Fiserv (FI) Nosedives 13.8% on Missed Analyst Expectations

We recently published Wall Street’s 10 Worst Performing Stocks. Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI) is one of the worst performers on Wednesday.

Fiserv nosedived by 13.84 percent on Wednesday to end at $143 apiece despite a strong earnings performance in the second quarter of the year, as investors were disheartened by missed merchant growth expectations.

In its earnings release, Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI) announced a 9-percent organic revenue growth in its merchant solutions unit, but slower than the 11 to 13 percent as expected by analysts.

Additionally, the company said that it was expecting merchant revenues to settle near the low end of its previous guidance of 12 to 15 percent for 2025.

In the second quarter of the year, Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI) grew its attributable net income by 14.76 percent to $1.026 billion from $894 million in the same period last year.

Revenues were also higher by 7.8 percent to $5.5 billion from $5.1 billion year-on-year.

On the same day, Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE:FI) announced a strategic collaboration with TD Bank Group, where the latter’s merchant solutions will utilize the former’s Clover point-of-sale technology for its merchant business.

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