GPN
LONGCONGRESS BUYGLOBAL PMTS INC
Research: Finviz ↗·Perplexity ↗
🗄 Viewing archived Q1 2026 data — frozen, no longer refreshed.
News Summary
PositiveGlobal Payments completed the transformative $24B Worldpay acquisition and divested Issuer Solutions in January 2026, positioning itself as a pure-play merchant solutions leader. Q2 2026 results beat consensus with 12% adjusted EPS growth and strong free cash flow of $687M, though full-year guidance was modestly lowered due to Middle East conflict impacts on travel volumes. The company is executing well on integration with 30% improvement in merchant recruitment productivity and accelerating Genius platform adoption, while maintaining robust capital return commitments of >$2B for 2026.
Red flags
- •Full-year 2026 guidance lowered in Q2 due to Middle East conflict reducing travel portfolio volumes through year-end
- •Normalized adjusted net revenue growth guidance reduced to 4-5% (from ~5% prior), indicating moderation in underlying momentum
- •GAAP diluted EPS of ($6.59) in Q1 2026 reflects significant non-recurring charges from acquisition and divestiture
Funds Buying (3)
| Fund | Manager | Shares Held | ∆ Shares | Position Value | % of Fund | QoQ | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenview Capital | Larry Robbins | 6.4M | +439K | $428M | 11.6% | +7% | Existing |
| Soros Fund Management | Soros Family Office | 247.5M | +52.0M | $218M | 3.0% | +27% | Existing |
| Point72 | Steve Cohen | 1.9M | +1.9M | $125M | 0.2% | — | NEW |
Shares Held and Position Value reflect total quarter-end holdings. ∆ Shares is the change from the prior quarter. % of Fund is the position's share of the fund's reported equity portfolio — it drives the size weighting in the conviction score.
Portfolio Context
Where GPN ranks in each buying fund's book, and the positions immediately around it. What a holding sits next to often says more about the thesis than the position size does.
position #2 of this fund's book
- 1AMAZON COM INC$405M
- 2GLOBAL PMTS INC$218M
- 3ELECTRONIC ARTS INC$197M
- 4NVIDIA CORPORATION$187M
- 5BILL HOLDINGS INC$187M
position #2 of this fund's book
- 1CVS HEALTH CORP$589M
- 2GLOBAL PMTS INC$428M
- 3TENET HEALTHCARE CORP$288M
- 4AMAZON COM INC$221M
- 5TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL INDS LTD$201M
Values are quarter-end position sizes. Shown only for funds where GPN ranks inside their 40 largest equity positions — below that, neighbouring names carry no signal. Adjacency is an inference about a fund's reasoning, not a disclosure of it.
Beneficial Ownership (13D/13G)
| Filer | Form | Shares | % of Class | Filed | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTCR W Aggregator LP | SC 13G | 43.3M | 15.4% | 2026-01-12 | ↗ |
SC 13D = active intent to influence control (10-day filing deadline after crossing 5%). SC 13G = passive accumulation, no intent to influence control.
Congressional Trading
| Member | Chamber | State | Type | Amount Range | Transaction Date | Filed | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Armstrong | senate | — | BUY | $1,001 - $15,000 | 2026-03-27 | 2026-07-21 | ↗ |
Periodic Transaction Reports filed under the STOCK Act. Amounts are disclosed as ranges, not exact dollar figures.