Fiserv, Inc. · FISV · FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026

Fiserv Holds FY2026 Guidance as Merchant Trends Improve, Risks Persist

Q3 commentary points to improving merchant activity and progress in banking attrition, but flat organic revenue and ongoing Argentina and execution risks temper the recovery narrative. The next year’s evidence will be whether these operating improvements translate into sustained growth and margin delivery.

Reported Before market openNASDAQTechnology $27.61B market cap
80quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $1.72
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $4.85B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +12.4% Event window
SPY move +0.4% Same window
Abnormal move +12.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.3× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift 0.0% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with Q2’s lowered outlook and cautious tone, Q3 management maintained full-year guidance and described merchant trends as improving. Project Elevate’s identified savings opportunity rose to $1 billion from $500 million, while the company set a long-term adjusted operating margin ambition of 37%.

Guidance delta

Management maintained full-year guidance. The supplied analysis does not specify the detailed guidance ranges for this quarter; it also describes 37% adjusted operating margin as a long-term ambition, not near-term guidance.

Key takeaways

  • Q3 adjusted revenue was described as flat organically and in line with guidance; adjusted operating margin was 31.2%.
  • Management cited Clover and Commerce Hub momentum and improving banking attrition, while noting the risks around Argentina and continued revenue pressure in banking.
  • Project Elevate’s identified savings opportunity increased to $1 billion; management also cited a planned $0.5 billion Q4 share repurchase.

Management priorities

  • Continue expanding Clover and Commerce Hub, including the planned Clover for Enterprise launch in 2027.
  • Improve banking attrition, grow core banking wins and advance product interoperability and cross-selling.
  • Execute Project Elevate, including legacy-system decommissioning, while pursuing non-core divestitures and capital returns.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
FISV REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 7 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 actual $5B, None Q3 '24 actual $5B, None Q2 '25 estimate $5B Q2 '25 actual $6B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $5B Q3 '25 actual $5B, miss Q4 '25 estimate $5B Q4 '25 actual $5B, match Q1 '26 estimate $5B Q1 '26 actual $5B, miss Q2 '26 estimate $5B Q2 '26 actual $5B, miss Q3 '26 estimate $5B Q4 '26 estimate $5B Q1 '27 estimate $5B

Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy59 ratings
Bullish3355.9%
Neutral2644.1%
Bearish00.0%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$58.95Current
$46Low
$126.02Average
$244High

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Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
BMO Capital Market Perform Market PerformMaintainOct 27, 2026
Truist Securities Hold HoldMaintainOct 23, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 16, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 16, 2026
TD Cowen Hold HoldMaintainOct 9, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

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FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$48$47.44 -18.6%Oct 27, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$51$50.82 -13.5%Oct 23, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$48$47.48 -18.6%Oct 16, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$50$45.94 -15.2%Oct 9, 2026
Truist FinancialMatthew Coad$53$51.5 -10.1%Aug 20, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Fiserv, Inc. is a global provider of technology solutions for payments and financial services. Its operations are structured into three primary segments: Acceptance, Fintech, and Payments. The Acceptance segment enables businesses to process transactions at the point of sale and through digital channels, offering mobile payment capabilities and robust security and fraud prevention tools. Key offerings include Carat, its omnichannel commerce platform; Clover, a cloud-native platform for point-of-sale and business management; and Clover Connect, designed for independent software vendors. This segment reaches clients via diverse distribution channels, including direct sales, agent networks, ISVs, and financial institution partnerships.…

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-11-03T17:06:22.594234+00:00
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