What the executives and directors of Global Payments actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bready Cameron M Chief Executive Officer | CEO | 441.7K | — | — |
| WOODS M TROY | Director | 126.7K | — | — |
| Whipple Joshua J Chief Financial Officer | CFO | 107.3K | — | — |
| Cortopassi Robert M President and COO | COO | 90.5K | — | $342K |
| Green David Lawrence Chief Administrative Officer | Officer | 68.1K | — | $928K |
| BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR | Director | 68.1K | $1.1M | — |
| Sacchi Guido Francesco Senior EVP and CIO | Officer | 66.1K | — | — |
| MARSHALL RUTH ANN | Director | 47.1K | — | — |
| Steele-Belkin Dara L. Chief Legal Officer | Officer | 46.5K | — | $172K |
| TURNER JOHN THOMPSON | Director | 36.1K | — | — |
| MCDANIEL CONNIE D | Director | 33.2K | — | $347K |
| Carter Andrea M Chief Human Resources Officer | Officer | 26.1K | — | — |
| BRUNO JOHN G | Director | 21.8K | — | — |
| Viviani Stella Nichole Chief People Officer | Officer | 19.6K | — | — |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | JOHNSON JOIA M (Director) | Open-market buy | 1,213 | $81.90 | $99K |
| 2025-12-11 | BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR (Director) | Open-market buy | 10.4K | $81.42 | $846K |
| 2025-12-11 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,016 | $81.41 | $164K |
| 2025-12-10 | BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR (Director) | Open-market buy | 3,000 | $80.25 | $241K |
| 2025-12-03 | Green David Lawrence (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 11.6K | $79.99 | $928K |
| 2025-11-12 | MCDANIEL CONNIE D (Director) | Discretionary sale | 4,464 | $77.81 | $347K |
| 2025-11-07 | Watson Patricia A (Director) | Open-market buy | 1,331 | $75.06 | $100K |
| 2025-08-21 | Cortopassi Robert M (COO) | Discretionary sale | 4,000 | $85.52 | $342K |
| 2025-08-12 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $83.03 | $208K |
| 2025-08-07 | Steele-Belkin Dara L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,000 | $86.00 | $172K |
| 2025-05-08 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $80.79 | $202K |
| 2024-12-13 | BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR (Director) | Open-market buy | 5,800 | $116.00 | $673K |
| 2024-11-04 | Carter Andrea M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,366 | $105.67 | $250K |
| 2024-10-31 | Green David Lawrence (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 31.3K | $104.55 | $3.3M |
| 2024-08-08 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,651 | $100.73 | $166K |
| 2024-06-06 | JOHNSTON SHANNON A (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,727 | $98.33 | $170K |
| 2024-05-09 | Carter Andrea M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,300 | $111.34 | $367K |
| 2023-12-14 | WOODS M TROY (Director) | Discretionary sale | 5,247 | $133.77 | $702K |
| 2023-12-08 | BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR (Director) | Open-market buy | 3,500 | $120.06 | $420K |
| 2023-11-15 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,800 | $112.85 | $203K |
| 2023-11-02 | Green David Lawrence (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 17.9K | $112.53 | $2M |
| 2023-09-06 | Whipple Joshua J (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 37.1K | $127.28 | $4.7M |
| 2023-08-17 | Sacchi Guido Francesco (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 14.5K | $124.47 | $1.8M |
| 2023-08-02 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,016 | $119.47 | $241K |
| 2023-02-27 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,562 | $113.08 | $177K |
| 2022-12-12 | BALDWIN ROBERT H B JR (Director) | Open-market buy | 3,400 | $98.62 | $335K |
| 2022-11-09 | BRUNO JOHN G (Director) | Discretionary sale | 4,807 | $97.47 | $469K |
| 2022-11-04 | WOODS M TROY (Director) | Open-market buy | 5,247 | $95.26 | $500K |
| 2022-08-10 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,500 | $133.20 | $466K |
| 2022-06-03 | Green David Lawrence (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 16.3K | $130.10 | $2.1M |
| 2022-03-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $127.99 | $64K |
| 2022-02-28 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,006 | $132.55 | $133K |
| 2022-02-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $145.83 | $73K |
| 2022-01-18 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $149.54 | $75K |
| 2021-12-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $129.28 | $65K |
| 2021-11-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $132.95 | $66K |
| 2021-11-05 | CLONINGER KRISS III (Director) | Open-market buy | 1,000 | $137.68 | $138K |
| 2021-10-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $156.44 | $78K |
| 2021-09-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $162.20 | $81K |
| 2021-08-16 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $170.43 | $85K |
| 2021-08-10 | MCDANIEL CONNIE D (Director) | Open-market buy | 1,150 | $173.48 | $200K |
| 2021-08-05 | JOHNSON JOIA M (Director) | Open-market buy | 590 | $170.40 | $101K |
| 2021-08-05 | SLOAN JEFFREY STEVEN (CEO) | Open-market buy | 2,946 | $169.87 | $500K |
| 2021-07-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $192.30 | $96K |
| 2021-06-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $192.86 | $96K |
| 2021-05-21 | JOHNSON JOIA M (Director) | Open-market buy | 500 | $196.90 | $98K |
| 2021-05-17 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $197.37 | $99K |
| 2021-04-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $215.21 | $108K |
| 2021-03-15 | JACOBS WILLIAM I (Director) | Discretionary sale | 500 | $214.21 | $107K |
| 2021-03-02 | Sacchi Guido Francesco (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 12.1K | $202.07 | $2.4M |
| 2021-03-02 | Todd Paul M (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 28.3K | $202.44 | $5.7M |
| 2021-03-01 | SHEFFIELD DAVID M (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 711 | $200.41 | $142K |
| 2021-02-25 | Todd Paul M (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 1,305 | $200.10 | $261K |
| 2021-02-25 | Todd Paul M (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 2,603 | $200.09 | $521K |
| 2021-02-25 | Todd Paul M (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 5,470 | $198.41 | $1.1M |
| 2021-02-25 | Todd Paul M (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 5,614 | $199.65 | $1.1M |
| 2021-02-25 | Todd Paul M (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 5,673 | $198.44 | $1.1M |
| 2021-02-25 | Todd Paul M (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 6,708 | $199.70 | $1.3M |
| 2021-02-23 | WOODS M TROY (Director) | Discretionary sale | 107 | $195.57 | $21K |
| 2021-02-23 | WOODS M TROY (Director) | Discretionary sale | 307 | $196.00 | $60K |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.