Payments firm Fiserv cuts annual profit forecast, shares fall nearly 12%
Payments firm Fiserv cuts annual profit forecast, shares fall nearly 12% Aug 6 (Reuters) - Payments processor Fiserv FISV.O cut its full-year profit forecast on Thursday after growth in its key segments slowed in the second quarter, sending its shares down nearly 12% in premarket trading.
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Fiserv cut its 2026 adjusted earnings per share forecast to between $7.20 and $7.40, from $8.00 to $8.30.
Fiserv also slashed its full-year organic revenue forecast. It now expects the revenue to be flat or fall 1%, versus its previous expectation of between 1% and 3% growth.
Revenue in Fiserv's merchant solutions segment decreased 1% in the second quarter, while financial solutions revenue fell 8%.
Activist investor Jana Partners has stepped up pressure on Fiserv to strategically review its entire portfolio and refresh the board, following a rout in its stock price.
The company's shares are down nearly 20% this year, following a near 68% drop in 2025.
For the period ended June, the company's revenue fell 4% to $5.29 billion from a year ago.
The company's adjusted profit for the quarter was $1.84 per share, compared with $2.47 it had reported a year earlier.
(Reporting by Aditi Tiwari in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)
((Aditi.Tiwari@thomsonreuters.com))
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