/Jack%20Henry%20%26%20Associates%2C%20Inc_%20logo%20on%20smart%20phone-by%20Piotr%20Swat%20via%20Shutterstock.jpg)
Valued at a market cap of $13.6 billion, Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. (JKHY) is a financial technology company that connects people and financial institutions through technology solutions and payment processing services. The Monett, Missouri-based company primarily offers transaction processing, business process automation, and information management solutions and services and is expected to announce its fiscal Q1 earnings results on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect the fintech company to report a profit of $1.61 per share, up 15.8% from $1.39 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has consistently beaten Wall Street's earnings estimates in the last four quarters. In Q4 2024, the company’s EPS of $1.38 topped the consensus estimates by almost 6.2% and increased by 3% from a year ago. This can be attributed to JKHY’s strong momentum across all of its segments and a 9.2% growth in processing revenues, driven by a 14% increase in its digital and transaction revenues and an 8.3% growth in card revenues.