We all like to claim that Fiserv is failing and that everything is going to he-l in a handbasket, but the fact is the company has been doing better than it ever has in the past three years - at least for shareholders, which is the only thing that matters. Just look at the stock. It might not be at its all-time high, but it's certainly not far from it - and it's higher than at any point before 2019. As long as that's true, there'll be no changes in leadership or in how things are run. Fiserv might not be a good place to work, but it's not going anywhere any time soon.
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@hgt+1gmC8xrD , The Street knowns when you are touting revenuee vs providing actual long term value. If the stock isn't rising much and beating the S&P 500 like it did from 2010 to 2019.
The next stop for the stock is $94 a share. It just dropped below the 50 period moving avarage, and still within the downward channel. Maybe Fiserv can do some more stock buyback and cut employee pay to do it. Maybe it will help those vested senior execs.
https://finviz.com/quote.ashx?t=FISV
OP obviously has no idea how fiserv stock performed over the last decade.
Check back with me after earnings smart guy
Share price right now is $100.83 - anybody wanting to ride this rocket???
Fiserv keeps touting great "adjusted" earnings, but investors seem less than eager to buy the stock.
OP is just outright lying. FISV performance has been abysmal over the last 3 years relative to historical performance and the broader market. The data is readily available.
The general stock market is up 50% in that time period. Fiserv is up about zero percent in that time period. Trailing the market's returns by 50% is not 'doing well'.
Who is your audience here? Who do you think you are fooling? The employees know how bad things are. The customer's know how bad things are. The shareholders know the stock price hasn't followed the rest of the market. Is your audience people who are unaffiliated with Fiserv and are not paying attention to the stock market?
Pointing to a 2022 stock being up from 2019 is a joke. The overwhelming majority of all fortune 500 stocks are up, more so than Fiserv. That isn't due to "innovation" (aka buy all competition) or leadership, that is just inflation.
While a core provider Jack Henry & Associates share price is up 108% in the last half decade. On top of that, the share price is up 24% in about a quarter, Fiserv can not say that, not to mention their EPS is ki----g it vs Fiserv.
Fiserv will implode because of the leverage it took on from the First Data merger. This debt will be its downfall. It will only be a matter of time.
Numbers can only be manipulated for so long until the house of cards comes tumbling down wink wink
After the merger obviously Fiserv combined worth, revenue generation is higher. A stock price is both forward and backward looking. Spin it one way or another.
Appears the street is betting on an ESP miss . For Fiserv, the Most Accurate Estimate is lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate, suggesting that analysts have recently become bearish on the company's earnings prospects. This has resulted in an Earnings ESP of -0.36%.
Bottom line there are more profitable investments.
thats a bunch of bs , I see on the average of 3 clients leaving Fiserv every week
Not smoking or joking….only a few dozen companies in the Fortune 500 that grow double digits on $16B And produce over -$4B in FCF. Fiserv is now growing the equivalent of a Fortune 500 company every year. I don’t think the stock price appreciates the numbers this firm delivers.
The CFO is a good color commentator when it comes to numbers, but sooner or later the company needs to start producing actual value
it's higher than at any point before 2019
True
has been doing better than it ever has in the past three years
Not remotely true. At 102.19, It's closer to the bottom in March 2020 (81.77) than it is to the 3 year high on April 19, 2021 (126.02). It's closed higher than the current price the vast majority of the time back to july 2019.
What are you smoking? Your joking, right?