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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Fiserv, a global provider of financial services technology solutions, reported robust financial performance in its Q4 2023 earnings call.</li><li>The company experienced a double-digit growth year, with a 12% organic revenue growth and a 16% growth in adjusted earnings per share.</li><li>The company generated $4 billion of free cash flow and returned $4.7 billion to shareholders through share repurchase.</li></ul>

Fiserv, a global provider of financial services technology solutions, reported robust financial performance in its Q4 2023 earnings call.The company experienced a double-digit growth year, with a 12% organic revenue growth and a 16% growth in adjusted earnings per share.The company generated $4 billion of free cash flow and returned $4.7 billion to shareholders through share repurchase.

Fiserv Inc: Improved Artificial Intelligence & Data Capabilities Changing The Game? - Major Drivers

<ul><li>Fiserv, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.</li><li>These impressive results were fueled by the acceleration of organic revenue growth in both the Merchant Acceptance and Fintech segments, reaching 20% and 6%, respectively.</li><li>In the third quarter, Fiserv continued its impressive streak of double-digit organic revenue growth, focusing on five powerful opportunities to sustain this momentum.</li></ul>

Fiserv, Inc. managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.These impressive results were fueled by the acceleration of organic revenue growth in both the Merchant Acceptance and Fintech segments, reaching 20% and 6%, respectively.In the third quarter, Fiserv continued its impressive streak of double-digit organic revenue growth, focusing on five powerful opportunities to sustain this momentum.

Fiserv Inc.: Collaborating with Skytef & Other Major Developments

<ul><li>Fiserv delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.</li><li>With the continued success of their market-leading cloud-based operating system, Clover, and the unified commerce offering, Carat, Fiserv expects future growth acceleration.</li><li>Other growth areas include digital payments and digital banking, expansion in Latin America, and opportunities presented by the cloud-native core banking system, Finxact.</li></ul>

Fiserv delivered a positive result and managed an all-around beat in the last quarter.With the continued success of their market-leading cloud-based operating system, Clover, and the unified commerce offering, Carat, Fiserv expects future growth acceleration.Other growth areas include digital payments and digital banking, expansion in Latin America, and opportunities presented by the cloud-native core banking system, Finxact.

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Equity Capital Markets

<ul><li>Fiserv is off to quite a strong start in the year with adjusted revenue growth and an increase in adjusted earnings per share resulting in an all-around beat.</li><li>Adjusted operating margin was up and organic revenue growth was higher than expected, demonstrating the company's ability to sustain accelerated growth.</li><li>Clover revenue growth stays strong and Fiserv continues to add merchants at quite a healthy pace.</li></ul>

Fiserv is off to quite a strong start in the year with adjusted revenue growth and an increase in adjusted earnings per share resulting in an all-around beat.Adjusted operating margin was up and organic revenue growth was higher than expected, demonstrating the company's ability to sustain accelerated growth.Clover revenue growth stays strong and Fiserv continues to add merchants at quite a healthy pace.

Value Investing

Vladimir Dimitrov, CFA

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<li>Fiserv's delivered a 30% return since October of last year, when I laid out my full investment thesis.</li>
<li>Fiserv is laying the groundwork for long-term growth, says the company's market commentators.</li>
<li>The company continues to outmaneuver its direct competitors, according to analysts.</li>
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Fiserv's delivered a 30% return since October of last year, when I laid out my full investment thesis.
Fiserv is laying the groundwork for long-term growth, says the company's market commentators.
The company continues to outmaneuver its direct competitors, according to analysts.


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Fiserv, Inc. provides integrated information management and electronic commerce systems and services. The Company's solutions include transaction processing, electronic bill payment and presentment, business process outsourcing, document distribution services, and software and systems solutions.

Fiserv Inc (FISV US)

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