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Fiserv plummets after trimming full-year guidance despite largely positive Q2 results

The payment tech company has now lost over a third of its value this year as growth concerns mount.

Nia Warfield

Frank's International shares sank over 20% Wednesday morning after the company topped Q2 estimates but narrowed its full-year earnings forecast.

Adjusted earnings per share came in at $2.47 for the quarter, slightly ahead of Street estimates for $2.44. Meanwhile, revenue totaled $5.20 billion, also coming in roughly in line with expectations.

Fiserv provides payments and financial tech services that supports credit unions, traditional banks, and businesses ranging from small merchants to large enterprises. Last month, the company announced plans to launch a new digital asset platform, including a proprietary stablecoin, FIUSD, which boosted shares at the time. 

Still, the company is facing profitability pressures. Fiserv now expects 2025 adjusted EPS of $10.15 to $10.30, compared with its previous range of $10.10 to $10.30. 

While the forecast is still in line with consensus, the narrowed range reflects recent margin pressure, particularly in its merchant business, as Fiserv integrates a number of recent acquisitions and ramps up its product and marketing spend.

“We’re now at 10% organic growth, so we don’t have quite as much volume to help override or offset some of that M&A activity,” the company said on its earnings call. “[That] caused us to take the full year down from that 125 to 100 basis points.”

Fiserv shares are now down about 37% year to date.

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SpaceX gets a wave of bullish ratings from Wall Street analysts

SpaceX received more than a dozen positive analyst calls on Tuesday — including from major Wall Street banks — as they initiate coverage on Elon Musk’s space and AI company.

SpaceX went public on June 12 at a $2.2 trillion valuation, the largest debut in history. While the company hasn’t yet posted a profit, it seems to have convinced Wall Street that it will get there and grow its valuation on the way.

Of the at least 17 analysts that gave a rating on Tuesday, all but one gave it a “buy” or “outperform” rating. MoffettNathanson was "neutral."

The ratings come as SpaceX joined the Nasdaq 100 index, a benchmark tech-heavy basket of companies that underpins millions of portfolios. The inclusion adds built-in demand for the stock from index funds and ETFs.

Still, SpaceX fell more than 5% on Tuesday amid a broader sell-off, and is currently effectively flat from its opening price of $150 a share.

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Nike sinks to lowest level since 2014 after warning of “challenged” sales environment in Q4 report

Did Nike do it?

Investors had a mixed reaction after the global sports apparel company reported its fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday after the bell. Shares initially rose 5% as Nike beat out Wall Street expectations amid a hefty tariff refund bonus. However, the stock then sank to its lowest level since August 2014 in postmarket trading.

Here are the Q4 numbers:

  • Revenue of $11.0 billion (estimate: $10.8 billion).

  • Adjusted earnings per share of $0.20 (estimate: $0.12).

Ahead of this report, Nike warned that results would be flattered by a one-time tariff refund (now estimated at roughly $0.52 per share for the bottom line). That gave the company an extra cushion in snapping its streak of seven quarters of year-over-year profit declines.

Over the past year, the company had been punished by tariffs on imported goods, stagnant consumer spending, and increasing competition from other footwear brands like New Balance, Adidas, and Hoka.

Outgoing CFO Matthew Friend deemed it an “increasingly challenging operating environment, where sell-through remains challenged.”

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