Fiserv (NYSE:FI) Announces Earnings Results

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

Fiserv Trading Up 6.8 %

Shares of NYSE:FI opened at $228.83 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $130.19 billion, a PE ratio of 44.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.94. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $208.45 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $192.25. Fiserv has a one year low of $137.13 and a one year high of $231.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 1.07.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of Fiserv from $183.00 to $222.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Fiserv from $222.00 to $232.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Fiserv from $185.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Fiserv from $230.00 to $233.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Fiserv from $183.00 to $224.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-two have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $224.00.

Insider Transactions at Fiserv

In other news, CAO Kenneth Best sold 20,821 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $214.61, for a total transaction of $4,468,394.81. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 38,771 shares in the company, valued at $8,320,644.31. The trade was a 34.94 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.75% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Fiserv Company Profile

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.