $148.17 | $169.53 |
| 2019-07-30 | 2019-09-05 | 38 days | -10.4% | $163.75 | $146.68 | $166.98 |
| 2019-07-19 | 2019-07-26 | 8 days | -3.2% | $159.80 | $154.62 | $162.02 |
| 2019-07-16 | 2019-07-18 | 3 days | -0.7% | $158.48 | $157.33 | $159.80 |
| 2019-07-10 | 2019-07-15 | 6 days | -0.5% | $157.38 | $156.52 | $158.48 |
| 2019-07-05 | 2019-07-08 | 4 days | -0.3% | $155.67 | $155.19 | $155.68 |
| 2019-07-02 | 2019-07-03 | 2 days | -0.4% | $155.34 | $154.75 | $155.67 |
| 2019-06-21 | 2019-07-01 | 11 days | -2.4% | $154.49 | $150.73 | $155.34 |
| 2019-06-10 | 2019-06-19 | 10 days | -1.7% | $153.67 | $151.06 | $153.67 |
| 2019-06-03 | 2019-06-05 | 3 days | -3.4% | $147.11 | $142.17 | $150.01 |
| 2019-05-28 | 2019-05-31 | 4 days | -3.8% | $146.54 | $141.03 | $147.11 |
| 2019-05-17 | 2019-05-24 | 8 days | -2.3% | $144.59 | $141.30 | $146.54 |
| 2019-05-07 | 2019-05-15 | 9 days | -2.5% | $140.69 | $137.14 | $141.55 |
| 2019-05-01 | 2019-05-06 | 6 days | -1.4% | $139.50 | $137.60 | $140.69 |
| 2019-04-24 | 2019-04-26 | 3 days | -0.6% | $137.24 | $136.46 | $138.37 |
| 2019-04-15 | 2019-04-18 | 4 days | -0.6% | $132.88 | $132.09 | $133.39 |
| 2019-04-03 | 2019-04-12 | 10 days | -2.2% | $132.55 | $129.58 | $132.88 |
| 2019-03-22 | 2019-03-29 | 8 days | -2.4% | $130.02 | $126.92 | $130.38 |
| 2019-03-20 | 2019-03-21 | 2 days | -0.7% | $128.31 | $127.36 | $130.02 |
| 2019-03-18 | 2019-03-19 | 2 days | -0.1% | $128.09 | $128.01 | $128.31 |
| 2019-03-14 | 2019-03-15 | 2 days | -0.5% | $127.01 | $126.40 | $128.09 |
| 2019-03-04 | 2019-03-11 | 7 days | -1.5% | $125.56 | $123.71 | $125.95 |
| 2018-09-17 | 2019-02-27 | 164 days | -25.8% | $122.78 | $91.07 | $123.45 |
| 2018-09-05 | 2018-09-10 | 6 days | -1.5% | $119.83 | $118.10 | $119.90 |
| 2018-08-30 | 2018-09-04 | 6 days | -1.1% | $119.36 | $118.08 | $119.83 |
| 2018-08-21 | 2018-08-22 | 2 days | -0.2% | $113.89 | $113.65 | $114.90 |
| 2018-08-03 | 2018-08-20 | 18 days | -2.6% | $113.79 | $110.89 | $113.89 |
| 2018-06-14 | 2018-08-02 | 50 days | -8.2% | $113.11 | $103.86 | $113.79 |
| 2018-03-16 | 2018-06-12 | 89 days | -8.2% | $112.85 | $103.56 | $113.09 |
| 2018-03-13 | 2018-03-14 | 2 days | -0.5% | $112.48 | $111.93 | $112.53 |
| 2018-02-21 | 2018-03-09 | 17 days | -2.9% | $109.52 | $106.39 | $111.90 |
| 2018-01-29 | 2018-02-16 | 19 days | -11.2% | $108.12 | $96.02 | $109.16 |
| 2018-01-10 | 2018-01-17 | 8 days | -1.5% | $100.05 | $98.57 | $101.00 |
| 2017-11-07 | 2018-01-09 | 64 days | -8.0% | $99.53 | $91.59 | $100.05 |
| 2016-07-27 | 2017-01-09 | 167 days | -16.1% | $75.58 | $63.38 | $76.13 |
| 2016-06-03 | 2016-07-26 | 54 days | -14.5% | $75.28 | $64.37 | $75.58 |
| 2015-11-24 | 2016-04-13 | 141 days | -27.8% | $69.29 | $50.03 | $72.18 |
| 2014-12-01 | 2015-01-16 | 47 days | -10.5% | $41.15 | $36.81 | $41.75 |
| 2014-03-19 | 2014-07-01 | 105 days | -10.6% | $34.75 | $31.06 | $35.00 |
| 2009-12-31 | 2013-10-02 | 1371 days | -33.3% | $25.59 | $17.08 | $26.88 |
| 2006-03-21 | 2009-11-10 | 1331 days | -48.8% | $25.42 | $13.02 | $25.45 |
| 2005-06-10 | 2005-09-23 | 106 days | -10.5% | $16.52 | $14.79 | $17.82 |
| 2004-04-23 | 2004-09-23 | 154 days | -18.1% | $11.93 | $9.77 | $12.40 |
| 2004-01-15 | 2004-04-22 | 98 days | -15.2% | $11.73 | $9.95 | $11.93 |
| 2002-05-01 | 2003-09-02 | 490 days | -41.5% | $8.88 | $5.20 | $8.89 |
| 2002-01-18 | 2002-03-21 | 63 days | -15.5% | $8.31 | $7.02 | $8.55 |
| 2001-09-05 | 2002-01-17 | 135 days | -35.3% | $8.22 | $5.31 | $8.31 |
| 2001-07-06 | 2001-07-20 | 15 days | -13.3% | $7.33 | $6.35 | $8.08 |
| 2001-02-02 | 2001-04-11 | 68 days | -20.3% | $4.80 | $3.83 | $4.80 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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Global Payments Inc. (GPN) is trading at $93.49 as of Aug 21, 2026. It is 55.6% below its high of $210.74. The drawdown has lasted 1,928 days. Severity score: 11.8 (Extreme).
GPN Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$93.49
High-water mark
$210.74
Current drawdown
-55.6%
Days in drawdown
1,928
This GPN page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior Global Payments Inc. drawdowns.
What History Says About GPN
Global Payments Inc. has dropped 20%+ from its high 8 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 502 days with an average max drop of -34.6%.
The current drawdown of -55.6% has lasted 1,928 days, which is 3.8x the average duration of comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2006 to Nov 2009 | -48.8% | 1331 days |
| Feb 2020 to Dec 2020 | -44.3% | 312 days |
| May 2002 to Sep 2003 | -41.5% | 490 days |
| Sep 2001 to Jan 2002 | -35.3% | 135 days |
| Dec 2009 to Oct 2013 | -33.3% | 1371 days |
| Nov 2015 to Apr 2016 | -27.8% | 141 days |
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