Press Release
FIS Reports First Quarter 2019 Results
April 30, 2019
Key Facts
- GAAP revenue decreased 0.5 percent; organic revenue increased 5.1 percent
- Diluted EPS of $0.45; Adjusted EPS increased 9.3 percent to $1.64
- Company raises full-year organic revenue growth guidance
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 30, 2019 – FIS™ NYSE:FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, today reported first quarter 2019 results. The comparability of the Company’s first quarter results is impacted by the dissolution of the Brazilian JV and divestitures in 2018.
On a GAAP basis, revenue decreased 0.5 percent to $2,057 million from $2,066 million in the prior year quarter. Operating income increased to $315 million from $294 million in the prior year quarter, while operating income margin expanded 110 basis points to 15.3 percent. Net earnings attributable to common stockholders was $148 million for the quarter, or $0.45 per diluted share, compared to $0.54 per diluted share in the prior year quarter, a decrease of 16.7 percent.
On an adjusted basis, organic revenue increased 5.1 percent. Adjusted EBITDA increased to $729 million from $705 million in the prior year quarter, while adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 130 basis points to 35.4 percent. Adjusted net earnings attributable to common stockholders was $535 million, or $1.64 per diluted share, compared to $1.50 per diluted share in the prior year quarter, an increase of 9.3 percent.
“We are pleased to announce a very strong start to the year driven by robust, ongoing demand for our solutions,” said Gary Norcross, FIS chairman, president and chief executive officer. “Our top-line growth is continuing to accelerate as we deliver long-term value to our clients and shareholders. We are very excited about the pending combination with Worldpay and are focused on closing the transaction in the third quarter of 2019.”
Segment Information
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Integrated Financial Solutions (IFS):
On a GAAP basis, revenue increased 6.4 percent to $1,129 million from $1,061 million in the prior year quarter. Organic revenue increased 7.3 percent. Adjusted EBITDA increased to $499 million from $451 million in the prior year quarter, and adjusted EBITDA margin was 44.1 percent, representing expansion of 160 basis points.
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Global Financial Solutions (GFS):
On a GAAP basis, revenue decreased 6.9 percent to $863 million from $927 million in the prior year quarter. Organic revenue increased 2.4 percent. Adjusted EBITDA increased to $309 million from $305 million in the prior year quarter, and adjusted EBITDA margin was 35.8 percent, representing expansion of 290 basis points.
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Corporate / Other:
On a GAAP basis, revenue decreased 17.3 percent to $65 million compared to $78 million in the prior year quarter. Organic revenue increased 4.1 percent. Adjusted EBITDA loss was $79 million and is inclusive of $92 million of corporate expenses.
Balance Sheet and Cash Flows
As of March 31, 2019, cash and cash equivalents totaled $576 million and debt outstanding totaled $9,215 million with an effective weighted average interest rate of 3.3 percent. Net cash provided by operating activities was $294 million and free cash flow was $249 million for the quarter.
The Company repurchased 3.9 million common shares in January 2019 at a total cost of approximately $400 million. Approximately $2,280 million remained under the existing share repurchase authorization as of March 31, 2019. The Company paid dividends of $113 million in the quarter.
Full-Year 2019 Guidance Revised
The decrease in guidance for diluted EPS and net earnings margin expansion is primarily driven by non-recurring expenses associated with the announced Worldpay transaction which were not included in the previous GAAP guidance. Earnings guidance is solely for FIS and does not include any future Worldpay revenue or expenses, except certain transaction specific costs incurred by FIS.
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2019 GAAP Guidance
- Consolidated GAAP revenue increase of 0.0 to 0.5 percent
- Net earnings margin expansion of 210 to 350 bps
- Diluted EPS of $3.15 to $3.55
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2019 Non-GAAP Guidance
- Consolidated organic revenue increase of 4.0 to 4.5 percent
- Adjusted EBITDA margin expansion of 150 to 200 bps
- Adjusted EPS of $7.35 to $7.55
- the risk that the Worldpay transaction will not be completed or will not provide the expected benefits, or that we will not be able to achieve the cost or revenue synergies anticipated;
- the risk that the integration of FIS and Worldpay will be more difficult, time-consuming or expensive than anticipated;
- the risk of customer loss or other business disruption in connection with the Worldpay transaction, or of the loss of key employees;
- the possible occurrence of an event, change or other circumstance that would give rise to the termination of the merger agreement;
- the fact that unforeseen liabilities of FIS or Worldpay may exist;
- the risk that acquired businesses will not be integrated successfully, or that the integration will be more costly or more time-consuming and complex than anticipated;
- the risk that cost savings and other synergies anticipated to be realized from acquisitions may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected;
- the risk of doing business internationally;
- changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including the possibility of intensified international hostilities, acts of terrorism, changes in either or both the United States and international lending, capital and financial markets, and currency fluctuations;
- the effect of legislative initiatives or proposals, statutory changes, governmental or other applicable regulations and/or changes in industry requirements, including privacy and cybersecurity laws and regulations;
- the risks of reduction in revenue from the elimination of existing and potential customers due to consolidation in, or new laws or regulations affecting, the banking, retail and financial services industries or due to financial failures or other setbacks suffered by firms in those industries;
- changes in the growth rates of the markets for our solutions;
- failures to adapt our solutions to changes in technology or in the marketplace;
- internal or external security breaches of our systems, including those relating to unauthorized access, theft, corruption or loss of personal information and computer viruses and other malware affecting our software or platforms, and the reactions of customers, card associations, government regulators and others to any such events;
- the risk that implementation of software (including software updates) for customers or at customer locations or employee error in monitoring our software and platforms may result in the corruption or loss of data or customer information, interruption of business operations, outages, exposure to liability claims or loss of customers;
- the reaction of current and potential customers to communications from us or regulators regarding information security, risk management, internal audit or other matters;
- competitive pressures on pricing related to the decreasing number of community banks in the U.S., the development of new disruptive technologies competing with one or more of our solutions, increasing presence of international competitors in the U.S. market and the entry into the market by global banks and global companies with respect to certain competitive solutions, each of which may have the impact of unbundling individual solutions from a comprehensive suite of solutions we provide to many of our customers;
- the failure to innovate in order to keep up with new emerging technologies, which could impact our solutions and our ability to attract new, or retain existing, customers;
- the failure to meet financial goals to grow the business in Brazil after the unwinding of the Brazilian Venture;
- the risks of reduction in revenue from the loss of existing and/or potential customers in Brazil after the unwinding of the Brazilian Venture;
- an operational or natural disaster at one of our major operations centers; and
- other risks detailed in the “Risk Factors” and other sections of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Webcast
FIS will sponsor a live webcast of its earnings conference call with the investment community beginning at 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Tues., April 30, 2019. To access the webcast, go to the Investor Relations section of FIS’ homepage,www.fisglobal.com. A replay will be available after the conclusion of the live webcast.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is the term used to refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting in the United States. GAAP includes the standards, conventions, and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing transactions and in the preparation of financial statements. In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, we have provided certain non-GAAP financial measures.
These non-GAAP measures include adjusted revenue, constant currency revenue, organic revenue increase/decrease, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted net earnings (including per share amounts), adjusted cash flows from operations and free cash flow. These non-GAAP measures may be used in this release and/or in the attached supplemental financial information.
We believe these non-GAAP measures help investors better understand the underlying fundamentals of our business. As further described below, the non-GAAP revenue and earnings measures presented eliminate items management believes are not indicative of FIS’ operating performance. The constant currency and organic revenue increase/decrease measures adjust for the effects of exchange rate fluctuations, while organic revenue increase/decrease also adjusts for acquisitions and divestitures, giving investors further insight into our performance. Finally, the non-GAAP cash flow measures provide further information about the ability of our business to generate cash. For these reasons, management also uses these non-GAAP measures in its assessment and management of FIS’ performance.
Adjusted revenue consists of revenue, increased to reverse the purchase accounting deferred revenue adjustment made upon the acquisition of SunGard. The deferred revenue adjustment represents revenue that would have been recognized in the normal course of business by SunGard under GAAP but was not recognized due to GAAP purchase accounting adjustments. The deferred revenue adjustment in purchase accounting was made entirely in the Corporate and Other segment; reported GAAP results for the IFS and GFS segments are not affected by this adjustment and, therefore, no adjusted revenue is presented for these segments.
Constant currency revenue represents (i) adjusted revenue, as defined above, in respect of the consolidated results and the Corporate and Other segment and (ii) reported revenue in respect of the IFS and GFS segments, in each case excluding the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates in the current period.
Organic revenue increase/decrease is constant currency revenue, as defined above, for the current period compared to an adjusted revenue base for the prior period, which is further adjusted to add pre-acquisition revenue of acquired businesses for a portion of the prior year matching the portion of the current year for which the business was owned, and subtract pre-divestiture revenue for divested businesses for the portion of the prior year matching the portion of the current year for which the business was not owned, for any acquisitions or divestitures by FIS.
EBITDA reflects earnings from continuing operations before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA, as defined above, excluding certain costs and other transactions which management deems non-operational in nature, the removal of which improves comparability of operating results across reporting periods. This measure is reported to the chief operating decision maker for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to the segments and assessing their performance. For this reason, adjusted EBITDA, as it relates to our segments, is presented in conformity with Accounting Standards Codification 280, Segment Reporting, and is excluded from the definition of non-GAAP financial measures under the Securities and Exchange Commission's Regulation G and Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K.
Adjusted EBITDA margin reflects adjusted EBITDA divided by adjusted revenue.
Adjusted net earnings excludes the impact of certain costs and other transactions which management deems non-operational in nature, the removal of which improves comparability of operating results across reporting periods. It also excludes the impact of depreciation and amortization and equity method investment earnings (loss), both of which are recurring.
Adjusted net earnings per diluted share, or Adjusted EPS, reflects adjusted net earnings from continuing operations divided by weighted average diluted shares outstanding.
Adjusted cash flows from operations reflect net cash provided by operating activities adjusted for the net change in settlement assets and obligations and exclude certain transactions that are closely associated with non-operating activities or are otherwise non-operational in nature and not indicative of future operating cash flows.
Free cash flow reflects adjusted cash flows from operations less capital expenditures. Free cash flow does not represent our residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures, since we have mandatory debt service requirements and other non-discretionary expenditures that are not deducted from the measure.
Any non-GAAP measures should be considered in context with the GAAP financial presentation and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP measures. Further, FIS’ non-GAAP measures may be calculated differently from similarly titled measures of other companies. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to related GAAP measures, including footnotes describing the specific adjustments, are provided in the attached schedules and in the Investor Relations section of the FIS website, www.fisglobal.com.
About FIS
FIS is a global leader in financial services technology, providing solutions and services to clients in the retail and institutional banking, payments, capital markets, asset management and wealth and retirement markets. Through the depth and breadth of our solutions portfolio, global capabilities and domain expertise, FIS serves clients in over 130 countries. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS employs more than 47,000 people worldwide and holds leadership positions in payment processing, financial software and banking solutions. Providing software, services and outsourcing of the technology that empowers the financial world, FIS is a Fortune 500 company and is a member of the Standard & Poor’s 500® Index.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This news release and today’s webcast contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about anticipated financial outcomes, including any earnings guidance of the Company, business and market conditions, outlook, foreign currency exchange rates, expected dividends and share repurchases, the Company’s sales pipeline and anticipated profitability and growth, as well as other statements about our expectations, beliefs, intentions, or strategies regarding the future, are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events and our future results, and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Any statements that refer to beliefs, expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements.
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Additional Information and Where to Find It
This communication is being made in respect of the proposed merger transaction between Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (“FIS”) and Worldpay Inc (“Worldpay”). In connection with the proposed merger, FIS has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 that will include the joint proxy statement of FIS and Worldpay and a prospectus of FIS, as well as other relevant documents regarding the proposed transaction. A definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus will also be sent to FIS shareholders and Worldpay stockholders. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE MERGER WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. A free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other filings containing information about FIS and Worldpay, may be obtained at the SEC’s website (http://www.sec.gov). You will also be able to obtain these documents, free of charge, from FIS at www.investor.fisglobal.com or by emailing info.investorrelations@fisglobal.com or from Worldpay by accessing Worldpay’s website at www.investor.worldpay.com or by emailing IR@worldpay.com. Participants in the Solicitation
FIS and Worldpay and certain of their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from FIS shareholders and Worldpay stockholders in respect of the transaction described in the joint proxy statement/prospectus. Information regarding FIS directors and executive officers is contained in FIS Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, dated April 12, 2018, which is filed with the SEC. Information regarding Worldpay’s directors and executive officers is contained in Worldpay’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, dated April 3, 2018, which is filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of those participants and other persons who may be deemed participants in the transaction may be obtained by reading the joint proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed merger when it becomes available. Free copies of this document may be obtained as described in the preceding paragraph. This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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