FIS Q1 2026 adjusted EPS rises 12% to $1.36; full-year outlook reiterated
Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) reported first quarter 2026 results on May 8, 2026, with GAAP diluted EPS of $4.58, including an estimated $2.2 billion net-of-tax gain from the Worldpay Sale, and adjusted EPS of $1.36, up 12% from $1.21 a year earlier. Revenue rose 30% to $3.3 billion on a GAAP basis, while the company reiterated its full-year 2026 outlook, including adjusted EPS growth of 8-10%. The company has temporarily paused share repurchases and tuck-in acquisitions to accelerate deleveraging, which matters to shareholders because buybacks are on hold until its target gross leverage of 2.8x is reached.
Key points
- GAAP diluted EPS was $4.58 versus $0.15 a year earlier, reflecting an estimated $2.2 billion net-of-tax gain from the Worldpay Sale
- Adjusted EPS was $1.36, up 12% from $1.21; adjusted EBITDA rose 36% to $1.3 billion
- Free cash flow was $474 million, up 111%; the company returned $262 million to shareholders through $30 million of buybacks and $232 million of dividends
- Full-year 2026 outlook reiterated: adjusted EPS of $6.22-$6.32 and revenue of $13,770-$13,850 million; debt outstanding was $21.1 billion as of March 31, 2026
The filing
Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 08, 2026.
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