GAAP revenue growth of 7% and organic revenue growth of 20%;

GAAP EPS increased 39% and adjusted EPS increased 19%;

Company affirms 2024 organic revenue growth outlook of 15% to 17%

and raises adjusted EPS outlook to $8.60 to $8.75

MILWAUKEEMILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 23, 2024-- Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2024.

First Quarter 2024 GAAP Results

GAAP revenue for the company increased 7% to $4.88 billion in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the prior year period, with 13% growth in the Merchant Solutions segment and 3% growth in the Financial Solutions segment.

GAAP earnings per share was $1.24 in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 39% compared to the prior year period. GAAP operating margin was 24.2% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to 20.5% in the first quarter of 2023. GAAP operating margin was 34.1% in the Merchant Solutions segment and 44.1% in the Financial Solutions segment in the first quarter of 2024, compared to 29.7% and 42.4% in the first quarter of 2023, respectively. Net cash provided by operating activities was $831 million in the first quarter of 2024 compared to $1.13 billion in the prior year period.

“Fiserv extended its strong revenue growth and margin expansion into 2024 leading to 19% adjusted earnings per share growth in the first quarter,” said Frank Bisignano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fiserv. “We continued to execute on our resilient business model by improving productivity, delivering innovative products and services, and cross-selling into our diverse and high-quality client base.”

First Quarter 2024 Non-GAAP Results and Additional Information

• Adjusted revenue increased 7% to $4.54 billion in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the prior year period.
• Organic revenue growth was 20% in the first quarter of 2024, led by 36% growth in the Merchant Solutions segment and 5% growth in the Financial Solutions segment.
• Adjusted earnings per share increased 19% to $1.88 in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the prior year period.
• Adjusted operating margin increased 180 basis points to 35.8% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the prior year period.
• Adjusted operating margin increased 440 basis points to 34.1% in the Merchant Solutions segment and increased 160 basis points to 44.1% in the Financial Solutions segment in the first quarter of 2024, compared to the prior year period.
• Free cash flow was $454 million in the first quarter of 2024 compared to $861 million in the prior year period.
• The company repurchased 10.2 million shares of common stock for $1.5 billion in the first quarter of 2024.
• The company completed a public offering of $2.0 billion of 3-year, 7-year and 10-year senior notes with a weighted average interest rate of 5.313%.
• Fiserv was named to Fortune^® America’s Most Innovative Companies for the second consecutive year.
• Clover^® was named “Best Overall Commerce Platform” in the 2024 Annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards.

Outlook for 2024

Fiserv continues to expect organic revenue growth of 15% to 17% and raises adjusted earnings per share outlook to $8.60 to $8.75, representing growth of 14% to 16%, for 2024.

“Fiserv remains committed to our virtuous cycle of investment, revenue growth, operating leverage, capital return and re-investment for further growth, reinforced with a focus on clients, operational excellence, and a strong balance sheet,” said Bisignano. “This proven model, along with our strong first quarter results, led us to raise our 2024 adjusted earnings per share outlook for the full year.”

Segment Realignment

The company realigned its reportable segments during the first quarter of 2024 to correspond with changes in its business designed to further enhance operational performance in the delivery of its integrated portfolio of products and solutions to its financial institution clients (“Segment Realignment”). The company’s new reportable segments are Merchant Solutions and Financial Solutions. Segment results for the three months ended March 31, 2023 have been recast to reflect the Segment Realignment. Additional information regarding the Segment Realignment is available in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the company on March 26, 2024.

Earnings Conference Call

The company will discuss its first quarter 2024 results in a live webcast at 7 a.m. CT on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. The webcast, along with supplemental financial information, can be accessed on the investor relations section of the Fiserv website at investors.fiserv.com. A replay will be available approximately one hour after the conclusion of the live webcast.

About Fiserv

Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a Fortune 500™ company, aspires to move money and information in a way that moves the world. As a global leader in payments and financial technology, the company helps clients achieve best-in-class results through a commitment to innovation and excellence in areas including account processing and digital banking solutions; card issuer processing and network services; payments; e-commerce; merchant acquiring and processing; and the Clover^® cloud-based point-of-sale and business management platform. Fiserv is a member of the S&P 500^® Index and has been recognized as one of Fortune^® World’s Most Admired Companies™ for 9 of the last 10 years. Visit fiserv.com and follow on social media for more information and the latest company news.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this news release, the company supplements its reporting of information determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), such as revenue, operating income, operating margin, net income attributable to Fiserv, diluted earnings per share and net cash provided by operating activities, with “adjusted revenue,” “adjusted revenue growth,” “organic revenue,” “organic revenue growth,” “adjusted operating income,” “adjusted operating margin,” “adjusted net income,” “adjusted earnings per share,” “adjusted earnings per share growth,” and “free cash flow.” Management believes that adjustments for certain non-cash or other items and the exclusion of certain pass-through revenue and expenses should enhance shareholders' ability to evaluate the company’s performance, as such measures provide additional insights into the factors and trends affecting its business. Therefore, the company excludes these items from its GAAP financial measures to calculate these unaudited non-GAAP measures. The corresponding reconciliations of these unaudited non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measures are included in this news release, except for forward-looking measures where a reconciliation to the corresponding GAAP measures is not available due to the variability, complexity and limited visibility of the non-cash and other items described below that are excluded from the non-GAAP outlook measures. See pages 14-16 for additional information regarding the company’s forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures.

Examples of non-cash or other items may include, but are not limited to, non-cash intangible asset amortization expense associated with acquisitions; non-cash impairment charges; severance costs; net charges associated with debt financing activities; merger and integration costs; gains or losses from the sale of businesses, certain assets or investments; and certain discrete tax benefits and expenses. The company excludes these items to more clearly focus on the factors management believes are pertinent to the company’s operations, and management uses this information to make operating decisions, including the allocation of resources to the company’s various businesses.

The company adjusts its non-GAAP results to exclude amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets as such amounts are inconsistent in amount and frequency and are significantly impacted by the timing and/or size of acquisitions. Management believes that the adjustment of acquisition-related intangible asset amortization supplements GAAP information with a measure that can be used to assess the comparability of operating performance. Although the company excludes amortization from acquisition-related intangible assets from its non-GAAP expenses, management believes that it is important for investors to understand that such intangible assets were recorded as part of purchase accounting and contribute to revenue generation.

Management believes organic revenue growth is useful because it presents adjusted revenue growth excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, acquisitions, dispositions and the company’s postage reimbursements. Management believes free cash flow is useful to measure the funds generated in a given period that are available for debt service requirements and strategic capital decisions. Management believes this supplemental information enhances shareholders’ ability to evaluate and understand the company’s core business performance.

These unaudited non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, revenue, operating income, operating margin, net income attributable to Fiserv, diluted earnings per share and net cash provided by operating activities or any other amount determined in accordance with GAAP.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding anticipated organic revenue growth, adjusted earnings per share, adjusted earnings per share growth and other statements regarding our future financial performance. Statements can generally be identified as forward-looking because they include words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “could,” “should,” “confident,” “likely,” “plan,” or words of similar meaning. Statements that describe the company’s future plans, outlook, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. The factors that could cause the company’s actual results to differ materially include, among others, the following: the company’s ability to compete effectively against new and existing competitors and to continue to introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost-effective basis; changes in customer demand for the company’s products and services; the ability of the company’s technology to keep pace with a rapidly evolving marketplace; the success of the company’s merchant alliances, some of which are not controlled by the company; the impact of a security breach or operational failure in the company’s business, including disruptions caused by other participants in the global financial system; losses due to chargebacks, refunds or returns as a result of fraud or the failure of the company’s vendors and merchants to satisfy their obligations; changes in local, regional, national and international economic or political conditions, including those resulting from heightened inflation, rising interest rates, a recession, bank failures, or intensified international hostilities, and the impact they may have on the company and its employees, clients, vendors, supply chain, operations and sales; the effect of proposed and enacted legislative and regulatory actions affecting the company or the financial services industry as a whole; the company’s ability to comply with government regulations and applicable card association and network rules; the protection and validity of intellectual property rights; the outcome of pending and future litigation and governmental proceedings; the company’s ability to successfully identify, complete and integrate acquisitions, and to realize the anticipated benefits associated with the same; the impact of the company’s strategic initiatives; the company’s ability to attract and retain key personnel; volatility and disruptions in financial markets that may impact the company’s ability to access preferred sources of financing and the terms on which the company is able to obtain financing or increase its costs of borrowing; adverse impacts from currency exchange rates or currency controls; changes in corporate tax and interest rates; and other factors included in “Risk Factors” in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and in other documents that the company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at http://www.sec.gov. You should consider these factors carefully in evaluating forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release.

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Full Year Forward-Looking Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Reconciliations of unaudited non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measures are included in this news release, except for forward-looking measures where a reconciliation to the corresponding GAAP measures is not available due to the variability, complexity and limited visibility of these items that are excluded from the non-GAAP outlook measures. The company’s forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures for 2024, including organic revenue growth, adjusted earnings per share and adjusted earnings per share growth, are designed to enhance shareholders’ ability to evaluate the company’s performance by excluding certain items to focus on factors and trends affecting its business.

Organic Revenue Growth - The company's organic revenue growth outlook for 2024 excludes the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, acquisitions, dispositions and the impact of the company's postage reimbursements. The currency impact is measured as the increase or decrease in the expected adjusted revenue for the period by applying prior period foreign currency exchange rates to present a constant currency comparison to prior periods.

Adjusted Earnings Per Share - The company's adjusted earnings per share outlook for 2024 excludes certain non-cash or other items such as non-cash intangible asset amortization expense associated with acquisitions; non-cash impairment charges; non-cash pension plan termination charges; merger and integration costs; severance costs; gains or losses from the sale of businesses, certain assets and investments; and certain discrete tax benefits and expenses. The company estimates that amortization expense in 2024 with respect to acquired intangible assets will decrease approximately 10% compared to the amount incurred in 2023.

Other adjustments to the company’s financial measures that were incurred in 2023 and for the three months ended March 31, 2024 are presented in this news release; however, they are not necessarily indicative of adjustments that may be incurred in the remainder of 2024 or beyond. Estimates of these impacts and adjustments on a forward-looking basis are not available due to the variability, complexity and limited visibility of these items.

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Media Relations:
Ann S. Cave
External Communications
Fiserv, Inc.
678-325-9435
ann.cave@fiserv.com

Investor Relations:
Julie Chariell
Investor Relations
Fiserv, Inc.
212-515-0278
julie.chariell@fiserv.com

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