Insider trade

Director purchased ~$99K of GPN shares in the open market

Traded Feb 20, 2026 · Filed Feb 23, 2026

~$99K
Reported value · 1,213 sh @ $81.90: 4,386
Holds after · shares reported: -2.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +10.8%, $82.47 → $80.29 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Global Payments spent $99K of their very own money to buy Global Payments shares. Their pile of Global Payments shares grew by 38%.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Feb 20, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 23, 2026

Director$25K–$100KHoldings +38%

Context

Classification

open market purchase

Code P — open-market or private purchase

Absolute commitment

~$99,345

Shares × reported transaction price

Size band

$25K–$100K

Ownership change

+38.2%

Purchase shares ÷ estimated pre-transaction holdings, from the filing

Rarity

Not enough history to judge

Confirmed open-market purchases by the same insider in the available history

Cluster activity

No other insider purchases within 30 days

Distinct insiders at the same issuer with confirmed open-market purchases

Timing vs results

2 days after results of Feb 18, 2026, 75 days before results of May 6, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $82.47 on Feb 20, 2026, 23% above its 52-week low and 22% below its high, after a 6% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $67.21 (Feb 3, 2026) to $105.28 (Feb 28, 2025), 40% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $77.50 on Jan 7, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-0.8%	-1.0%	+0.2%
30 days	-10.7%	-6.2%	-4.5%
90 days	-6.5%	+9.2%	-15.7%
180 days	+20.4%	+11.1%	+9.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001123360-26-000010
Filed / recorded: Feb 23, 2026, 10:49 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
Issuer CIK: 1123360
Ticker: GPN
Reporting person: Joia M Johnson
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 20, 2026
Transaction code: P
Shares / units: 1,213
Price per share: $81.90
Acquired / disposed: Acquired (A)
Shares owned after: 4,386
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Around the same time

7mo ago

239Shares · @ $80.25

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

7mo ago

42Shares · @ $68.67

Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

Why it stands out Official record

7mo ago

119KShares · @ $76.46

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

Why it stands out Official record

Why it stands out

Dates, kept separate

Context

After it was reported

Source receipt

Around the same time

239Shares · @ $80.25

42Shares · @ $68.67

119KShares · @ $76.46

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