Start Time: 10:55 January 1, 0000 11:26 AM ET Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI ) Barclays 15th Annual Emerging Payments and FinTech Forum May 20, 2025, 10:55 AM ET Company Participants Bob Hau - CFO Takis Georgakopoulos - COO Conference Call Participants Ramsey El-Assal - Barclays Ramsey El-Assal All right, welcome back everybody, and very pleased to have Bob Hau, CFO; and Takis Georgakopoulos, Chief Operating Officer, both from Fiserv. Thank you so much for being here, gentlemen.
Fiserv's recent stock drop is an overreaction, restoring a margin of safety and presenting a buying opportunity at current levels. Clover's slower GPV growth is concerning, but revenue remains strong due to hardware sales and value-added services; management maintains 2025 guidance. Fiserv is more than Clover, with growth drivers like Carat, Zelle, Finxact, and new partnerships supporting sustainable EPS growth in the low teens.
Major U.S. equities indexes were mixed after a report showed that retail sales ticked higher in April.
With its previous CEO headed to Washington, Fiserv has picked a new chief executive. Michael Lyons, a longtime banking executive, has been chosen to lead the payments FinTech, Fiserv announced Tuesday (May 6), the same day outgoing CEO Frank Bisignano's nomination to lead the Social Security Administration was approved by the U.S. Senate.
Fiserv, Inc.'s Q1 results were mixed, with a revenue miss and a modest EPS beat driven by lower costs, leading to a 15% stock drop. Clover's 27% revenue growth was strong, but volume growth was disappointing, indicating a potential deceleration in penetration and slowing ahead. Fiserv's margin expansion appears to be nearing its end, especially in merchant solutions, and revenue growth is at risk if the economy weakens.
Shares of Fiserv plummeted in intraday trading Thursday (April 24) in the wake of its first-quarter earnings report, which showed slowing growth in its Clover point-of-sale operations and a decline in payments processing activity in its Merchant Solutions segment as consumers pared their spending.
FI's Product segment's growth significantly contributes to its top line in the first quarter of 2025.
Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 24, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Julie Chariell - SVP, Investor Relations Frank Bisignano - Chairman, President & CEO Mike Lyons - President & CEO Bob Hau - CFO Conference Call Participants Darrin Peller - Wolfe Research Tien-Tsin Huang - JPMorgan Ramsey El-Assal - Barclays Timothy Chiodo - UBS Jason Kupferberg - Bank of America Bryan Keane - Deutsche Bank Will Nance - Goldman Sachs Jamie Friedman - Susquehanna Dan Dolev - Mizuho Securities Andrew Jeffrey - William Blair James Faucette - Morgan Stanley Operator Welcome to the Fiserv First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode until the question-and-answer session begins following the presentation.
Although the revenue and EPS for Fiserv (FI) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Fiserv (FI) came out with quarterly earnings of $2.14 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.08 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.88 per share a year ago.
Fiserv plans to acquire Brazilian FinTech company Money Money Servicos Financeiros S.A. to expand the range of payment, management and cash flow solutions Fiserv's Clover offers Brazilian small– to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
Investors might consider buying Fiserv stock now for potential shelter from the tariff storm and long-term upside.