Global Paymentsvs.Visa
GPN vs V · both in Payment rails & networks, part of the Banks, payments & capital markets value chain: The networks and processors that take a fee every time a card is swiped, the fee engine.
Visa is about 33× larger than Global Payments by market cap.
Side by side
| GPN | V | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $21.7B | $707B |
| Price | $82.20 | $385.45 |
| Today | −0.7% | +2.8% |
| Return YTD | +6.9% | +7.0% |
| Return 1Y | −6.5% | +6.8% |
| Since July 13, 2026 | +7.0% | +7.7% |
| P/E | — | 31.3 |
| P/S | 2.1 | 15.9 |
| P/B | 0.9 | 20.1 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since July 13, 2026: the change in the closing price from the first session with a close for both companies. Sectivia records these closes itself, starting June 26, 2026.
The two companies
Global PaymentsGPN
Merchant acquiring: getting payments accepted and managed across every channel a business sells through. Fiserv and Block are the direct rivals.
Full GPN profile →VisaV
Visa lends nothing. It takes a small cut of the value of every transaction that crosses its rails, which makes it a toll on global spending rather than a lender.
Full V profile →More GPN & V comparisons
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