Fiserv (NYSE:FI) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Fiserv (NYSE:FI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The business services provider reported $2.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.48 by $0.03, Zacks reports. Fiserv had a return on equity of 17.10% and a net margin of 15.22%. Fiserv updated its FY 2025 guidance to 10.100-10.300 EPS.

Fiserv Price Performance

Shares of FI stock traded up $0.51 during trading on Friday, hitting $231.75. The company had a trading volume of 160,391 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,537,898. Fiserv has a 52 week low of $142.14 and a 52 week high of $232.25. The stock has a market capitalization of $131.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 44.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a quick ratio of 1.07, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $208.82 and its two-hundred day moving average is $192.78.

Insider Activity

In other Fiserv news, CAO Kenneth Best sold 20,821 shares of Fiserv stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $214.61, for a total value of $4,468,394.81. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 38,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,320,644.31. This trade represents a 34.94 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.75% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Mizuho raised their price target on Fiserv from $183.00 to $222.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Fiserv from $233.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Fiserv from $199.00 to $227.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Oppenheimer upped their price objective on shares of Fiserv from $214.00 to $239.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 19th. Finally, Stephens lifted their target price on Fiserv from $255.00 to $270.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have given a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $232.13.

About Fiserv

Fiserv, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides payments and financial services technology services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Merchant Acceptance, Financial Technology, and Payments and Network segments.