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Here's What You May Have Missed About Series(FI)

More and more people are talking about Series over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Business Services stock at a price of $175.55? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

  • Series has moved 16.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.7%

  • FI has an average analyst rating of buy and is -20.12% away from its mean target price of $219.76 per share

  • Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $5.65

  • Series has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.1 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3

  • Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $10.19 and its forward P/E ratio is 17.2

  • The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 3.77 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74

  • Series is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 20.93 and an average P/B of 2.93

  • FI has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 21.8% and gross profit margins of 0.6%

  • The company has a free cash flow of $4.06 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter

  • Fiserv, Inc. provides payments and financial services technology solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. It operates through the Merchant Solutions and Financial Solutions segments. The company provides merchant acquiring and digital commerce services, mobile payment services, security and fraud protection solutions, stored-value solutions, software-as-a-service, and pay-by-bank solutions, as well as Clover, a point-of-sale and business management platform through various channels, including direct sales teams, strategic partnerships with agent sales forces, independent software vendors, independent sales organizations, financial institutions, and other strategic partners. It also offers debit card processing services, debit network services, security and fraud protection products, bill payment; person-to-person payments, account-to-account transfers, credit card processing services, prepaid card processing services, card production services, print services, government payment processing, student loan processing, and customer loan and deposit account processing; digital banking; financial and risk management; and professional services and consulting, check processing, automated clearing house, and real-time payments. It serves large enterprise, small business, banks, credit union, large financial institution, fintech, public sectors, and software providers. Fiserv, Inc. was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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