Fidelity National Information Services management check
FIS · Financials · Transaction & Payment Processing Services · CEO Ms. Ferris
Filings as of
2 good · 1 to watch · 3 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Flag
Have owners done well?
Trailed its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $53, against $105 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Flag
Does pay follow performance?
Pay moved against returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of -0.44 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Flag
What does the CEO cost owners?
6.0% of net income$22.9m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $382.0m of net income.
- n/a
Do they own the stock?
No recent CEO filingLight activity: $115k bought, no sales in six months.
- Good
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -5.7% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 1.7% of revenue in the latest year.
- Watch
Is leadership stable?
2 CEOs in the pay tableCEOs in the pay table: Gary A. Norcross, Ms. Ferris. 12 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Financials.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 0 | 49 | |
| Pay for performance | 28 | 83 | |
| CEO cost | 0 | 67 | |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 51 |
| Dilution | 100 | 69 | |
| Stable leadership | 25 | 80 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Transaction & Payment Processing Services, by management score. Fidelity National Information Services is 71st of 72 in its sector.
- 107MAMastercard76
- 209CPAYCorpay68
- 250XYZBlock, Inc.64
- 273VVisa Inc.63
- 316GPNGlobal Payments60
- 359PYPLPayPal57
- 389FISVFiserv55
- 433JKHYJack Henry & Associates49
- 462FISFidelity National Information Services42
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed April 28, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | $22.9m | $21.6m | $6.2m | $53 | $105 | $382.0m |
| 2024 | Ms. Ferris | $21.2m | $33.9m | $7.1m | $62 | $101 | $1.4bn |
| 2023 | — | $19.4m | $14.3m | $6.6m | $45 | $95 | −$6.7bn |
| 2022 | Gary A. Norcross | $45.3m | $19.7m | $8.5m | $50 | $80 | −$16.8bn |
| 2021 | — | $25.0m | −$111k | $10.3m | $78 | $96 | $417.0m |
The board says pay is tied most to revenue metric. Its other key measures: Revenue, EBITDA, EPS, Annual Adjusted Revenue Growth, Annual Adjusted EPS Growth, Relative total shareholder return.
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Light activity: $115k bought, no sales in six months.
- BoughtJeffrey A GoldsteinDirector$115kOct 15, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Jun 18, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 3, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 20, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 22, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 14, 2025Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Nov 15, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Oct 15, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Sep 20, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 5, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 15, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 23, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 1, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: Jun 12, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $15.0bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, and $1.1bn of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.3bn | $9.7bn | $9.8bn | $10.1bn | $10.7bn |
| Net income | $417.0m | −$16.8bn | −$6.7bn | $1.4bn | $382.0m |
| Stock-based pay | $383.0m | $189.0m | $120.0m | $186.0m | $181.0m |
| Buybacks | $2.1bn | $1.9bn | $522.0m | $4.0bn | $1.4bn |
| Dividends | $961.0m | $1.1bn | $1.2bn | $800.0m | $847.0m |
| Diluted shares | 621m | 604m | 591m | 555m | 525m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.