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How GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC. makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$7.7B · 100%Cost of revenue$2.1B · 27%Gross profit$5.6B · 73%Operating income$1.8B · 23%Income before tax$1.3B · 16%Income tax$252M · 3%Net income$1.4B · 18%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$7.7B100%
Cost of revenue$2.1B27%
$5.6B73%
$1.8B23%
Income before tax$1.3B16%
Income tax$252M3%
$1.4B18%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Oct 17, 2026 · annual-row source set
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