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# Global Payments Targets $650 Million In Worldpay Savings — Keeps Annual Earnings Forecast Steady
- URL: https://www.bullished.co/global-payments-targets-650-million-in-worldpay-savings-keeps-annual-earnings-forecast-d910f525/
- Published: 2026-11-06T17:51:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-06T17:51:05.000Z
- Description: Adjusted quarterly earnings rose 10%, while standard-accounting earnings fell and comparable revenue growth exceeded 4%.
- Author: Matteo Parrino
- Tags: Earnings, GPN, Industry: Financials

[Global Payments](https://www.bullished.co/tag/gpn/), which processes payments and sells business software, [raised its annual](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261103515224/en/Global-Payments-Reports-Third-Quarter-2026-Results?ref=bullished.co) Worldpay integration savings target to $650 million Thursday, according to results accompanying its SEC filing. The higher savings goal came with an unchanged annual earnings forecast and a third quarter in which adjusted earnings rose but standard-accounting earnings fell.

## Worldpay Changes The Revenue Comparison

Third-quarter revenue was $3.31 billion. Adjusted net revenue reached [$3.18 billion](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261103515224/en/Global-Payments-Reports-Third-Quarter-2026-Results?ref=bullished.co), approximately 31% higher than a year earlier, but growth exceeded 4% when the comparison included Worldpay before its purchase and removed Issuer Solutions and other sold businesses. That comparable growth accelerated from the prior quarter.

Global Payments bought Worldpay and sold Issuer Solutions, its business serving banks and credit unions, in January 2026\. The company's merchant business handles card, check and digital payments, offers point-of-sale software and integrates payment services into partners' software. Transaction-based fees, subscriptions and licensing generate most revenue.

Cameron Bready, chief executive officer of Global Payments, said: “We continue to make substantial progress integrating Worldpay, giving us confidence to increase our run-rate expense synergy target to $650 million.” The target describes an annual savings pace, rather than savings already booked.

## Two Different Earnings Pictures

Unaudited diluted earnings under standard accounting were $1.06 per share, versus $2.64 a year earlier. Adjusted earnings were $3.58 per share, up 10%.

The adjusted calculation removed $754.5 million of acquired-asset amortization—the expense that spreads acquisition costs across accounting periods—and $222.4 million of acquisition, integration and separation expenses. Other exclusions included $51.1 million in business transformation charges and $62.7 million in employee termination benefits.

Adjusted operating margin reached 42.5%, expanding 2.20 percentage points on the comparison that includes Worldpay's pre-acquisition results and excludes sold businesses. GPN shares rose about 3% to $97.48 in Friday trading.

## Forecast And Shareholder Returns Hold

Management retained its 2026 adjusted earnings forecast of $13.60–$13.80 per share. The revenue outlook still calls for approximately 4%–5% adjusted growth with exchange-rate effects removed and businesses compared on the same basis.

The company also expects approximately 1.50 percentage points of comparable adjusted operating margin expansion for the year. Its capital-return plan remains more than $2 billion for 2026, with more than $1.4 billion already returned to shareholders year to date.

The board approved a $0.25-per-share dividend payable December 24 to shareholders of record December 10.

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### Sources

- [8-K Filing — GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC (GPN)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001123360/000112336026000091/gpn-20261105.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Exhibit exhibit99120260930.htm — GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC 8-K exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001123360/000112336026000091/exhibit99120260930.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Global Payments Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261103515224/en/Global-Payments-Reports-Third-Quarter-2026-Results?ref=bullished.co) — businesswire.com

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