Strong financial segment performance leads quarterly results
BROOKFIELD, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading provider of technology solutions, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2007. Total revenues for the quarter increased 11% to $1.22 billion compared with $1.10 billion in 2006. Earnings per share for the quarter were $0.66 compared with $0.64 in 2006.
The Financial Institution Services segment produced very strong internal revenue growth and operating margin performance in the first quarter. Internal revenue growth was 7% for the quarter, and segment adjusted operating margin was up more than 300 basis points to 24.8%. Almost all of the first quarter increase in operating income in this segment was generated through a combination of growth in higher-margin internal revenues and operating efficiencies.
“Our overall results for the quarter were consistent with our expectations, led by strong revenue growth and operating margin performance in our financial segment,” said Jeffery Yabuki, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fiserv. “Our business model of providing clients with highly valued products and services through a privileged relationship continues to show strength.”
“We made tangible progress against our Fiserv 2.0 initiatives in a quarter where we also generated solid cash flow, returning $142 million to shareholders through our share repurchase program,” Yabuki added.
Other business and operating highlights for the first quarter of 2007 included:
- Fiserv Electronic Funds Transfer completed 55 new sales in the quarter and now has more than 2,700 clients. 95% of the new sales were made within the Fiserv core client base;
- The company’s BillMatrix business unit, a leader in the expedited electronic bill payment market, increased transactions by 45%, compared with the first quarter of 2006, to 10.2 million;
- Fiserv signed 52 new clients for its electronic bill payment services and now has more than 500 electronic bill pay clients;
- Fiserv signed a multi-year enterprise agreement with Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co., FSB, a subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, to provide core account processing and cash management, as well as a host of ancillary services, including EFT, item processing, statements and back-office support;
- Fiserv announced a new check exchange agreement with Bank of America, through Viewpointe, the leading provider of check image exchange and archive services in the U.S. The agreement enables Bank of America to connect to thousands of endpoints on the electronic Fiserv Clearing Network (FCN). During the quarter, the company added 117 new FCN clients for a total of 626 clients nationwide;
- Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., a division of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., has expanded its relationship with Fiserv Automotive Solutions, a developer of automotive financing systems, by executing a license agreement for a new loan origination system;
- Fiserv completed the acquisition of NetEconomy, a leading financial crime management, anti-money laundering, and compliance solutions provider to world-wide financial institutions. The acquisition provides Fiserv clients with an enhanced risk management, compliance and fraud solution that will be delivered in both a standalone and a fully integrated model with Fiserv’s core account processing platforms. For 2007, the company expects this acquisition to be dilutive by $0.01 to $0.02 per share; and
- The company repurchased 2.7 million shares of its common stock in the quarter at an average price of $52.95.
OUTLOOK FOR 2007
Fiserv reaffirmed its full-year 2007 earnings within a range of $2.86 to $2.94 per share, which includes the slight dilution from the NetEconomy acquisition. Fiserv expects full-year 2007 adjusted internal revenue growth of mid-single digits for the company and for its financial segment.
EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
Fiserv will discuss its first quarter 2007 results on a conference call and web cast at 4 p.m. CDT on April 25. To register for the event, go to www.fiserv.com and click on “Upcoming Events.”
USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The company reports its financial results in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the company uses certain non-GAAP performance measures, including “free cash flow,” “adjusted internal revenue growth,” and “adjusted operating margin,” to provide investors a more complete understanding of the company’s underlying operational results. These non-GAAP measures are indicators that management uses to provide additional meaningful comparisons between current results and prior reported results, and as a basis for planning and forecasting for future periods. The company believes these adjusted measures are more indicative of the company’s operating performance. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable measures prepared in accordance with GAAP in the United States.
About Fiserv
Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a Fortune 500 company, provides information management systems and services to the financial and insurance industries. Leading services include transaction processing, outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO), software and systems solutions. The company serves more than 18,000 clients worldwide and is the leading provider of core processing solutions for U.S. banks, credit unions and thrifts. Fiserv was ranked the largest provider of information technology services to the financial services industry worldwide in the 2004, 2005 and 2006 FinTech 100 surveys. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., Fiserv reported more than $4.5 billion in total revenue for 2006. For more information, please visit www.fiserv.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding estimated earnings per share and adjusted internal revenue growth in 2007. Forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. The factors that may adversely affect the company’s results include, among others, changes in customers’ demand for the company’s products or services, pricing or other actions by competitors, potential impact of initiatives implemented as a result of the company’s strategic review process, general changes in economic conditions and other factors included in the company’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.
FISERV, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES | |||
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | |||
(In thousands, except per share amounts, unaudited) | |||
| Three Months Ended | |||
| March 31, | |||
| 2007 | 2006 | ||
| Revenues | |||
| Processing and services | $779,165 | $761,044 | |
| Product | 440,254 | 335,624 | |
| Total revenues | 1,219,419 | 1,096,668 | |
| Expenses | |||
| Cost of processing and services | 498,815 | 485,968 | |
| Cost of product | 369,810 | 272,094 | |
| Selling, general and administrative | 157,425 | 145,653 | |
| Total expenses | 1,026,050 | 903,715 | |
| Operating income | 193,369 | 192,953 | |
| Interest expense – net | (8,388) | (6,106) | |
| Income before income taxes | 184,981 | 186,847 | |
| Income tax provision | 71,418 | 70,636 | |
| Net income | $113,563 | $116,211 | |
| Earnings per share – diluted | $0.66 | $0.64 | |
| Diluted shares used in computing earnings per share | 172,637 | 181,783 | |
| FISERV, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Dollars in thousands, unaudited) | |||
| March 31, | Dec. 31, | ||
| 2007 | 2006 | ||
| Assets | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $200,795 | $185,328 | |
| Trade accounts receivable | 598,976 | 601,226 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | 176,160 | 176,236 | |
| Investments | 2,120,344 | 2,019,197 | |
| Property and equipment – net | 246,033 | 248,040 | |
| Intangible assets – net | 623,999 | 614,818 | |
| Goodwill | 2,396,799 | 2,363,078 | |
| Total | $6,363,106 | $6,207,923 | |
| Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity | |||
| Trade accounts payable | $223,023 | $229,025 | |
| Accrued expenses | 305,500 | 374,978 | |
| Accrued income taxes | 72,263 | 9,365 | |
| Deferred revenues | 271,950 | 263,236 | |
| Customer funds held and retirement account deposits | 2,075,453 | 1,986,315 | |
| Deferred income taxes | 163,268 | 172,126 | |
| Long-term debt | 821,904 | 747,256 | |
| Total Liabilities | 3,933,361 | 3,782,301 | |
| Shareholders’ Equity | 2,429,745 | 2,425,622 | |
| Total | $6,363,106 | $6,207,923 | |
| FISERV, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Dollars in thousands, unaudited) | |||
Three Months Ended | |||
| 2007 | 2006 | ||
| Cash flows from operating activities | |||
| Net income | $113,563 | $116,211 | |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||
| Deferred income taxes | (4,790) | 9,527 | |
| Share-based compensation | 10,988 | 13,794 | |
| Excess tax benefit from exercise of options | (3,249) | (1,923) | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 50,263 | 47,366 | |
| Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and dispositions of businesses: | |||
| Trade accounts receivable | 4,024 | 5,215 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | 590 | (10,150) | |
| Trade accounts payable and accrued expenses | (76,267) | (48,539) | |
| Deferred revenues | 7,301 | 5 | |
| Accrued income taxes | 68,028 | 58,961 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 170,451 | 190,467 | |
| Cash flows from investing activities | |||
| Capital expenditures, including capitalization of software costs for external customers | |||
| (48,910) | (47,172) | ||
| Payment for acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired | (43,424) | (61,975) | |
| Expenses paid related to sale of businesses | – | (1,246) | |
| Investments | (101,094) | 28,487 | |
| Net cash used in investing activities | (193,428) | (81,906) | |
| Cash flows from financing activities | |||
| Proceeds from long-term debt – net | 74,267 | 162,364 | |
| Issuance of common stock and treasury stock | 13,593 | 11,127 | |
| Purchases of treasury stock | (141,803) | (228,882) | |
| Excess tax benefit from exercise of options | 3,249 | 1,923 | |
| Customer funds held and retirement account deposits | 89,138 | (34,789) | |
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 38,444 | (88,257) | |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents | 15,467 | 20,304 | |
| Beginning balance | 185,328 | 184,471 | |
| Ending balance | $200,795 | $204,775 | |
FISERV, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||
SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ||||
(Dollars in thousands, unaudited) | ||||
Three Months Ended | ||||
| Segment | 2007 | 2006 | ||
| Revenues | ||||
| Financial Institution Services (“Financial”) (1) | $767,250 | $699,858 | ||
| Insurance Services (“Insurance”) (2) | 417,731 | 362,461 | ||
| Investment Support Services (“Investment”) | 34,438 | 34,349 | ||
| Total | $1,219,419 | $1,096,668 | ||
| Operating income | ||||
| Financial (1) | $159,940 | $130,176 | ||
| Insurance (2) | 27,905 | 56,746 | ||
| Investment | 5,524 | 6,031 | ||
| Total | $193,369 | $192,953 | ||
| Operating margin | ||||
| Financial (1) | 21% | 19% | ||
| Insurance (2) | 7% | 16% | ||
| Investment | 16% | 18% | ||
| Total | 16% | 18% | ||
| Adjusted operating margin (3) | ||||
| Financial (1) | 25% | 22% | ||
| Insurance (2) | 14% | 28% | ||
| Investment | 16% | 18% | ||
| Total | 22% | 23% | ||
| Customer reimbursements (3) | ||||
| Financial | $122,101 | $101,341 | ||
| Insurance | 4,179 | 2,712 | ||
| Total | $126,280 | $104,053 | ||
| Prescription product costs in Insurance segment (3) | $220,416 | $154,050 | ||
(1) Included in the Financial segment results are early contract termination fees of $9.0 million for the first quarter of 2007 compared with $3.9 million for the first quarter of 2006. This segment’s businesses generally enter into three- to five-year contracts that contain early contract termination fees. These fees are very unpredictable and can vary significantly from period to period based on the number and size of terminated contracts and how early in the contract term a contract is terminated.
(2) Included in the Insurance segment results is a decline of $29.7 million in higher-margin flood claim processing revenues from $30.3 million in the first quarter of 2006 to $0.6 million in 2007. Supplemental financial information for the health plan management business that is included in the Insurance segment for the first quarter of 2007 and 2006 is as follows:
Three Months Ended | |||
| 2007 | 2006 | ||
| Revenues | $351,314 | $281,228 | |
| Operating income | 19,529 | 20,753 | |
| Adjusted operating margin (3) | 15% | 17% | |
(3) Adjusted operating margin excludes customer reimbursements and prescription product costs which are included in revenues and expenses. Customer reimbursements consist primarily of pass-through costs such as postage and data communication expenses. Prescription product costs are incurred in the health plan management business that is included in the Insurance segment.
Adjusted operating margin is a non-GAAP financial measure that the company believes is useful to investors because it provides more insight into how management views the underlying operating performance of the company. In analyzing the company’s performance, management excludes the impact of pass-through customer reimbursements and prescription product costs that must be presented in revenue and expenses under GAAP.
FISERV, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES | ||||
INTERNAL REVENUE GROWTH PERCENTAGES BY SEGMENT (1) | ||||
(Dollars in thousands, unaudited) | ||||
Three Months Ended | ||||
| Segment | 2007 | 2006 | ||
| Financial | 7% | 7% | ||
| Insurance | 10% | 16% | ||
| Investment | 0% | 5% | ||
| Total | 8% | 10% | ||
Adjusted (2) | ||||
| 2007 | 2006 | |||
| Financial | 7% | 6% | ||
| Insurance | (14)% | (3) | 11% | |
| Investment | 0% | 5% | ||
| Total | 1% | (3) | 7% | |
(1) Internal revenue growth percentages are measured as the increase in total revenues for the current period less “acquired revenue from acquisitions” divided by total revenues from the prior year period plus “acquired revenue from acquisitions.” “Acquired revenue from acquisitions” was $37.0 million ($18.7 million in the Financial segment and $18.4 million in the Insurance segment) for the first quarter of 2007 and represents pre-acquisition adjusted revenue of acquired companies, less dispositions, for the comparable prior year period. Acquired revenues in the Financial segment include customer reimbursement pass-through costs of $12.1 million in the first quarter of 2006.
(2) The adjusted internal revenue growth percentages exclude the impact of customer reimbursements and prescription product costs, which are included in revenues and expenses under GAAP. See footnote 3 to the Selected Financial Information table.
(3) Flood claim processing revenue was $0.6 million, $30.3 million and $8.7 million in the first quarter of 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Flood claim processing revenue negatively impacted adjusted internal revenue growth in the Insurance segment by 13 percentage points in the first quarter of 2007 and positively impacted adjusted internal revenue growth in the segment by 12 percentage points in the first quarter of 2006. Excluding flood claims processing revenue, the adjusted internal revenue growth rate for the company and the Insurance segment would have been 5 percent and (1) percent in the first quarter of 2007, and 4 percent and (1) percent in the first quarter of 2006, respectively. The health plan management business that is included in the Insurance segment had adjusted internal revenue growth of 1% and 3% in the first quarter of 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Actual and adjusted internal revenue growth percentages are non-GAAP financial measures that the company believes are useful to investors because they present internal revenue growth both including and excluding customer reimbursements and prescription product costs that must be presented in revenue under GAAP. In addition, we believe that the presentation of our adjusted internal revenue growth rate both including and excluding flood claims processing revenue is useful to investors because it enables them to understand the impact of these revenues, which can significantly impact our internal revenue growth rate.
| Free Cash Flow | Three Months Ended | ||
| 2007 | 2006 | ||
| Net income | $113,563 | $116,211 | |
| Share-based compensation | 10,988 | 13,794 | |
| Depreciation and amortization | 50,263 | 47,366 | |
| Capital expenditures | (48,910) | (47,172) | |
| Free cash flow before changes in working capital | 125,904 | 130,199 | |
| Changes in working capital-net | (4,363) | 13,096 | |
| Free cash flow | $121,541 | $143,295 | |
Free cash flow is measured as net income plus share-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, less capital expenditures, plus or minus changes in working capital-net as reported in the company’s condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that the company believes is useful to investors because it measures the company’s cash flow after it has satisfied the capital requirements of its operations.
SEGMENT RESULTS
Financial Segment
The company’s largest operating segment generated revenues of $767.3 million for the first quarter, an increase of 9.6 percent compared with 2006. Adjusted internal revenue growth was 7 percent for the quarter. Driving the internal revenue growth rate in 2007 were increased sales of the company’s banking and payment products and services to existing and new clients, as well as growth within the output solutions division. The financial segment’s adjusted internal revenue growth rate was at least 4% for the tenth straight quarter.
Financial segment operating income increased $29.8 million to $159.9 million, up 22.9 percent compared with the first quarter of 2006. The operating income increase was due primarily to growth in higher-margin internal revenues and operating efficiencies in the company’s depository institution and payment processing businesses. Adjusted operating margin accelerated to 24.8 percent for the quarter compared with 21.7 percent in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 310 basis points.
Insurance Segment
Insurance segment revenues were $417.7 million for the quarter, an increase of 15.2 percent compared with the first quarter of 2006. Adjusted internal revenues in the insurance segment declined by 14 percent in the first quarter of 2007. This decline was driven by a $29.7 million year-over-year reduction in flood claims processing revenue, from $30.3 million in the first quarter of 2006 to $0.6 million in the current quarter. This reduction in flood claims revenue negatively impacted first quarter 2007 adjusted internal revenue growth by 13 percentage points. Excluding flood claim processing revenues, first quarter adjusted internal revenue for the segment declined by 1 percent in 2007. The revenue decline was due primarily to continuing competitive pressure in the large national accounts client segment of the health plan management businesses and weakness in the property and casualty insurance software license business.
Insurance segment first quarter 2007 operating income was $27.9 million, compared with $56.7 million in the first quarter of 2006. Adjusted operating margin for the quarter was down to 14.4 percent, compared with 27.6 percent in the first quarter of 2006. The major items negatively impacting 2007 operating income and margins compared with 2006 were the significant decrease in higher-margin flood claim processing revenue and continuing investments in the consumer directed and business process outsourcing businesses. These items were partially offset by improvements in operating efficiency in the health plan administration businesses.
