Announces 2026 outlook

Increases share repurchase authorization

EVERTEC, Inc. (NYSE: EVTC) (“Evertec” or the “Company”) today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025.

Fourth Quarter 2025 Highlights and Recent Highlights

• Revenue increased 13.1% to $244.8 million, approximately 11.4% on a constant currency basis
• GAAP Net Income attributable to common shareholders decreased 11.2% to $35.6 million, and decreased 9.7% to $0.56 per diluted share
• Adjusted EBITDA increased 11.5% to $98.8 million and Adjusted earnings per common share increased 6.9% to $0.93

Full Year 2025 Highlights

• Revenue grew 10.2% to $931.8 million, approximately 10.9% on a constant currency basis
• GAAP Net Income attributable to common shareholders was $141.6 million an increase of 25.7%, or $2.20 per diluted share
• Adjusted EBITDA was $373.4 million an increase of 9.7% and Adjusted earnings per common share increased by 10.4% to $3.62
• $82.1 million returned to shareholders through share repurchases and dividends
• Increased and extended share repurchase program

Mac Schuessler, President and Chief Executive Officer stated "We closed the year with strong results, exceeding expectations across our core financial metrics and demonstrating the strength of our diversified business model. Our performance was driven by consistent execution across segments, disciplined cost management, and the ongoing contributions from strategic acquisitions. As we moved forward, we remain focused on delivering value to our clients."

Fourth Quarter 2025 Results

Revenue. Total revenue for the quarter ended December 31, 2025 was $244.8 million, an increase of 13.1%, compared with $216.4 million in the prior year quarter driven by organic growth across most of the Company's segments, and contribution from the acquisition of Tecnobank Tecnología Bancária S.A. ("Tecnobank"), completed in the fourth quarter of 2025, and the acquisitions completed in the fourth quarter of 2024. Constant currency revenue amounted to $241.1 million, representing growth of 11.4%. Merchant acquiring revenue benefited from higher sales volume and higher non-transactional revenues, partially offset by a slight decrease in spread. Payments Puerto Rico revenue benefited from ATH Movil transaction and sales volume growth, primarily in ATH Business, as well as POS transaction growth. Latin America revenue increased driven by strong performance in Brazil, continued organic growth across the region and contribution from the Tecnobank acquisition and the acquisitions completed in the prior year. Business Solutions revenue decreased as a result of the 10% discount to Popular that came into effect in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Net Income attributable to common shareholders. For the quarter ended December 31, 2025, GAAP Net Income attributable to common shareholders was $35.6 million or $0.56 per diluted share, a decrease of 11.2% when compared to $40.1 million or $0.62 per diluted share in the prior year. The decrease was driven by higher depreciation and amortization from intangible assets recognized in recent acquisitions, higher cost of revenues in part driven by the acquisitions executed in 2025 and 2024, an increase in personnel cost and professional services, as well as higher cloud expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses also increased driven by higher personnel cost. These variances were partially offset by higher revenues.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. For the quarter ended December 31, 2025, Adjusted EBITDA was $98.8 million, an increase of $10.2 million when compared to the prior year quarter, driven by the increase in revenues and the benefit from a gain related to research and development tax credits recognized during the quarter. Adjusted EBITDA margin (Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenue) decreased slightly to 40.3% compared with 40.9% in the prior year, in part driven by the higher contribution from the Latin America segment.

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted earnings per common share. For the quarter ended December 31, 2025, Adjusted Net Income was $59.5 million, an increase of 6.2% compared with $56.0 million in the prior year, driven by the increase in Adjusted EBITDA and lower cash interest expense, as we benefited from lower interest rates and the impact from repricing our debt. These were partially offset by incremental debt, the net income attributable to the non-controlling interests related to Tecnobank, an increase in the adjusted effective tax rate driven in part by a greater contribution from the Latin America segment and higher operating depreciation and amortization expense. Adjusted earnings per common share was $0.93, an increase of 6.9% compared with $0.87 in the prior year driven by the factors explained for Adjusted Net Income and a lower share count that reflects the impact from the share repurchases completed throughout the year.

Full Year 2025 Results

Revenue. Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2025 was $931.8 million, an increase of 10.2% compared with $845.5 million in the prior year. Results reflect continued organic growth across all segments, the contribution from the Tecnobank acquisition and the acquisitions done in the fourth quarter of the prior year. Constant currency revenue amounted to $937.4 million, representing growth of 10.9%. Merchant acquiring revenue increased due to higher sales volume, an improvement in spread and higher non-transactional revenues. Payments Puerto Rico revenue benefited from ATH Movil transaction and sales volume growth, primarily in ATH Business, as well as POS transaction growth. The Latin America segment revenue benefited from a strong performance in Brazil, continued organic growth across the region and the contribution from the acquisitions completed in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 2024. Business Solutions revenue increased as a result of higher network services, an increase in consulting services and projects completed throughout the current and prior year, partially offset by the 10% discount to Popular that came into effect in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Net Income attributable to common shareholders. For the year ended December 31, 2025, GAAP Net Income attributable to common shareholders was $141.6 million, or $2.20 per diluted share, an increase of 25.7% when compared to $112.6 million or $1.73 per diluted share in the prior year. The increase was mainly driven by higher revenues, a lower depreciation and amortization from intangibles that became fully amortized during the prior year, partially offset by the intangible assets recognized in recent acquisitions, and lower interest expense from lower interest rates and repricing of our debt completed during the year. These were partially offset by an increase in cost of revenues primarily due to higher cost of sales, the recognition of the expenses associated with contractual claims related to client losses from the Pix incident in Brazil, an increase in personnel costs driven by the added headcount from acquisitions of the current and prior year, higher professional services related to strategic projects and an increase in cloud services.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. For the year ended December 31, 2025, Adjusted EBITDA was $373.4 million, an increase of 9.8% compared to the prior year. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA primarily reflects the increase in revenues and the benefit from tax credits discussed above, partially offset by an increase in operating expenses. Adjusted EBITDA margin (Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenues) decreased slightly to 40.1% compared with 40.2% in the prior year.

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted earnings per common share. For the year ended December 31, 2025, Adjusted Net Income was $233.2 million, an increase of 9.4% compared to $213.2 million in the prior year. The increase was driven by higher adjusted EBITDA and lower cash interest expense, as we benefited from lower interest rates and the impact from repricing our debt. These were partially offset by an increase in the adjusted effective tax rate driven in part by a greater contribution from the Latin America segment and higher operating depreciation and amortization expense. Adjusted earnings per common share were $3.62, an increase of 10.4% compared to $3.28 in the prior year. The increase was driven by the increase in Adjusted Net Income and a lower share count that reflects the impact of the share repurchases completed throughout the year.

Stock Repurchase

During 2025, the Company repurchased 2,331,064 shares of the Company’s common stock at an average price of $29.73 for a total of $69.3 million. The Company funded such repurchases with cash on hand.

On February 25, 2026, the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase to the share repurchase authorization to an aggregate $150 million and an extension of the expiration date to December 31, 2027. Prior to this amendment, the share repurchase program had approximately $84.4 million remaining. The Company may repurchase shares in the open market, through accelerated share repurchase programs, 10b5-1 plans, or in privately negotiated transactions, subject to business opportunities and other factors.

2026 Outlook

The Company's revised financial outlook for 2026 is as follows:

• Total consolidated revenue between $1,024 million and $1,036 million representing growth of approximately 9.9% to 11.2%, or approximately 8.7% to 10% on a constant currency basis.
• Adjusted earnings per common share between $3.84 to $3.96 representing growth of approximately 6.1% to 9.4%, compared to the $3.62 in 2025, or approximately 4.7% to 8% on a constant currency basis.
• Capital expenditures are anticipated to be approximately $90 million
• Adjusted effective tax rate of approximately 11% to 12%

Earnings Conference Call and Audio Webcast

The Company will host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results today at 4:30 p.m. ET. Hosting the call will be Mac Schuessler, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Karla Cruz-Jusino, Chief Financial Officer. The conference call can be accessed live over the phone by dialing (888) 338-7153 or for international callers by dialing (412) 317-5117. A replay will be available one hour after the end of the conference call and can be accessed by dialing (855) 669-9658 or (412) 317-0088 for international callers; the pin number is 7680145. The replay will be available through Thursday, March 5, 2026. The call will be webcast live from the Company’s website at www.evertecinc.com under the Investor Relations section or directly at http://ir.evertecinc.com. A supplemental slide presentation that accompanies this call and webcast can be found on the investor relations website at ir.evertecinc.com and will remain available after the call.

About Evertec

EVERTEC, Inc. (NYSE: EVTC) is a leading full-service transaction processor and financial technology provider in Latin America, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, providing a broad range of merchant acquiring, payment services and business process management services. Evertec owns and operates the ATH® network, one of the leading personal identification number (“PIN”) debit networks in Latin America. In addition, the Company manages a system of electronic payment networks and offers a comprehensive suite of services for core banking, cash processing and fulfillment in Puerto Rico, that process over ten billion transactions annually. The Company also offers financial technology outsourcing in all the regions it serves. Based in Puerto Rico, the Company operates in 26 Latin American countries and serves a diversified customer base of leading financial institutions, merchants, corporations and government agencies with “mission-critical” technology solutions. For more information, visit www.evertecinc.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

The non-GAAP measures referenced in this earnings release are supplemental measures of the Company’s performance and are not required by, or presented in accordance with, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). They are not measurements of the Company’s financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to total revenue, net income or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as alternatives to cash flows from operating activities, as indicators of operating performance or as measures of the Company’s liquidity. In addition to GAAP measures, management uses these non-GAAP measures to focus on the factors the Company believes are pertinent to the daily management of the Company’s operations and believes that they are also frequently used by analysts, investors and other stakeholders to evaluate companies in our industry. These measures have certain limitations in that they do not include the impact of certain expenses that are reflected in our condensed consolidated statements of operations that are necessary to run our business. Other companies, including other companies in our industry, may not use these measures or may calculate these measures differently than as presented herein, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

Reconciliations of the non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure are included at the end of this earnings release. These non-GAAP measures include Constant currency revenue, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Earnings per common share, and Constant Currency Adjusted Earnings per common share, each as defined below.

Constant currency revenue represents reported revenue excluding the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates in the current period. Constant currency revenue is calculated by applying prior-year period foreign currency exchange rates to current-period revenue.

EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA further adjusted to exclude certain non-cash items and unusual expenses such as: share-based compensation, restructuring related expenses, fees and expenses from corporate transactions such as M&A activity and financing, multi-year non-recurring gains recognized in connection with the sale of tax credits, equity investment income net of dividends received, and the impact from unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency remeasurement for assets and liabilities in non-functional currency. Segment Adjusted EBITDA which is the measure reported to the chief operating decision maker for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to the segments and assessing their performance, is presented in conformity with Accounting Standards Codification 280, Segment Reporting, and for this reason 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. The Company’s presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is substantially consistent with the equivalent measurements that are contained in the secured credit facilities in testing EVERTEC Group’s compliance with covenants therein such as the secured leverage ratio. Adjusted EBITDA Margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenues.

Adjusted Net Income is defined as Adjusted EBITDA less: operating depreciation and amortization expense, defined as GAAP Depreciation and amortization less amortization of intangibles related to acquisitions such as customer relationships, trademarks, non-compete agreements, among others; cash interest expense defined as GAAP interest expense, less GAAP interest income adjusted to exclude non-cash amortization of debt issue costs and premiums and accretion of discount; income tax expense which is calculated on adjusted pre-tax income using the applicable GAAP tax rate, adjusted for uncertain tax position releases, tax true-ups, windfall from share-based compensation, unrealized gains and losses from foreign currency remeasurement, among others; and non-controlling interests, net of amortization for intangibles created as part of the purchase.

Adjusted Earnings per common share is defined as Adjusted Net Income divided by diluted shares outstanding.

Constant Currency Adjusted Earnings per common share is defined as Adjusted earnings per common share excluding the impact of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates in the current period, calculated by applying prior-year period foreign currency exchange rates to current-period results.

The Company uses Adjusted Net Income to measure the Company's overall profitability because the Company believes it better reflects the comparable operating performance by excluding the impact of the non-cash amortization and depreciation that was created as a result of merger and acquisition activity. In addition, in evaluating EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per common share, you should be aware that in the future the Company may incur expenses such as those excluded in calculating them.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this earnings release constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of, and subject to the protection of, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, including our guidance for fiscal year 2026; our business strategies; objectives of management for future operations, including, among others, statements regarding our expected growth, international expansion and future capital expenditures; and expectations for and anticipated benefits of acquisitions, are forward looking statements. Words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “projects,” “estimates,” and “plans” and similar expressions of future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would,” “may,” and “could” are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts.

Various factors that could cause actual future results and other future events to differ materially from those estimated by management include, but are not limited to: our reliance on our relationship with Popular, Inc. (“Popular”) for a significant portion of our revenues pursuant to our second Amended and Restated Master Services Agreement (“A&R MSA”) with them, and as it may impact our ability to grow our business; our ability to renew our client contracts on terms favorable to us, including but not limited to the current term and any extension of the A&R MSA with Popular and Amended and Restated Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Services Agreement (the “A&R ISO Agreement”) with Banco Popular; our reliance on our information technology systems, employees and certain suppliers and counterparties, and certain failures or disruptions in those systems or chains could materially adversely affect our operations; the risk of security breaches or other confidential data theft from our systems; our ability to recruit, retain and develop qualified personnel; fraud by merchants or others; the credit risk of our merchant clients, for which we may also be liable; our use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning tools and the evolving regulatory framework governing such technology; a decreased client base due to consolidations and/or failures in the financial services industry; our ability to comply with existing and future rules and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate; a reduction in consumer confidence, whether as a result of a global economic downturn or otherwise, which leads to a decrease in consumer spending; our dependence on payment card network or other network rules, standards or fees; the geographical concentration of our business in Puerto Rico, including our business with the government of Puerto Rico and its instrumentalities, which are facing fiscal challenges and the effects of potential natural disasters; risks associated with our presence in international markets, including global political, social and economic instability; operating an international business in Latin America, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, in jurisdictions with potential political and economic instability; the impact of exposure to foreign exchange fluctuations and capital controls on our costs, earnings and the value of some of our assets; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights against infringement and to defend ourselves against potential intellectual property infringement claims and the potential impact on our business of such claims, whether or not correct; the possibility that we could lose our preferential tax rate in Puerto Rico; the possibility that we may not realize the anticipated benefits of our merger with Sinqia; the effect of purchases of our common stock pursuant to our stock repurchase plan on the value of our common stock; and the impact of our leverage on our ability to raise additional capital, that our leverage may limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, expose us to interest rate risk and prevent us from meeting our obligations with respect to our substantial indebtedness, that we and our subsidiaries may be able to incur significant additional indebtedness, which could further increase such risks; and the other factors set forth under "Part 1, Item 1A. Risk Factors," in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 3, 2025, as any such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company's filing with the SEC, including in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, to be filed with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events unless it is required to do so by law.

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